[Inhibitors and "bypass" therapy in hemophilia].
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A 34-year-old patient, with severe factor VIII deficiency (anti-hemophilic factor deficiency) and inhibitor against factor VIII, underwent a phacoemulsification with posterior capsulatomy and thermal iridectomy under general anesthesia. FEIBA (Factor Eight Inhibitor Bypassing Activity) was used to achieve hemostasis. The surgical procedure was successful and no complication was ensued. A brief management of hemophilia A patient requiring surgery is discussed.
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Tissue thromboplastin apoprotein was partially purified from human brain. The apoprotein was recombined with mixed phospholipids to yield active thromboplastin. The recombined thromboplastin induced proteolytic activation of isolated human factor IX in the presence of factor VII and Ca2+. The clotting times of various deficient plasmas were determined as a function of apoprotein concentration, keeping the phospholipid concentration constant. The clotting times of a factor XII-deficient plasma were the same as those of a factor XII/factor IX-deficient plasma, except at very low apoprotein concentrations. However, under those conditions the difference in clotting times was independent of the presence of anti-factor VII serum. Similar observations were made for factor XI-deficient plasma in comparison with factor XI/factor IX-deficient plasma. These results indicate that activation of factor IX by factor VII/tissue thromboplastin does not significantly contribute to plasma coagulation.
We investigated the association of amyloid beta-protein precursor (APP) and platelet derived microparticles in 20 normal controls and 91 patients with various diseases causing a thrombotic tendency. Compared with the controls, the mean percentage of APP-positive microparticles was significantly greater in the patients with cerebral infarction (39.1 +/- 17.7%, p < 0.001), diabetes (31.1 +/- 12.6%, p < 0.001), and uremia (30.1 +/- 14.7%, p < 0.01), but not in those with hypertension (8.2 +/- 6.3%, p = NS). Sixteen patients with cerebral infarction, 20 with diabetes, and 11 with uremia had microparticles with very high APP levels. In normal controls, 7.2 +/- 3.7% of the microparticles were positive for P-selectin, while the percentage in cerebral infarction, diabetes, uremia, and hypertension was respectively 43.5 +/- 15.1%, 40.0 +/- 12.8%, 31.8 +/- 12.2%, and 11.6 +/- 7.3%. There was a significant correlation between P-selectin and APP positivity of microparticles. Our results suggest that microparticle APP may have a regulatory influence on coagulation abnormalities.
The complement protein C4b-binding protein plays an important role in the regulation of the protein C anticoagulant pathway. C4b-binding protein can bind to protein S, thereby inhibiting the cofactor activity of protein S for activated protein C. In this report, we describe a new role for C4b-binding protein in coagulation. We observed inhibition of the intrinsic factor X activating reaction by the complex of C4b-binding protein and protein S. At the plasma concentration of protein S, the factor X activation was inhibited for 50% and addition of C4b-binding protein led to a potentiation of the inhibition to almost 90%. Because C4b-binding protein alone had no effect on the activation of factor X, we hypothesized that binding of C4b-binding protein to protein S was a prerequisite for optimal inhibition of factor X activation. C4b-binding protein lacking the beta-chain, which is unable to bind to protein S, did not potentiate the inhibitory effect of protein S. In an earlier study, we observed that C4b-binding protein increased the binding affinity of protein S for factor VIII. Therefore, a possible interaction of C4b-binding protein with factor VIII was investigated. C4b-binding protein bound to factor VIII and to thrombin activated factor VIII in a saturable and specific way. Also, factor VIII in complex with von Willebrand factor was able to bind C4b-binding protein. The beta-chain of C4b-binding protein was not required for the interaction with factor VIII because C4b-binding protein lacking the beta-chain also bound to factor VIII. Monoclonal antibodies directed against the alpha-chain of C4b-binding protein inhibited the binding to factor VIII, whereas monoclonal antibodies directed against the beta-chain had no effect on the binding to factor VIII. This finding indicates that the binding site for factor VIII on C4b-binding protein is localized on the alpha-chains of C4b-binding protein. The potentiation by C4b-binding protein of the inhibition of the factor X activation by protein S was blocked by a monoclonal antibody directed against the alpha-chain of C4b-binding protein. This finding indicates that the potentiation of the inhibitory effect of protein S was mediated via an interaction of C4b-binding protein with factor VIII. C4b-binding protein did not bind to factor V and was not able to potentiate the inhibitory effect of protein S on prothrombinase activity.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
Protein S is a vitamin K-dependent nonenzymatic coagulation factor involved in the regulation of activated protein C (aPC). In this study, we report an aPC-independent anticoagulant function of protein S in plasma under flow conditions. Plasma, anticoagulated with low-molecular-weight heparin allowing tissue factor-dependent prothrombin activation, was perfused at a wall shear rate of 100 s-1 over tissue factor containing matrices of stimulated endothelial cells placed in a perfusion chamber. Fractions were collected in time at the outlet and prothrombin activation was determined by measuring the activation fragment F1+2 of prothrombin. In normal plasma, a time-dependent prothrombin activation was detected by the generation of fragment1+2. Prothrombin activation had ceased after 12 minutes perfusion, independent of the amount of tissue factor present in the matrix. Depletion of protein S from plasma or inhibition of protein S in plasma by monoclonal antibodies induced a 5- to 25-fold increase of prothrombin activation on the procoagulant endothelial cell matrix. A prolonged prothrombin activation was detected in protein S-depleted plasma up to 20 minutes after onset of the thrombin generation. The increased prothrombin activation in protein S-depleted plasma could not be explained by the absence of the cofactor function of protein S for aPC because depletion of protein C from plasma did not result in increased prothrombin activation. These data provide further evidence for a strong anticoagulant function of protein S in plasma independent from activated protein C.
A study was carried out on the alternate activation of factor IX (FIX) by bovine FVII and human tissue factor (TF) rather than by activated factor XI (FXIa). The reaction product of bovine FVII and human TF functioned as a FIX activator in the assay system used. Published studies suggest that in the presence of Ca2+ ions, the complex of human FVII-TF readily activates both human FIX and human FX, and at low TF concentrations, FIX appears to be the preferred substrate for the reaction product of FVII and TF. This may explain the discrepancy between the mild bleeding of hereditary FXI deficiency and the severe bleeding of hereditary FIX deficiency. The results obtained with bovine FVII and a crude human TF preparation confirm that at low TF concentrations, bovine FIX is the preferred substrate rather than FX. At higher TF concentrations, bovine FX was rapidly activated.
Recombinant human factor VIII (fVIII) was activated by thrombin at pH 7.4, followed by CM-Sepharose chromatography at pH values ranging from 3.5 to 7.4. Optimal coagulant activity was recovered at pH 5.5 and was associated with the isolation of an A1/A2/A3-C1-C2 heterotrimer. The activity was stable at -80 degrees C, but decayed slowly (t1/2 approximately 1 week) and nonproteolytically at room temperature or 4 degrees C. The coagulant activity of the pH 5.5 fVIIIa preparation assayed in human hemophilia A plasma was only 20% that of porcine factor VIIIa. However, its activity was approximately 75% that of porcine fVIIIa in a plasma-free assay, indicating that human fVIIIa is unstable relative to porcine fVIIIa during the coagulation assay. The first-order rate constant for spontaneous, nonproteolytic loss of activity of human fVIIIa at pH 7.4 was decreased 8-fold by fIXa and phospholipid, indicating that human fVIIIa is stabilized when incorporated into the intrinsic pathway factor X activation complex.
The effect of hyperlipidaemia on endothelial cell haemostatic properties was examined using ex vivo studies on aortic segments obtained from fat-fed Chinchilla rabbits, mounted in a template device which exposed the luminal surface. Exposure of arterial endothelium to lipids resulted in marked enhancement of externally exposed anionic phospholipids, detected using either fluorescence microscopy with the probe merocyanine 540 or by binding of 125I-polymyxin B and 125I-Annexin V. Consistent with the known procoagulant properties of anionic phospholipid, following the lipid and cholesterol-rich diet intake, intact endothelial cells demonstrated enhanced binding of radioiodinated factors IX/IXa and Xa, and enhanced factor IXa/VIII-dependent factor X activation and factor Xa-factor Va-mediated prothrombin activation. Both factor Xa and thrombin formation were blocked, in large part, by polymyxin B, suggesting dependence of the reaction on anionic phospholipids. Consistent with these results, evidence of increased activation of the coagulation mechanism in vivo was observed in hyperlipidaemic animals, as assessed by a three-fold increase in levels of circulating antithrombin-protease complexes, compared with normolipidaemic controls.
Epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like domains are present in many extracellular proteins including clotting factor IX. Those EGF-like domains with the consensus amino acid residues Asp/Asn, Asp/Asn, Asp*/Asn*, Tyr/Phe (where * denotes a beta-hydroxylated residue) bind calcium. Previous NMR studies of the isolated first EGF-like domain of human factor IX suggested that the first 3 consensus residues Asp-47, Asp-49, and Asp-64 were direct ligands for calcium. We now show from mutagenesis studies that Tyr-69 is not a direct ligand for calcium but is essential for the clotting activity of intact factor IX, specifically for the factor VIIIa-dependent activation of factor X. Surprisingly, Tyr-69 is not required for beta-hydroxylation of Asp-64.
Factor X is a plasma protein involved in both the intrinsic and extrinsic pathways of blood coagulation. Post-translational modifications of the protein involve gamma-carboxylation of specific glutamic acid residues, beta-hydroxylation of one aspartic acid residue, and N- and O-linked glycosylation. Even though it is known that gamma-carboxylation is instrumental in regulating biological activity, the role of glycosylation in the function and properties of factor X has not been previously investigated. We utilized lectin binding and glycosidase treatment to investigate the functional role of carbohydrates on the activation peptide of factor X. Sambucus nigra agglutinin, a lectin that binds to sialic acid terminally linked alpha(2-6) to galactose or N-acetyl-galactosamine inhibits activation of human factor X in a dose-dependent manner. Inhibition of activation was observed for both intrinsic (factor IXa/VIIIa) and extrinsic (factor VIIa/tissue factor) pathway complexes. In accordance with this, selective removal of sialic acid residues on the activation peptide of factor X by neuraminidase also results in a drastic reduction of activation of the zymogen by these complexes. Corresponding reduction of activity in classical clotting assays (activated partial thromboplastin time and prothrombin time) also agrees with this observation. These results suggest a possible role of N-linked carbohydrates in the activation of factor X.
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A collaborative study has been organised by NIBSC to examine the performance of FIXa assays between laboratories, and to investigate the need for a standard. Ampoules of 3 materials, one monocomponent concentrate (coded C) and 2 different preparations of purified human FIXa (one proposed reference preparation, coded A and a test material coded B), have been assayed in 11 laboratories for FIXa using either the NIBSC method or a local method, with local standards (if available, coded D) to determine their potencies. The data showed high between assay variability; with the exception of one laboratory, most of the between assay variation expressed as %geometric coefficients of variation (gcv) were over 15%. The interlaboratory gcv when preparation B was assayed against the local standard was over 1700%, suggesting that most of the local standards are poorly calibrated. The %gcv was improved to 80% when reference A was used as the standard. These data clearly show that an international reference standard for FIXa would help to standardise FIXa preparations and would also improve in house assays for FIXa. However, an accelerated degradation study has shown that reference A is not suitable as a long term standard and another material with suitable stabilizers has to be established as an international standard for FIXa.
A very sensitive and highly reliable test system for the detection of activated coagulation factor IX (FIXa) has been established. This assay system is based on the cleavage of a fluorogenic substrate by activated factor X (FXa) which is generated by FIXa. This assay can be used to process a large number of samples at a time and, being based on the convenient microtiter plate format, can easily be adapted to automated processing for routine screening of large sample numbers. With this assay at hand we determined the FIXa content of different commercially available therapeutic FIX sources, such as high purity FIX (HPFIX) and prothrombin complex concentrates (PCC). Here we demonstrate that PCC from several suppliers do not contain significantly higher levels of FIXa as compared to HPFIX from the same supplier. In fact, there is a tendency for HPFIX to contain more FIXa than PCC. Moreover, HPFIX from certain manufacturers who do not produce PCC are characterized by an exceptionally high content of FIXa. Therefore, the higher thrombogenic potential of PCC which is well documented clinically cannot be explained solely -- if at all -- by an increased content of FIXa. Rather, it will be necessary to identify other components responsible for this phenomenon.
High levels of recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa; NovoSeven, Novo Nordisk, Bagsvaerd, Denmark) have been found to be effective in providing haemostasis in haemophiliacs and in normal individuals with acquired inhibitors to factor VIII (FVIII) or FIX. However, the mechanism of this therapeutic effect of FVIIa is unclear. Opinion is divided over whether high-dose FVIIa therapy works primarily by a tissue factor (TF)-dependent or -independent mechanism. Our group originally favoured a TF-dependent mechanism; however, we have recently found that, at levels comparable with those attained therapeutically, FVIIa activates enough FX on activated platelets to restore platelet surface thrombin generation. These data now lead us to favour a primarily (although not necessarily exclusively) TF-independent mechanism for the haemostatic effect of high-dose FVIIa. We believe that a platelet surface localization of FVIIa activity explains both its safety and efficacy, as well as its haemostatic effect in patients with thrombocytopenia and platelet function defects. Localization on activated platelets would tend to restrict the activity of FVIIa to sites of injury. Activation of FX on the platelet surface in haemophiliacs would provide FXa in a favourable location to escape inhibition by plasma protease inhibitors and be incorporated into platelet prothrombinase complexes. Activation of FIX and FX on platelet surfaces in thrombocytopenia would result in more thrombin generation per platelet, possibly leading to formation of a stable fibrin network even in the absence of an optimal initial platelet plug.
Factors VIIa, Xa, and IXa play different roles in the initiation of tissue factor-dependent coagulation. The consequences of competing with the different enzymes were investigated, thereby examining the effects of inhibiting the initiation process at different steps. Active site-inactivated factors VIIa, Xa, and IXa (FVIIai, FXai, and FIXai, respectively) were added to various cell-based assays mimicking the individual steps in tissue factor-initiated coagulation. In an assay involving tissue factor-expressing monocytes, coagulation proteins and unactivated platelets, FVIIai and FXai inhibited platelet activation and thrombin generation while FIXai only inhibited thrombin generation. FVIIai inhibited factor Xa generation and subsequent thrombin generation on monocytes, while FXai inhibited thrombin generation on the monocytes as well as on the activated platelets. FIXai had no effect on factor Xa or thrombin generation on the monocytes, but inhibited factor Xa and subsequent thrombin generation on the activated platelets. FVIIai had no effect on the reactions taking place on the activated platelets. The data confirm a model where tissue factor/factor VIIa mediates factor Xa generation and subsequent prothrombin activation on the tissue factor-bearing cells. Thrombin then activates platelets, which serve as the physiologically important surface for large-scale thrombin generation.