scholarly journals Kinetics of the inhibition of human factor Xa by full-length and truncated recombinant tissue factor pathway inhibitor

1994 ◽  
Vol 297 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Lindhout ◽  
G Willems ◽  
R Blezer ◽  
H C Hemker

The inhibition equilibrium and kinetics of association and dissociation of the binding of three types of recombinant tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI), namely full-length TFPI, C-terminal-truncated TFPI, and TFPI without the third Kunitz domain (TFPI1-161), to factor Xa have been measured. Formation and dissociation of the complexes were monitored by continuous measurement of the changes in the rate of hydrolysis of a peptidyl-p-nitroanilide substrate. Progress curves of product formation were fitted to a set of equations describing a one-step bimolecular inhibitory reaction in the presence of a competing substrate. For full-length TFPI the rate constants of association (kon) and dissociation (koff) were (5.1 +/- 0.7) x 10(6) M-1.s-1 and (2.6 +/- 0.9) x 10(-4)s-1 respectively. Thus, although the inhibition constant (50 pM) is far below the plasma concentration (2.5 nM) of TFPI, the half-time for transition to equilibrium in plasma is rather long (66s). The truncated forms of TFPI differ in that they have a 4-fold lower kon value but a similar dissociation rate constant. Therefore the inhibition constant, Ki, is 4-fold higher (0.2 nM) and the half-time to achieve equilibrium is prolonged to 250 s. The kon values of full-length and C-terminal-truncated TFPI, but not that of TFPI1-161, were found to decrease with increasing ionic strength.

1995 ◽  
Vol 74 (03) ◽  
pp. 910-915 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theo Lindhout ◽  
Jo Franssen ◽  
George Willems

SummaryTissue factor-factor VIIa catalysed activation of factor X and factor IX is inhibited by the complex of tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) and factor Xa. At present, no information is available as to what extent the kinetics of complex formation between TFPI and factor Xa during factor X activation contribute to the overall rate of inactivation of the factor X converting complex. We have determined the kinetic parameters of the individual reactions, i. e. factor X activation, formation of the TFPI-factor Xa complex, and inactivation of tissue factor-factor VIIa by the TFPI-factor Xa complex. We modelled the overall reaction by assuming a two-step reaction: factor Xa generated by tissue factor-factor VIIa forms a reversible complex with TFPI and in the second step this complex forms a reversible quaternary complex with tissue factor- factor VIIa. The validity of the model was demonstrated by analysis of factor Xa generation curves in the presence of TFPI. Independently determined constants for factor X activation (kcat= 12 s-1, Km = 70 nM) and inhibition of tissue factor-factor VIIa by TFPI-factor Xa complex (rate constant of inhibition of 1.1 × 108 M-1s-1) were used. The association rate constant of the formation of the TFPI-factor Xa complex was estimated by fitting the model to the data. The rate constants of association of the complex between factor Xa and the variants full length TFPI, TFPI 1-247 and TFPI1-61 were very close to the values determined independently in a kinetic study on the inhibition of factor Xa in the presence of phospholipids, namely 3.4 × 106 M-1s-1, 0.4 × 106 M-1s-1 and 0.3 × 106 M-1s-1, respectively. These results indicate that the factor Xa-dependent inhibition of tissue factor-factor VIIa-catalysed factor X activation by TFPI can be adequately described by the two-step reaction sequence. We found that phospholipids (25 mol % phosphat-idylserine/75 mol % phospatidylcholine) increased the rate constant of association with factor Xa for full length TFPI, but not for the C-ter- minus truncated TFPI. Our results further indicate that optimal inhibition of tissue factor-factor VIIa activity is obtained with full length TFPI because of the higher rate of TFPI-factor Xa complex formation.


1993 ◽  
Vol 70 (06) ◽  
pp. 0942-0945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Job Harenberg ◽  
Marietta Siegele ◽  
Carl-Erik Dempfle ◽  
Gerd Stehle ◽  
Dieter L Heene

SummaryThe present study was designed to investigate the action of protamine on the release of tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) activity by unfractionated (UF) and low molecular weight (LMW) heparin in healthy individuals. 5000 IU UF-heparin or 5000 IU LMW-heparin were given intravenously followed by saline, 5000 U protamine chloride or 5000 U protamine sulfate intravenously after the 10 min blood sample. Then serial blood samples for the measurement of TFPI activity and anti-factor Xa- activity were taken, in order to detect a possible relation between the remaining anti-factor X a activity after neutralization of LMW-heparin with protamine and TFPI activity and to establish whether or not a rebound phenomenon of plasmatic TFPI occurs.There was no difference in the release and in the kinetics of TFPI by UF- and LMW-heparin with subsequent administration of saline. After administration of protamine TFPI activity decreased immediately and irreversibly to pretreatment values. There were no differences between protamine chloride and protamine sulfate on the effect of TFPI induced by UF- or LMW-heparin. No rebound phenomenon of TFPI activity occurred. In contrast anti-factor Xa- activity, as measured by the chromogenic S2222-assay, issued the known differences between UF- and LMW-heparin. The half-life of the aXa-effect of LMW-heparin was twice as long as of UF-heparin. Protamine antagonized UF-heparin completely and about 60% of the anti-factor Xa activity of LMW-heparin, using chromogenic S2222-method. No differences could be detected for protamine chloride and sulfate form of protamineIt is assumed that protamine displaces heparins from the binding sites of TFPI. There were no differences between UF- and LMW-heparin. The data indicate that the sustained antifactor Xa activity after antagonization of LMW-heparins as well as heparin rebound phenomena are not mediated by TFPI activity.


Blood ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 95 (6) ◽  
pp. 1973-1978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guyu Ho ◽  
Masaaki Narita ◽  
George J. Broze ◽  
Alan L. Schwartz

Abstract Tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) plays a key role in the regulation of tissue factor-initiated blood coagulation secondary to loss of the integrity of the blood vessel wall. TFPI is a naturally occurring Kunitz-type protease inhibitor that inhibits coagulation factor Xa and, in a factor Xa-dependent manner, mediates feedback inhibition of the factor VIIa/tissuefactor catalytic complex. In vivo full-length TFPI is thought to be primarily bound to the vascular endothelium and the high affinity binding requires an intact carboxy terminus. Here we describe a full-length TFPI molecule, expressed in mouse C127 cells (TFPIC127), which exhibits virtually no cellular binding yet contains the intact carboxy terminus. This TFPI (TFPIC127) is neither internalized nor degraded via the TFPI endocytic receptor, LDL-receptor–related protein. Pharmacokinetic studies of TFPIC127 in vivo demonstrate a 10-fold prolongation in the plasma half-life, compared with that of bacterial recombinant TFPI.


1997 ◽  
Vol 323 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo FRANSSEN ◽  
Irene SALEMINK ◽  
George M. WILLEMS ◽  
Tze-Chein WUN ◽  
H. Coenraad HEMKER ◽  
...  

The inhibition of prothrombinase by tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) has been studied in the presence and absence of prothrombin. The rate constant of association of prothrombinase with full-length TFPI was 2.1×107 M-1ċs-1 and 0.05×107 M-1ċs-1 for the reaction with C-terminus truncated TFPI (TFPI1-161). The rate constant of dissociation was 0.65×10-4 s-1 in both cases. The rate constant of inhibition of prothrombinase by TFPI1-161 was similar to that of solution-phase factor Xa. In contrast, phospholipids and factor Va enhanced the association rate of the reaction between factor Xa and full-length TFPI by approx. 20-fold. Although TFPI, and in particular the full-length variant of the molecule, is a potent inhibitor of prothrombinase (overall inhibition constant of 3 pM), we also found that prothrombin competed very effectively with TFPI for the active site of factor Xa in the prothrombinase complex. A 50% reduction of the rate constant of inhibition was measured in the presence of 4 nM prothrombin, i.e. 0.2% of the plasma concentration of prothrombin. The physiological significance of TFPI as an inhibitor of prothrombinase activity is thus questionable.


1993 ◽  
Vol 70 (03) ◽  
pp. 454-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claus Bregengaard ◽  
Ole Nordfang ◽  
Per Østergaard ◽  
Jens G L Petersen ◽  
Giorgio Meyn ◽  
...  

SummaryTissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) is a feed back inhibitor of the initial activation of the extrinsic pathway of coagulation. In humans, injection of heparin results in a 2-6 fold increase in plasma TFPI and recent studies suggest that TFPI may be important for the anticoagulant activity of heparin. Full length (FL) TFPI, but not recombinant two-domain (2D) TFPI, has a poly cationic C-terminus showing very strong heparin binding. Therefore, we have investigated if heparin affects the pharmacokinetics of TFPI with and without this C-terminus.FL-TFPI (608 U/kg) and 2D-TFPI (337 U/kg) were injected intravenously in rabbits with and without simultaneous intravenous injections of low molecular weight heparin (450 anti-XaU/kg).Heparin decreased the volume of distribution and the clearance of FL-TFPI by a factor 10-15, whereas the pharmacokinetics of 2D-TFPI were unaffected by heparin. When heparin was administered 2 h following TFPI the recovery of FL-TFPI was similar to that found in the group receiving the two compounds simultaneously, suggesting that the releasable pool of FL-TFPI is removed very slowly in the absence of circulating heparin.


1996 ◽  
Vol 75 (05) ◽  
pp. 796-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanne Valentin ◽  
Inger Schousboe

SummaryIn the present study, the interaction between tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) and phospholipids has been characterized using a microtitre plate assay. TFPI was shown to bind calcium-independently to an acidic phospholipid surface composed of phosphatidylserine, but not a surface composed of the neutral phosphatidylcholine. The interaction was demonstrated to be dependent on the presence of the TFPI C-terminus. The presence of heparin (1 U/ml, unfractionated) was able to significantly reduce the binding of TFPI to phospholipid. The interaction of TFPI with phosphatidylserine was significantly decreased in the presence of calcium, but this was counteracted, and even enhanced, following complex formation of TFPI with factor Xa prior to incubation with the phospholipid surface. Moreover, a TFPI variant, not containing the third Kunitz domain and the C-terminus, was unable to bind to phospholipid. However, following the formation of a TFPI/factor Xa-complex this TFPI variant was capable of interacting with the phospholipid surface. This indicates that the role of factor Xa as a TFPI cofactor, at least in part, is to mediate the binding of TFPI to the phospholipid surface.


1997 ◽  
Vol 78 (02) ◽  
pp. 864-870 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideki Nagase ◽  
Kei-ichi Enjyoji ◽  
Yu-ichi Kamikubo ◽  
Keiko T Kitazato ◽  
Kenji Kitazato ◽  
...  

SummaryDepolymerized holothurian glycosaminoglycan (DHG) is a glycosaminoglycan extracted from the sea cucumber Stichopus japonicusSelenka. In previous studies, we demonstrated that DHG has antithrombotic and anticoagulant activities that are distinguishable from those of heparin and dermatan sulfate. In the present study, we examined the effect of DHG on the tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI), which inhibits the initial reaction of the tissue factor (TF)-mediated coagulation pathway. We first examined the effect of DHG on factor Xa inhibition by TFPI and the inhibition of TF-factor Vila by TFPI-factor Xa in in vitro experiments using human purified proteins. DHG increased the rate of factor Xa inhibition by TFPI, which was abolished either with a synthetic C-terminal peptide or with a synthetic K3 domain peptide of TFPI. In contrast, DHG reduced the rate of TF-factor Vila inhibition by TFPI-factor Xa. Therefore, the effect of DHG on in vitroactivity of TFPI appears to be contradictory. We then examined the effect of DHG on TFPI in cynomolgus monkeys and compared it with that of unfractionated heparin. DHG induced an increase in the circulating level of free-form TFPI in plasma about 20-fold when administered i.v. at 1 mg/kg. The prothrombin time (PT) in monkey plasma after DHG administration was longer than that estimated from the plasma concentrations of DHG. Therefore, free-form TFPI released by DHG seems to play an additive role in the anticoagulant mechanisms of DHG through the extrinsic pathway in vivo. From the results shown in the present work and in previous studies, we conclude that DHG shows anticoagulant activity at various stages of coagulation reactions, i.e., by inhibiting the initial reaction of the extrinsic pathway, by inhibiting the intrinsic Xase, and by inhibiting thrombin.


1998 ◽  
Vol 79 (02) ◽  
pp. 306-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dougald Monroe ◽  
Julie Oliver ◽  
Darla Liles ◽  
Harold Roberts ◽  
Jen-Yea Chang

SummaryTissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) acts to regulate the initiation of coagulation by first inhibiting factor Xa. The complex of factor Xa/ TFPI then inhibits the factor VIIa/tissue factor complex. The cDNA sequences of TFPI from several different species have been previously reported. A high level of similarity is present among TFPIs at the molecular level (DNA and protein sequences) as well as in biochemical function (inhibition of factor Xa, VIIa/tissue factor). In this report, we used a PCR-based screening method to clone cDNA for full length TFPI from a mouse macrophage cDNA library. Both cDNA and predicted protein sequences show significant homology to the other reported TFPI sequences, especially to that of rat. Mouse TFPI has a signal peptide of 28 amino acid residues followed by the mature protein (in which the signal peptide is removed) which has 278 amino acid residues. Mouse TFPI, like that of other species, consists of three tandem Kunitz type domains. Recombinant mouse TFPI was expressed in the human kidney cell line 293 and purified for functional assays. When using human clotting factors to investigate the inhibition spectrum of mouse TFPI, it was shown that, in addition to human factor Xa, mouse TFPI inhibits human factors VIIa, IXa, as well as factor XIa. Cloning and expression of the mouse TFPI gene will offer useful information and material for coagulation studies performed in a mouse model system.


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