CONGENITAL DEFICIENCY OF ALPHA-2-PLASMIN INHIBITOR ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE HEMORRHAGIC TENDENCY
CONGENITAL DEFICIENCY OF ALPHA-2-PLASMIN INHIBITOR ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE HEMORRHAGIC TENDENCY
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DOI:
10.1172/jci109387
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
15.9
通讯作者:
KOBAKURA, M
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作者:
AOKI, N;SAITO, H;KOBAKURA, M
.alpha.2-Plasmin inhibitor (.alpha.2PI) is a recently characterized, fast-reacting plasmin inhibitor in human plasma that appears to play an important role in regulation of in vivo fibrinolysis. A case of complete deficiency of .alpha.2PI in man is reported. The patient, a 25 yr old Japanese man, had a life-long severe bleeding tendency (hemarthrosis and excessive bleeding after trauma). The following tests were within normal limits: platelet count, bleeding time, thrombin time, prothrombin time, partial thromboplastin time, titers of known clotting factors, platelet glass bead retention, Factor VIII-related antigen, platelet aggregation by ADP, collagen and ristocetin and clot retraction. Routine liver function tests were also normal. The only abnormal finding was that whole blood clot lysis was extemely rapid and was complete in 4-8 h. The concentration of plasma protease inhibitors, including .alpha.2-macroglobulin, antithrombin III, .alpha.1-antitrypsin, and C.hivin.1INH [C.hivin.1I esterase inhibitor] were all normal. The concentration of .alpha.2-PI in the patient''s plasma, assayed by immunological methods, was < 0.1 mg/100 ml (normal concentration, 6.1 .+-. 0.88 mg/100 ml [mean .+-. SE]) and functional assays showed a complete deficiency of .alpha.2PI. Addition of purified .alpha.2PI to the patient''s whole blood completely corrected the accelerated fibrinolysis. The patient''s parents, 4 siblings, and 4 other members of this family were asymptomatic, but the titers of .alpha.2PI in their plasmas were .apprx. 50% of normal pooled plasma. There were 3 consanguineous marriages in this family, and the .alpha.2PI deficiency appears to have been inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. .alpha.2PI deficiency in this patient has probably led to uninhibited in vivo fibrinolysis that probably causes the severe hemorrhagic tendency. The important role of .alpha.2PI in hemostasis indicated.