Epinephrine (1 microM) plus ADP (5 microM) induced serotonin release from human platelets although neither epinephrine nor ADP alone brought about such a release. During this release reaction, the phosphorylation of 40K-dalton protein was induced to an extent similar to that induced by 0.5 unit/ml thrombin. The amount of diglyceride (DG) produced by epinephrine plus ADP, however, was much smaller than that produced by thrombin. The reaction velocities of these reactions induced by epinephrine plus ADP were slower than those induced by thrombin. Epinephrine or ADP alone hardly produced any DG and induced 40K-dalton protein phosphorylation only slightly. Indomethacin (1 microgram/ml), a cyclooxygenase inhibitor, remarkably inhibited epinephrine plus ADP induced serotonin release, 40K-dalton protein phosphorylation and DG production although this agent had little effect on the same reactions induced by thrombin. These results suggest that prostaglandin endoperoxides or thromboxane A2 may be involved in serotonin release, 40K-dalton protein phosphorylation and DG production induced by epinephrine plus ADP.

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