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A mutation adjacent to the beta cleavage site of factor IX (valine 182 to leucine) results in mild haemophilia Bm.

The genetic basis of a mild form of haemophilia Bm has been investigated. The patient under investigation has a mild bleeding disorder and has never experienced spontaneous bleeds. Factor IX coagulant activity (FIX:C) was 0.15 units/ml and factor IX antigen (FIX:Ag) 1.32 units/ml. The prothrombin time performed with an ox brain thromboplastin was 65 s (normal plasma 31 s). Studies of the abnormal factor IX protein in this patient showed a normal molecular weight and normal calcium binding properties. Activation of the mutant factor IX with factor XIa showed normal proteolytic cleavage. DNA sequence from the eight factor IX exons and flanking introns was amplified from this patient using the polymerase chain reaction. The amplified material was subjected to direct chain termination nucleotide sequencing. The only nucleotide sequence alteration found was a G----C transversion at nucleotide 20,524, changing the amino acid encoded at residue 182 from valine to leucine. This residue is one amino acid removed from the beta cleavage site of factor IX. This residue is highly conserved in other vitamin K dependent serine proteases and we propose that its alteration in this patient is responsible for his mild haemophilic phenotype, and for the abnormal interaction of this factor IX protein with the extrinsic system of coagulation.

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Human factor IX inhibitors: immunochemical characteristics and treatment with activated concentrate.

Plasma was obtained from two patients with severe factor IX deficiency who had developed specific inhibitors of factor IX. Immunochemical characterization of the inhibitors by coagulation inhibitor neutralization assays and by immunoelectrophoretic methods demonstrated that both were IgG antibodies. One of the antibodies appeared to be monoclonal in origin with IgG subclass 4 heavy chains and lambda light chains. The other appeared to be oligoclonal and contained IgG subclass 1 and subclass 4 heavy chains and kappa and lambda light chains. One of the patients was treated with conventional, non-activated factor IX concentrate and with activated factor IX concentrate (Feiba) for repeated bleeding episodes. Administration of Feiba resulted in a progressive shortening of the kaolin cephalin clotting time and was followed by a good clinical response. Infusion of non-activated factor IX concentrate failed to induce clinical resolution of haemarthroses and had minimal effect on laboratory tests. The presence of circulating immune complexes could not be demonstrated in this patient.

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Specificity of substrate analogue inhibitors of human urinary kallikrein.

A series of acetyl-peptidyl-amides containing the amino acid sequence around the Arg-Ser kallikrein cleavage site of bovine kininogen were synthesized and tested for their ability to inhibit both the kinin-releasing activity and the amidase activity of purified human urinary kallikrein. The substrate analogues were competitive inhibitors for human urinary kallikrein and the heptapeptides (P4-P3'), hexapeptides (P3-P3'), and pentapeptides (P2-P3') gave Ki values of 140, 64, and 18 microM respectively, while the tetrapeptides (P1-P3'), tripeptides (P1'-P3') and dipeptides (P2'-P3') had little or no inhibitory activity. The effective analogues had neither kinin-like nor kinin-blocking activity on the rat uterus either before or after exposure to human urinary kallikrein. The effective human urinary kallikrein inhibitors were further examined for their effect on other serine proteases, including human plasma kallikrein, plasmin, complement components (C1s, C1r), bovine coagulation factors (IIa, IXa, and Xa), elastase, and trypsin. These peptides showed little inhibition of the circulating serine proteases but yielded a Ki for the nonspecific protease trypsin in the microM range. These results should provide the basis for the development of highly specific tissue kallikrein inhibitors to aid in elucidating the in vivo role(s) of tissue kallikreins.

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An inhibitory anti-factor IX antibody effectively reduces thrombus formation in a rat model of venous thrombosis.

An inhibitory anti-factor IX/IXa antibody (BC2) has been investigated as an anti-thrombotic agent in a rat venous thrombosis model. The treatment of rats post-injury with a single bolus dose of BC2 (3 mg/kg, i.v.) resulted in an approximately 4 fold reduction in venous thrombus mass (P = 0.043). This efficacy was matched by a minimal (<2.5 fold) prolongation of the aPTT and had no effect on the prothrombin time (PT). Heparin by comparison, given as a bolus followed by continuous infusion, at doses comparable in efficacy at reducing thrombus formation, prolonged the aPTT >50 fold. These results demonstrate that the anti-factor IX/IXa antibody (BC2), when compared to heparin, can effectively reduce venous thrombosis with less disruptive consequences on blood clotting.

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[Monoclonal antibody therapy for disorders of hemostasis and coagulation].

Monoclonal antibody therapies have conducted to not only hematologic malignancies but also disorders of hemostasis and coagulation. This article describes the recent advances of monoclonal antibody therapy for bleeding disorders such as idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura(ITP), hemophilia A, disseminated intravascular coagulation(DIC), and thrombosis. Rituximab, chimeric anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody treatment has a valuable effect in the patients with ITP, and clinical trials using anti-CD40 ligand monoclonal antibody for ITP are underway. Anti-CD40 ligand monoclonal antibody can be an alternative therapy for hemophilia A patients with inhibitors to factor VIII. In thrombosis, anti-tissue factor monoclonal antibody and anti-factor IX(a) monoclonal antibody were established as novel anticoagulant regents. Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1(PAI-1) increases in endotoxin-induced DIC and many thrombotic diseases such as myocardial infarction, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and hyperlipidemia. Anti-PAI-1 monoclonal antibody reduced fibrin deposition in DIC mouse model. Treatment of these monoclonal antibodies for the molecules regulating coagulation-fibrinolysis system may be utilized for acute coronary syndrome and venous thrombosis.

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Microplate coagulation assays.

This report describes the development of microplate-based blood coagulation assays. The assays require a kinetic microplate reader to follow changes in absorbance at 405 nm caused by the coagulating plasma. Procedures for performing prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time tests are described with intra- and inter-assay variability of a few percentage points. The prothrombin time of normal plasma was 64.5 +/- 3.6 s, and the activated partial thromboplastin time was 69.8 +/- 3.2 s. Clotting times were prolonged when normal plasma was mixed with plasmas deficient in particular coagulation factors, as expected. These assays take advantage of the microplate format (small sample size and multiple simultaneous assays) and can be customized for specific purposes, such as quantifying purified factor IX or assessing protein C activity in plasma.

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Human factor IX has a tetrasaccharide O-glycosidically linked to serine 61 through the fucose residue.

We have recently discovered unusual sugar chains (xylose (Xyl)-glucose (Glc) and (Xyl)2-Glc) linked to a serine residue in the epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like domains of human and bovine clotting factors VII (Ser-52), IX (Ser-53), and protein Z (Ser-53), in addition to bovine platelet glycoprotein thrombospondin. We now have evidence of another modification in the first EGF-like domain of human factor IX, which proved to be a tetrasaccharide O-fucosidically linked to Ser-61. Two large peptides containing Ser-61 (positions 44-63), named hIX-GP1 and hIX-GP2, were first isolated from the lysyl endopeptidase-digest of human factor IX, by reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Data on the component sugar analysis after pyridylamination (PA) and sialic acid analysis of the isolated peptides indicated that they contained 1 mol each of galactose (Gal), fucose (Fuc), N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), and N-acetylneuraminic acid (NeuAc), in addition to Glc and Xyl. hIX-GP1 was further digested with asparaginyl endopeptidase, and two glycopeptides containing Ser-61, named N-3 (positions 59-63) and N-9 (positions 55-63), were isolated, respectively. These glycopeptides were both composed of 1 mol each of Gal, Fuc, GlcNAc, and NeuAc but did not contain Xyl and Glc. Moreover, the data on beta-elimination for N-9 and of the fast atom bombardment mass spectrometric analysis on peptide N-3 suggested the presence of a tetrasaccharide linked to Ser-61. An analysis of the PA-oligosaccharide released from hIX-GP1 by hydrazinolysis followed by pyridylamination revealed that the reducing end was PA-Fuc. All the results support the proposal that human factor IX has a novel tetrasaccharide consisting of 1 mol each of Gal, Fuc, GlcNAc, and NeuAc, which is O-glycosidically linked to Ser-61 through the Fuc residue.

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Structural determinants of the factor IX molecule mediating interaction with the endothelial cell binding site are distinct from those involved in phospholipid binding.

Previous studies have indicated that Factor IX/IXa interacts in a specific and high affinity manner with a binding site on the endothelial cell surface. In this study, the contributions of the gamma-carboxyglutamic acid-containing (GLA) and growth factor domains to the finding of Factor IX to the endothelium were assessed. While GLA-containing peptides from Factors IX, X, and prothrombin were inhibitors of 125I-Factor IX-endothelial cell binding, the GLA peptide from Factor IX was about 250-800-fold more effective than those from prothrombin and Factor X, respectively. In contrast to its relative efficacy as an inhibitor of Factor IX-cell surface interaction, the Factor IX-GLA peptide neither bound to lipid vesicles nor inhibited Factor IX-lipid interaction. A synthetic peptide comprising the entire first epidermal growth factor (EGF) exon was also an inhibitor of 125I-Factor IX-endothelial cell binding, although it did not interact with lipid vesicles. Experiments with synthetic peptides comprising each of the three loops of the first EGF domain or the entire first EGF region with specific substitutions indicated the importance of determinants in both the first and probably third loops for Factor IX-endothelial interaction. In contrast, the second loop of the first EGF domain and the first loop of the second EGF exon are probably not involved in Factor IX-endothelial interaction based on their inability to block 125I-Factor IX binding to cells. These results indicate that determinants in both the GLA and the first EGF domain contribute to the specific binding of Factor IX to the endothelial cell surface and that structural requirements for Factor IX-cell surface interaction are distinct from those for Factor IX binding to lipids.

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A simple method for analyzing factor IX activation in the patients with hemophilia B variants.

A simple method for analyzing the activation mechanism of FIX in patients with hemophilia B variants is described. The procedure consists of rapid partial purification of FIX by BaCl2 adsorption-elution from only 3 ml of plasma, incubation with FXIa/Ca2+, SDS-PAGE, western blotting and subsequent autoradiography using monoclonal anti-FIX antibody. Abnormal FIX from the plasma of 7 unrelated patients with hemophilia BR, B+ or BM was investigated. A time course study showed that FIX in the patient with hemophilia BM (Nagoya I), BM (Nagoya II) and B Kawachinagano seemed not to be cleaved by FXIa, FIX in the patient with hemophilia B Kashihara was partially cleaved, FIX in the patient with hemophilia BM (Takatsuki) showed delayed cleavage, and that FIX in the patient with hemophilia BM (Niigata) and BM (Kiryu) was cleaved completely at a rate similar to normal FIX. These findings were identical to those previously observed for the respective factors in a purified system. The procedure used here is useful for screening for a defective activation mechanism of abnormal FIX.

Factor IXa↗

Derivatives of blood coagulation factor IX contain a high affinity Ca2+-binding site that lacks gamma-carboxyglutamic acid.

We have examined the calcium-binding properties and metal ion-dependent conformational changes of proteolytically modified derivatives of factor IX that lack gamma-carboxyglutamic acid (Gla) residues. Equilibrium dialysis experiments demonstrated that a Gla-domainless factor IX species retained a single high affinity calcium ion-binding site (Kd = 85 +/- 5 microM). Ca2+ binding to this site was accompanied by a decrease in intrinsic fluorescence emission intensity (Kd = 63 +/- 15 microM). These spectral changes were reversed upon the addition of EDTA. Titration with Sr2+ resulted in little change in fluorescence intensity below 1 mM, while titration with Tb3+ caused fluorescence changes similar to those observed with Ca2+. Tb3+ and Ca2+ appear to bind to the same site because tryptophan-dependent terbium emission was reduced by the addition of Ca2+. Similar results were obtained with a Gla-domainless factor IX species lacking the activation peptide. Gla domain-containing factor IX species exhibited fluorescence changes similar to those of the Gla-domainless proteins at low Ca2+, but an additional structural transition was found at higher Ca2+ concentrations (apparent Kd greater than 0.8 mM). Thus, the conformations of factor IX proteins are nucleated and/or stabilized by calcium binding to a high affinity site which does not contain Gla residues. The binding of Ca2+ to lower affinity Gla domain-dependent metal ion-binding sites elicits an additional conformational change. The strong similarities between these results and those obtained with protein C (Johnson, A. E., Esmon, N. L., Laue, T. M. & Esmon, C. T. (1983) J. Biol. Chem. 258, 5554-5560), coupled with the remarkable sequence homologies of the vitamin K-dependent proteins, suggest that the high affinity Gla-independent Ca2+-binding site may be a common feature of vitamin K-dependent proteins.

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