Transferrin: a blood coagulation modifier.
Transferrin: a blood coagulation modifier.
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转铁蛋白:一种凝血调节剂。
DOI:
10.1038/s41422-020-0275-z
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发表时间:
2020
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影响因子:
44.1
通讯作者:
Schmaier,AlvinH
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作者:
Schmaier,AlvinH
The proteins of the mammalian blood coagulation system, a group of proteins and regulators whose major job is to stop bleeding, exist in the plasma vascular compartment and have opportunity to interact with multiple other proteins. The article by Tang et al. presents the novel observation that transferrin, an iron transport protein that exists in plasma in concentration excess to all the blood coagulation proteins, promotes blood coagulation by increasing thrombin and factor XIIa activities and inhibiting antithrombin.The blood coagulation system whose major function is to control bleeding, ie, hemostasis, consists of a core group of proenzymes (factor XII, prekallikrein, factor XI, factor IX, factor VII, factor X, prothrombin), cofactors and substrates (high molecular weight kininogen, factor VIII, tissue factor, factor V, protein S, and fibrinogen), clot lysing (fibrinolytic) agents (plasminogen, tissue and urokinase plasminogen activators), and regulators (antithrombin (AT), C1 inhibitor, α-2-antiplasmin, protein C, plasminogen activator inhibitor, and tissue factor pathway inhibitor)(Fig. 1). Deficiencies or defects in these proteins lead to bleeding or influence thrombosis risk. Most think of the process as an isolated system whose activation proceeds through two pathways (tissue factor-factor VIIa or contact activation) in a linear cascade. However, this system exists in the intravascular compartment in blood plasma, a proteinaceous fluid filled with the secreted protein products of the liver and other cells. It has been recognized that the plasma proteins vitronectin, histidine-rich glycoprotein, myeloid-related protein 8-14, amyloid precursor protein, C-reactive protein, and β-2-glycoprotein 1, influence thrombosis risk without effect on hemostasis. Modifiers of hemostasis are less recognized. Transferrin is an 80kDa iron transport protein that exists in plasma at a concentration of 25-45 μM, a value in excess of the sum of all the coagulation proteins and inhibitors. 1 Transferrin is produced in the liver, semen, and cerebrospinal fluid. Although transferrin-bound iron accounts for< 1% of total iron in the body, transferrin is the most vital protein involved in iron metabolism. Transferrin-bound iron is a pool of iron with the daily highest turnover, 25 mg/24 h. Free transferrin (apotransferrin) binds with high affinity 2 insoluble ferric3+ atoms for soluble transport; low pH (5.6) reduces affinity allowing for iron release to its receptor. High transferrin levels occur with iron deficiency, pregnancy, and oral contraceptives, indicating the need to bind more iron. Alternatively, in chronic inflammatory states, transferrin levels fall. Transferrin is a member of the innate immune system; it impedes bacterial survival upon binding iron. Non-transferrin-bound iron (NTBI) in serum is associated with vascular inflammation characterized by low-density lipoprotein oxidation, increased vascular reactive oxygen species, permeabilization, sustained endothelial cell activation, reduced NO production with impaired