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. 2006 Feb;26(2):417-22.
doi: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000199519.37089.a0. Epub 2005 Dec 8.

Platelet inhibition by insulin is absent in type 2 diabetes mellitus

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Platelet inhibition by insulin is absent in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Irlando Andrade Ferreira et al. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2006 Feb.

Abstract

Objective: ADP-induced P2y12 signaling is crucial for formation and stabilization of an arterial thrombus. We demonstrated recently in platelets from healthy subjects that insulin interferes with Ca2+ increases induced by ADP-P2y1 contact through blockade of the G-protein Gi, and thereby with P2y12-mediated suppression of cAMP.

Methods and results: Here we show in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) that platelets have lost responsiveness to insulin leading to increased adhesion, aggregation, and procoagulant activity on contact with collagen. Using Ser473 phosphorylation of protein kinase B as output for insulin signaling, a 2-fold increase is found in insulin-stimulated normal platelets, but in DM platelets there is no significant response. In addition, DM2 platelets show increased P2y12-mediated suppression of cAMP and decreased P2y12 inhibition by the receptor antagonist AR-C69931MX.

Conclusions: The loss of responsiveness to insulin together with increased signaling through P2y12 might explain the hyperactivity of platelets in patients with DM2.

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