Fig. 6.
Effect of HLE, Cat G, and PR3 on platelet activation induced by thrombin or TRAP42-55. Stirred fura 2-loaded platelets were preincubated with buffer (A) or 600 nmol/L of each of the neutrophil proteinases (B to D). The preincubation time was 5 minutes except for Cat G (C), for which a longer period was required to allow the Ca2+ mobilization induced by this proteinase to return to the basal value. After stimulation of platelets with 5 nmol/L thrombin, platelets were further challenged with 6.25 μmol/L TRAP42-55. Changes in fluorescence intensity reflect changes in [Ca2+]i and are representative of three distinct experiments.