ADAMTS13 exerts a thrombolytic effect in microcirculation
ADAMTS13 exerts a thrombolytic effect in microcirculation
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DOI:
10.1160/th12-01-0046
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发表时间:
2012-09-01
影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Wagner, Denisa D.
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作者:
Crescente, Marilena;Thomas, Grace M.;Wagner, Denisa D.
Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (r-tPA) is the drug of choice for thrombolysis, but it is associated with a significant risk of bleeding and is not always successful. By cleaving von Willebrand factor (VWF), the metalloprotease ADAMTS13 (a disintegrin-like and metalloprotease with thrombospondin type I repeats-13) down-regulates thrombus formation in injured vessels. We investigated whether recombinant ADAMTS13 (r-ADAMTS13) induces thrombolysis in vivo in mice. Thrombosis was produced by ferric chloride-induced (FeCl3) injury in the venules of a dorsal skinfold chamber. Phosphate-buffered saline (PBS, vehicle), r-tPA or r-ADAMTS13, supplemented with hirudin (to stop ongoing thrombin generation), was directly applied onto the occluded vessel, and thrombus dissolution was evaluated by intravital microscopy. The incidence of blood flow restoration significantly increased 30 minutes (min) after r-ADAMTS13 vs. PBS treatment (60% vs. 0%, p