Clotting factors and platelets. Immunofluorescence evidence that fibrinogen and factor VIII are present in human washed platelets, whereas prothrombin complex factors and factor XIII are lacking

Haemostasis. 1977;6(3):171-9. doi: 10.1159/000214177.

Abstract

Factor I (fibrinogen) and factor VIII were shown, by an indirect immunofluorescence technique, to be present in human washed platelets. In the case of fibrinogen, the immunofluorescent pattern had a 'clod distribution' up to a 1:128 dilution of the antiserum. Factor VIII showed a 'speckled' pattern up to the 1:64 dilution. Cross-absorption studies confirmed the presence of such factors. Factor II, VII, IX, X and XIII, however, were not found in washed platelets. A diffuse fluorescence was noted using normal rabbit sera, but this was due to a cross-reaction, since it disappeared using a 1:32 diluted sera.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antigens / analysis
  • Blood Coagulation Factors / immunology*
  • Blood Platelets / analysis*
  • Factor IX / immunology
  • Factor VII / immunology
  • Factor VIII / immunology
  • Factor X / immunology
  • Factor XIII / immunology
  • Fibrinogen / immunology
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique
  • Goats
  • Humans
  • Immune Sera / pharmacology
  • Prothrombin / immunology
  • Rabbits

Substances

  • Antigens
  • Blood Coagulation Factors
  • Immune Sera
  • Factor VII
  • Prothrombin
  • Factor VIII
  • Factor IX
  • Factor X
  • Fibrinogen
  • Factor XIII