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Anti-inhibitor coagulant complex (Autoplex) in hemophilia inhibitor patients undergoing synovectomy.

Surgical synovectomy employed in the management of hemophilic arthropathy has been contraindicated in patients with inhibitors because of potential difficulties in achieving hemostasis. However, the development of activated prothrombin-complex concentrates has improved the management of hemophiliacs with inhibitors, particularly those with high levels of inhibitor for whom other treatment modalities are of minimal benefit. With the use of one of these activated products, Autoplex, surgical procedures have been successfully accomplished in hemophiliacs with inhibitors. Two inhibitor patients who each had severe arthropathy of one knee underwent elective surgical synovectomy while being treated with Autoplex. Hemostasis was achieved during the perioperative period in both patients. Neither patient exhibited clinical signs of suggestive of consumptive coagulopathy or thrombosis, side effects potentially associated with the use of activated prothrombin-complex concentrates.

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Activated factor IX complex in treatment of surgical cases of hemophilia A with inhibitors.

Three patients with severe hemophilia A with inhibitors to factor VIII were treated with activated factor IX complex. Bleeding was controlled adequately during surgical procedures involving each of the three. Partial thromboplastin times showed a variable shortening and prothrombin times were significantly shortened to values less than normal. Hemostasis was substantiated by the use of epsilon aminocaproic acid. Neither anamnestic responses nor thrombotic complications were observed. A transient hypertension developed in two patients shortly after infusion with the activated factor IX complex.

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Measurement of activated factor IX in factor IX concentrates: correlation with in vivo thrombogenicity.

Current in vitro tests for thrombogenicity of FIX concentrates used for prothrombin complex concentrates (PCCs), are of little value when applied to high purity FIX (HP FIXs). In the present study, we have developed a chromogenic assay for activated FIX (FIXa) and evaluated its ability to predict in vivo thrombogenic potential of HP FIXs in a modified Wessler stasis model. Among the HP FIXs, only 1 out of 7 products had no detectable FIXa; this product also showed no in vivo thrombogenicity. In the other 6 products, FIXa content ranged from 0.15-1.2 U/1000 in FIX, and all showed some evidence of in vivo thrombogenicity, with mean thrombus scores ranging from 0.25-4. There was a significant positive correlation (r = 0.55, p < 0.02) between FIXa levels and in vivo thrombogenicity of HP FIXs. NAPTT data were not significantly correlated with the in vivo results and the TFCT also showed no direct correlation with the mean thrombus score. These results indicate that HP FIXs may still carry a small residual thrombotic risk and measurement of FIXa content of these products may be a better predictor of thrombogenicity than the current in vitro tests.

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Protease nexin-2/amyloid beta-protein precursor inhibits factor Xa in the prothrombinase complex.

Protease nexin-2/amyloid beta-protein precursor (PN-2/A beta PP) is a Kunitz-type protease inhibitor which has been shown to be a tight-binding inhibitor of coagulation factors XIa and IXa. Here we show that PN-2/A beta PP and its KPI domain also inhibited isolated factor Xa with a Ki of 10(-8) M. On a solid phase binding assay, PN-2/A beta PP formed a complex with factor Xa. Incubation of molar excess factor Xa to PN-2/A beta PP produced a single cleavage within PN-2/A beta PP's heparin binding domain liberating a 8.2-kDa amino-terminal peptide. PN-2/A beta PP and its KPI domain equally inhibited factor Xa in the prothrombinase complex with a Ki of 1.9 x 10(-8) M and 1.3 x 10(-8) M, respectively. A beta PP695 which does not contain the KPI domain was a substrate of factor Xa but did not inhibit it, indicating the PN-2/A beta PP inhibition of factor Xa was not substrate inhibition. All of the factor Xa inhibition in the prothrombinase complex by PN-2/A beta PP and its KPI domain on the chromogenic assay was accounted for by inhibition of release of prothrombin fragment F1+2 as determined on immunochemical assay. In the prothrombinase complex, PN-2/A beta PP inhibited factor Xa with a kassoc = 1.8 +/- 0.7 x 10(6) M-1 min-1 similar to antithrombin III and heparin inhibition (kassoc of 3.0 +/- 0.2 x 10(6) M-1 min-1). These studies indicated that PN-2/A beta PP in the assembled prothrombinase complex inhibited factor Xa comparable to antithrombin III in the presence of heparin. PN-2/A beta PP's factor Xa inhibitory activity along with its known inhibition of factors XIa and IXa suggest that this protease inhibitor and related proteins could be regulators of hemostatic reactions on membranes of cells in the intravascular compartment.

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Mapping of monoclonal antibodies to human factor IX.

We used recombinant DNA techniques to map a panel of six monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) to regions of the human factor IX molecule. A-2 maps to 17 amino acids at the amino terminus of the heavy chain of IXa; 2D5, an inhibitor of clotting, is defined to 36 amino acids of the first EGF-like domain of human factor IX. A-4, A-5, C10D, and FXC008 all map to a region of the heavy chain containing amino acids 180 through 310, suggesting an immunodominant site. FXC008 has been reported to interfere with binding of factor IXa to factor VIII:Ca.

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Molecular defect in factor IXBm Lake Elsinore. Substitution of Ala390 by Val in the catalytic domain.

Earlier studies with factor IXBm Lake Elsinore (IXBmLE), a nonfunctional variant of factor IX, suggested that the defect in this protein may reside in the catalytic domain of the molecule (Usharani, P., Warn-Cramer, B. J., Kasper, C. K., and Bajaj, S. P. (1985) J. Clin. Invest. 75, 76-83). In this report, genomic DNA fragments from normal IX and IXBmLE alleles were cloned into phage lambda EMBL3 and the recombinant phage identified using normal IX cDNA and synthetic oligonucleotides. Exons VI, VII, and VIII of normal IX and IXBmLE gene were also amplified using a newly developed primer-directed polymerase chain reaction method. All eight exons and flanking regions of the normal IX and IXBmLE gene were sequenced by the dideoxy chain termination method. Comparison of the normal IX and IXBmLE sequences revealed a single base substitution (C----T) in the exon VIII of the BmLE variant, which results in the replacement of Ala390 by Val in the variant molecule. Although this mutation is in the catalytic domain of the molecule, purified factor IXaBmLE is indistinguishable from normal IXa in its activity toward a small synthetic substrate, L-tosylarginine methyl ester. These data, coupled with the previous data, identify a region (around residue 390) in the normal factor IXa which appears to play a major role in the extended macromolecular substrate binding site.

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Structural determinants of factor IX(a) binding in nitrophorin 2, a lipocalin inhibitor of the intrinsic coagulation pathway.

Nitrophorin 2 (NP2) is a salivary lipocalin from Rhodnius prolixus that binds with coagulation factors IX (fIX) and IXa (fIXa). Binding of NP2 with fIXa results in potent inhibition of the intrinsic factor Xase complex. A panel of site-directed surface mutants of NP2 was generated to locate determinants of high affinity fIX(a) binding. The locations of the mutations were based on comparisons with the related, but less potent, inhibitor nitrophorin 3 (NP3). Three point mutants (K21A, K92A, and V94A) were found that clearly reduced the inhibitory potency as measured by the activity of a reconstituted factor Xase system. Binding of NP2 with fIXa and fIX as measured by surface plasmon resonance and isothermal titration calorimetry was reduced in a similar manner. Of the three mutants, two (K92A and V94A) were located on the loop connecting beta-strands E and F of the lipocalin beta-barrel. The largest changes were seen with the K92A mutation, which lies at the apex of the loop, with a smaller effect being seen with mutation of Val(94). Combination of four E-F loop mutations (K92A, A93K, V94A, E97A) in a single mutant reduced the inhibitory potency and binding to levels similar to those seen with NP3 without affecting heme or histamine binding.

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Dietary fat induces changes in factor VII coagulant activity through effects on plasma free stearic acid concentration.

Previous studies have demonstrated activation of the contact system of coagulation and an increase in factor VII coagulant activity (VIIc) when citrated plasma is incubated in the presence of micellar stearate. The products of contact activation, factors XIIa and IXa, were responsible in this system for the activation of factor VII, thereby increasing factor VIIc. To obtain evidence that these in vitro interactions also operate in vivo, factor VIIc was examined in relation to plasma free fatty acid concentrations in five healthy individuals during the consumption of isocaloric high-saturated fat, high-unsaturated fat, and low-fat diets, each taken for 4 weeks in random order and separated by intervals of 12 weeks. For all but the final 3 days of each phase, subjects selected appropriate foods from prepared lists to meet the dietary requirements. Experimental diets of predetermined fat content and composition were fed on days 26 through 28 in each phase. Fat supplied on average 62% of energy in two of the experimental diets and less than 20% of energy in the third. On the final day of each dietary phase, the concentrations of the various free fatty acids and factor VIIc were measured before breakfast and at three 150-minute intervals thereafter. Plasma factor VIIc was, respectively, 6.5% and 13.1% of standard higher on the unsaturated and saturated fat diets than on the low-fat diet. Furthermore, the plasma concentration of stearic acid was strongly associated with factor VIIc (r = .58; P < .0001), and this relation remained significant (P = .003) after allowance for the plasma concentrations of palmitic, oleic, and linoleic acids.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Effect of prothrombin complex concentrate on INR and blood coagulation system in emergency patients treated with warfarin overdose.

We investigated the effect of prothrombin complex concentrate (PCC) on the international normalized ratio (INR) and blood coagulation system in two emergent patients treated with warfarin for secondary prevention of cardioembolic stroke due to nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. An 80-year-old woman developed massive subcutaneous hemorrhage and swelling on her right upper extremity with weak pulsation of the right radial artery and had an INR above 10. An 83-year-old man had pleural effusion with an INR value of 6.69 and pleural puncture was immediately required. We administered 500 IU of PCC to the two patients (17.2 IU/kg and 12.5 IU/kg) with 10 mg of vitamin K. The INR decreased to 1.12 and 1.85, respectively, with an increase of plasma levels of protein C and coagulant factors IIa, VIIa, IXa, and Xa 10 min after administration. The plasma levels of the thrombin-antithrombin III complex increased (from 4.0 to 12.0 micro g/l and from 0.5 to 28.9 micro g/l, respectively, normal value <3.0), but prothrombin fragment 1+2 increased minimally 10 min after administration (from 0.4 to 1.1 nmol/ml and from 0.4 to 0.7 nmol/ml, respectively, normal value 0.4-1.4 nmol/ml). Plasma levels of D-dimer remained unchanged. The massive subcutaneous hemorrhage in the former patient improved in 14 days. Anticoagulation was restarted in the latter patient after 14 days of PCC administration. There were no embolic episodes during the month after PCC administration. In conclusion, a small amount of PCC may be effective in immediately correcting increased INR levels with increased plasma levels of protein C and coagulant factors IIa, VIIa, IXa, and Xa and may partially activate the coagulation system without any effects on plasma levels of D-dimer.

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Characterization and cDNA cloning of halyxin, a heterogeneous three-chain anticoagulant protein from the venom of Agkistrodon halys brevicaudus.

We report upon the isolation, characterization, and cDNA cloning of an anticoagulant protein, halyxin from Agkistrodon halys brevicaudus venom. The protein exists as a 29kDa protein, and is separated into three chains on SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions. However, we cloned only two cDNAs encoding halyxin from the cDNA library of the snake venom gland, on the basis of the determined amino acid sequences. The complete amino acid sequences were deduced from their nucleotide sequences and named halyxin A (129 amino acid residues) and B chain (123 amino acid residues). The deduced amino acid sequence of halyxin A chain corresponds to the two smaller chains. Thus, it is considered that halyxin A chain could be synthesized as a single-chain protein that is subsequently cleaved to yield the mature two-chain protein. The amino acid sequence of halyxin is similar to that of other snake venom proteins of the C-type lectin superfamily, and prolongs plasma-clotting time. In the presence of Ca(2+) ions, halyxin binds to coagulation factors IX, X, IXa, and Xa, but not to other vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors. It also inhibits factor Xa in a non-competitive manner but does not affect other activated coagulation factors.

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Comparison between two concentrates with factor VIII inhibitor bypassing activity.

Clotting activities as well as thrombogenicity in rabbits of two activated prothrombin complex concentrates, Feiba (Immuno) and Autoplex (Travenol) were compared. When total activities of clotting factors were measured, factor VII was considerably higher in Autoplex than in Feiba. Likewise, a higher concentration of the activated serine proteases VIIa and IXa was found in Autoplex. On incubation with calcium chloride low activities of Xa and IIa appeared in both concentrates. When factor VIII was also added, the increase of these activities was higher in Autoplex but not in Feiba. On addition of phospholipid, the activities of Xa and IIa considerably increased in Autoplex but not in Feiba. There was a rapid diminution of these activities when antithrombin III was in the test system. Factor IXa however, on incubation of the concentrates with antithrombin III disappeared slower from Autoplex than from Feiba. Thrombogenicity in rabbits assayed by the Wessler test varied between different batches of the concentrate but was higher in Autoplex than in Feiba by an average factor of between 12.8 and 17.8.

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Activation of human factor VII during clotting in vitro.

We have studied factor VII activation by measuring the ratio of factor VII clotting to coupled amidolytic activity (VIIc/VIIam) and cleavage of 125I-factor VII. In purified systems, a low concentration of Xa or a higher concentration of IXa rapidly activated 125I-factor VII, yielding a VIIc/VIIam ratio of 25 and similar gel profiles of heavy and light chain peaks of VIIa. On further incubation, VIIa activity diminished and a third 125I-peak appeared. When normal blood containing added 125I-factor VII was clotted in a glass tube, the VIIc/VIIam ratio rose fivefold, and 20% of the 125I-factor VII was cleaved. Clotting normal plasma in an activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) system yielded a VIIc/VIIam ratio of 25 and over 90% cleavage of 125I-factor VII. Clotting factor XII-deficient plasma preincubated with antibodies to factor X in an APTT system with added XIa yielded a VIIc/VIIam ratio of 19 and about 60% cleavage, which indicates that IXa, at a concentration achievable in plasma, can effectively activate factor VII. Clotting normal plasma with undiluted tissue factor yielded a VIIc/VIIam ratio of 15 to 20 and 60% cleavage of 125I-factor VII, whereas clotting plasma with diluted tissue factor activated factor VII only minimally. We conclude that both Xa and IXa can function as significant activators of factor VII in in vitro clotting mixtures but believe that only small amounts of factor VII may be activated in vivo during hemostasis.

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Expression, purification, and characterization of the Kunitz-type proteinase inhibitor domain of the amyloid beta-protein precursor-like protein-2.

In this report we describe the use of the methylotrophic industrial yeast Pichia pastoris as a host system for the large scale production of the Kunitz-type proteinase inhibitor (KPI) domain of the amyloid beta-protein precursor-like protein-2 (APLP-2). The expression plasmid for the KPI domain of APLP-2 encoded amino acids 305-364 of the APLP-2 cDNA (Slunt et al. (1994) J. Biol. Chem. 269, 2637-2644). The secreted 60 amino-acid product was purified to homogeneity and biochemically characterized. Amino-acid sequencing of the expressed KPI domain of APLP-2 verified its integrity. The proteinase inhibitory properties of the KPI domain of APLP-2 were compared to those of the KPI domain of proteinase nexin-2/amyloid beta-protein precursor (PN-2/A beta PP). Both KPI domains potently inhibited trypsin and, to a lesser extent, chymotrypsin, plasmin, and coagulation factors XIa and IXa. However, the KPI domain of APLP-2 was a approximately 20-fold less effective inhibitor of coagulation factor XIa compared to the KPI domain of PN-2/A beta PP. Similarly, the KPI domain of APLP-2 was a less effective anticoagulant in coagulation based assays than the KPI domain of PN-2/A beta PP. These studies indicate that the KPI domains of PN-2/A beta PP and APLP-2 form a family of proteinase inhibitors although the former is a better inhibitor of factor XIa and a more potent anticoagulant than the latter.

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Antithrombin: its physiological importance and role in DIC.

Antithrombin (AT) is a single-chain glycoprotein in plasma and belongs to the family of the serpins. It is synthesized in liver parenchymal cells, and its plasma concentration is between 112-140 mg/L. AT is a unique inhibitor of the clotting system and neutralizes most of the enzymes generated during activation of the clotting cascade, especially thrombin, factors Xa and IXa. Equimolar, irreversible complexes are formed between AT and the enzymes. The interaction between AT and the activated clotting factors is at least 1,000-fold increased in the presence of heparins. Heparins bind to multiple sites of the AT molecule resulting in a steric reconfiguration. Heparins contain a specific pentasaccharide unit which is the minimum requirement for AT binding. The glycosaminoglycan (GAG) heparan sulfate found on endothelial cell surfaces also contains this pentasaccharide and can thus "activate" AT. It is believed that much of the physiological inactivation of enzymes by AT occurs on the endothelium, mediated by heparan sulfate. The binding of AT to the GAGs also releases prostacyclin which possesses strong antiinflammatory properties. Deficiencies of AT are inherited or acquired. Only acquired defects due to increased consumption are discussed, most notably AT in DIC, especially DIC in sepsis. During acute DIC, clotting factors and inhibitors are consumed faster than they can be reproduced. This consumption of AT is of great significance in DIC and sepsis, and plasma AT levels predict outcome. AT levels drop early in sepsis and laboratory signs of DIC can already be found in patients with SIRS and early sepsis. The important role of AT in DIC and sepsis is the basis for considering antithrombin concentrates as an additional therapeutic modality.

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