Title
Liver blood flow as a majorr determinant of the clearance of recombinant human tissue-type plasminogen activator
Author
de Boer, A.
Kluft, C.
Kroon, J.M.
Publication year
1992
Abstract
The influence of changes in liver blood flow on the clearance of rt-PA was studied both in healthy subjects and in a perfused rat liver model. Liver blood flow in healthy subjects was documented indirectly by the clearance of indocyanine green (ICG). Exercise reduced liver blood flow on average by 57% with a 95% confidence interval (95% CI) ranging from 51% to 62% (n = 5) and increased plasma levels of rt-PA activity (after an i.v. infusion of 18 mg of rt-PA over 120 min) by 119% (95% CI, 58%-203%) and rt-PA antigen by 91% (95% CI, 30%-140%). In the perfused rat liver model it was shown that halving or doubling of the physiological flow rate of a perfusate, containing rt-PA caused a proportional change in the clearance of rt-PA, while the extraction of rt-PA by the liver remained similar. In conclusion, liver blood flow is a major determinant of the clearance of rt-PA. This may have important implications for dosage of rt-PA in patients with myocardial infarction
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TNO identifier
268298
Source
Thrombosis and haemostasis, 67 (1), 83-87
Document type
article