Fig. 5.
Distinct inhibition of [Ca++]ielevations in platelets interacting with immobilized VWF under flow.
A blood cell suspension prepared as described in the legend for Figure2 was perfused for 90 seconds over immobilized VWF at a shear rate of 3000 seconds−1. The diagrams show the [Ca++]i changes in all surface-interacting platelets during translocation or stationary adhesion for 30 seconds. Noteworthy are the presence of α/β peaks and γ peaks (arrows) in the control experiment, the selective absence of γ peaks in the presence of wortmannin (100 nM) or apyrase (10 U/mL), and the absence of any Ca++ elevation in the presence of sodium nitroprusside (5 μM). Similar results were obtained in 4 different experiments.