GENERATION IN PLASMA OF A FAST-ACTING INHIBITOR OF PLASMINOGEN-ACTIVATOR IN RESPONSE TO ENDOTOXIN STIMULATION
GENERATION IN PLASMA OF A FAST-ACTING INHIBITOR OF PLASMINOGEN-ACTIVATOR IN RESPONSE TO ENDOTOXIN STIMULATION
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DOI:
10.1172/jci111777
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
15.9
通讯作者:
COLLEN, D
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作者:
COLUCCI, M;PARAMO, JA;COLLEN, D
Endotoxin-producing bacteria cause disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC); however, the mechanism of endotoxin action in man is still unclear. Impairment of the fibrinolytic system was suggested as a contributing mechanism. A single injection of Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide in rabbits resulted in a marked and prolonged increase of the levels of a fast-acting inhibitor of plasminogen activator (PA-inhibitor) in plasma (from 3.9 .+-. 0.7 - 41 .+-. 13.2 U/ml after 3 h). Gel filtration studies indicated that inhibition of human tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) by rabbit plasma is accompanied by a change in the elution profile of the activator which is compatible with the formation of an enzyme-inhibitor complex with an apparent MW of 100,000. Injection of human t-PA (1,500 IU/kg body wt.) in endotoxin-treated animals resulted in very fast inhibition of t-PA, and information of a similar complex. The half-life of circulating PA-inhibitor activity in rabbits was .apprx. 7 min, as estimated by donor receiver plasma transfusion experiments. Stimulation of cultured human endothelial cells with endotoxin resulted in an enhanced rate of accumulation of PA-inhibitor activity in the culture medium (2-to 7-fold increase). In 5 patients with septicemia, markedly increased levels of PA-inhibitor (14.3 .+-. 15.5 U/ml) were observed in plasma, as compared with control subjects (1.3 .+-. 0.7 U/ml). A very stong correlation (r = 0.98) was found between inhibition of t-PA and of urokinase in all conditions, suggesting that this fast-acting inhibitor reacts with both plasminogen activators. The appearance of this fast-acting PA-inhibitor is very sensitive to endotoxin stimulation. The marked increase in the level of PA-inhibitor in blood may contribute to the pathogenesis of DIC in septicemia.