Effect of thrombin on the production of plasminogen activators and PA inhibitor-1 by human foreskin microvascular endothelial cells
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Human foreskin microvascular endothelial cells synthesize and release tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) in similar amounts as do endothelial cells from umbilical cord artery and vein. Human thrombin increases the production of t-PA by these cells, which could be visualized from 8 h after addition of 0.1-5 units/ml thrombin by fibrin autography after SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the endothelial cell conditioned media. Thrombin also increased the secretion of t-PA antigen. Together with t-PA, human microvascular cells release urokinasetype plasminogen activator (u-PA) antigen and endothelial cell type PA inhibitor, PA inhibitor-1, which were both demonstrated by specific immunoprecipitation from radiolabeled endothelial cell conditioned medium. Thrombin increases the release of u-PA antigen, but no u-PA activity could be demonstrated. Thrombin induced a two-fold stimulation of the synthesis and secretion of PA inhibitor-1 antigen. At 0.1 unit/ml thrombin also an increase in PA inhibitor activity was found. At high concentrations of thrombin a decrease of PA inhibitor activity was found, due to the conversion of the active 46 kD PA inhibitor-1 into a 42 kD product without PA inhibitor activity. Our data indicate that interaction of thrombin with microvascular endothelial cells will shift the balance between t-PA, u-PA and PA inhibitor-1, and thus affects the regulation of fibrinolysis. Chemicals/CAS: plasminogen activator inhibitor, 105844-41-5; thrombin, 9002-04-4; Glycoproteins; Plasminogen Activators, EC 3.4.21.-; Plasminogen Inactivators; Thrombin, EC 3.4.21.5
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TNO Identifier
230465
ISSN
03406245
Source
Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 57(2), pp. 148-153.
Pages
148-153
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