Pharmacological concentrations of recombinant factor VIIa restore hemostasis independent of tissue factor in antibody-induced hemophilia mice.
Pharmacological concentrations of recombinant factor VIIa restore hemostasis independent of tissue factor in antibody-induced hemophilia mice.
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10.1111/jth.13244
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2016-03
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Rao LV
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Keshava S;Sundaram J;Rajulapati A;Pendurthi UR;Rao LV
Recombinant factor VIIa (rFVIIa) has been used widely for treating hemophilia patients with inhibitory autoantibodies against factor VIII or IX. Its mechanism of action is not entirely known. A majority of in vitro studies suggested that pharmacological concentrations of rFVIIa restore hemostasis in hemophilia in a phospholipid-dependent mechanism, independent of tissue factor (TF). However, a few studies suggested that a TF-dependent mechanism plays a primary role in rFVIIa correction of bleeding in hemophilia patients. Here, we investigated the potential contribution of TF in rFVIIa-induced hemostasis in hemophilia employing a model system of FVIII antibody-induced hemophilia in TF transgenic mice. Mice expressing low levels of human TF (LTF mice), relatively high levels of human TF (HTF mice) or wild-type mice (WT mice) were administered with neutralizing anti-FVIII antibodies to induce hemophilia in these mice. The mice were then treated with varying concentrations of rFVIIa. rFVIIa-induced hemostasis was evaluated with the saphenous vein bleeding model. Administration of FVIII inhibitory antibodies induced the hemophilic bleeding phenotype in all three genotypes. rFVIIa administration rescued the bleeding phenotype in all three genotypes. No significant differences were observed in rFVIIa-induced correction in the bleeding of LTF and HTF mice administered with FVIII antibodies. Our results provide strong evidence supporting that the hemostatic effect of pharmacological doses of rFVIIa stems from a TF-independent mechanism.