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[Gray platelet syndrome, an example of myelofibrosis of megakaryocytic origin].

Abstract
In this study, the clinical history of two patients with the gray platelet syndrome, a rare congenital disorder associating thrombopathia and myelofibrosis is recalled. Complementary studies on platelets and megakaryocytes were performed, mainly with an immunocytochemical approach. In gray platelets, a general decrease of alpha-granule proteins, including PF4, beta tg and PDGF was observed. The decrease in platelet mitogenic activity (PDGF) was confirmed by biological and radio-immunological measurements. An abnormally high level of these compounds was also found in the plasma. In megakaryocytes cultured from the bone marrow of these patients, alpha-granule proteins were normally expressed in early maturation stages, whereas they were found to be absent in the mature megakaryocytes. An alpha-granule membrane glycoprotein, GMP 140 has been studied in resting and thrombin stimulated gray platelets and was found to be normally expressed at the surface of stimulated platelets. GMP140 was studied in resting platelets by immunoelectron microscopy and found to be present in vacuole probably corresponding to empty granules. This observation allows to conclude that alpha-granule membrane is formed in the gray platelet syndrome, but that there is a storage defect of alpha-granule soluble proteins, possibly due to an abnormal targetting of these proteins to the alpha-granule. Synthesis and subsequent release of these proteins, namely of the mitogenic factors, which can induce myelofibrosis and lung fibrosis by abnormal fibroblast stimulation, is discussed.
AuthorsJ P Caen, E M Cramer, F Rendu, M Bryckaert, E Dupuy, S Levy-Toledano
JournalBulletin de l'Academie nationale de medecine (Bull Acad Natl Med) Vol. 175 Issue 7 Pg. 1145-52; discussion 1152-3 (Oct 1991) ISSN: 0001-4079 [Print] Netherlands
Vernacular TitleLa maladie des plaquettes grises, un exemple de myélofibrose d'origine mégacaryocytaire.
PMID1809489 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Adult
  • Blood Platelet Disorders (etiology, pathology)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Megakaryocytes (pathology)
  • Primary Myelofibrosis (etiology, pathology)

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