Avaliação de sete protocolos de obtenção de plasma rico em plaquetas

Abstract

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is an autogenous product obtained from whole blood, through one or two centrifugations process. The resulting small volume of plasma contains a high platelets numbers and their growth factors. The aim of this study was to evaluate different protocols to obtain PRP using the manual method according to their capacity to concentrate platelets, leukocytes and erythrocytes contamination and the correlation between platelet count and growth factor TGF-β1 levels in the PRP samples. Ten healthy horses with mean age of 7 years (± 2.39), weighing on average 500 kg (± 67.1) were used to evaluate seven protocols to obtain PRP. The protocols tested varied according to speed and time used on both centrifugations. The variables analyzed on the PRP samples were: platelet concentration, leukocytes and erythrocytes, TGF-β1 levels quantified by ELISA. No significant differences between protocols were observed regarding the ability to concentrate platelet and the levels of TGF-β1. However, protocol PI showed significantly more erythrocyte and leukocyte contamination in PRP samples than the other protocols, being considered an inadequate protocol for the volume of blood used in this experiment. The remaining protocols are suitable for extracting PRP. Although the PRP is an option of therapy in equine medicine, many gaps regarding their compliance must still be met.