A simplified and low-cost one-stage chromogenic assay for tissue factor dependent procoagulant activity of endothelial cells

1995 ◽  
Vol 80 (6) ◽  
pp. 527-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Pouplard ◽  
Pascale Reverdiau-Moalic ◽  
Régis Piquemal ◽  
Hervé Watier ◽  
Yvon Lebranchu ◽  
...  
1997 ◽  
Vol 77 (05) ◽  
pp. 0975-0980 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angel Gálvez ◽  
Goretti Gómez-Ortiz ◽  
Maribel Díaz-Ricart ◽  
Ginés Escolar ◽  
Rogelio González-Sarmiento ◽  
...  

SummaryThe effect of desmopressin (DDAVP) on thrombogenicity, expression of tissue factor and procoagulant activity (PCA) of extracellular matrix (ECM) generated by human umbilical vein endothelial cells cultures (HUVEC), was studied under different experimental conditions. HUVEC were incubated with DDAVP (1, 5 and 30 ng/ml) and then detached from their ECM. The reactivity towards platelets of this ECM was tested in a perfusion system. Coverslips covered with DD A VP-treated ECMs were inserted in a parallel-plate chamber and exposed to normal blood anticoagulated with low molecular weight heparin (Fragmin®, 20 U/ml). Perfusions were run for 5 min at a shear rate of 800 s1. Deposition of platelets on ECMs was significantly increased with respect to control ECMs when DDAVP was used at 5 and 30 ng/ml (p <0.05 and p <0.01 respectively). The increase in platelet deposition was prevented by incubation of ECMs with an antibody against human tissue factor prior to perfusion. Immunofluorescence studies positively detected tissue factor antigen on DDAVP derived ECMs. A chromogenic assay performed under standardized conditions revealed a statistically significant increase in the procoagulant activity of the ECMs produced by ECs incubated with 30 ng/ml DDAVP (p <0.01 vs. control samples). Northern blot analysis revealed increased levels of tissue factor mRNA in extracts from ECs exposed to DDAVP. Our data indicate that DDAVP in vitro enhances platelet adhesion to the ECMs through increased expression of tissue factor. A similar increase in the expression of tissue factor might contribute to the in vivo hemostatic effect of DDAVP.


1998 ◽  
Vol 79 (05) ◽  
pp. 1025-1028 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Zhou ◽  
Patrick Stordeur ◽  
Aurore de Lavareille ◽  
Kris Thielemans ◽  
Paul Capel ◽  
...  

SummaryThe CD40 molecule expressed on endothelial cells has been shown to transduce activation signals resulting in upregulation of adhesion molecules. Herein, we studied the impact of CD40 engagement on the induction of tissue factor (TF)-dependent procoagulant activity (PCA) at the surface of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). First, we found that co-incubation of HUVECs with 3T6 fibroblasts transfected with the CD40L gene (3T6-CD40L) resulted in a clear induction of PCA which was not observed with control untransfected fibroblasts. The specificity of this finding was established by inhibition experiments using monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) blocking CD40 or CD40L. PCA induced by CD40 ligation was TF-related as it was not observed in factor VII-deficient plasma and was associated with the accumulation of TF mRNA. To investigate the role of CD40/CD40L interactions in the induction of endothelial cell PCA by lymphocytes, interferon (IFN)-γ-stimulated EC were incubated with T cells in the absence or presence of anti-CD40 or anti-CD40L mAb. The 60-70% inhibition of PCA induced by these mAbs but not their isotype-matched control indicated that the CD40 pathway is involved in the induction of PCA resulting from interactions between activated HUVECs and T cells. We conclude that activation signals elicited by CD40 engagement on endothelial cells result in the induction of TF-dependent PCA. The CD40/CD40L pathway might therefore be involved in the development of prothrombic states during diseases associated with endothelial cell and T cell activation.


Circulation ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 116 (suppl_16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Serena Del Turco ◽  
Giuseppina Basta ◽  
Guido Lazzerini ◽  
Laurent Chancharme ◽  
Laurence Lerond ◽  
...  

Background Tissue factor (TF) expression and surface exposure are key events in thrombosis, likely contributing to clinical events in vascular disease. Thromboxane (TX)A 2 , an unstable metabolite of arachidonic acid released from vaious cell types, is known for its pro-aggregating and vasoconstrictor properties. Cellular effects of TXA 2 are effected through the TP (TX-prostaglandin endoperoxide) receptor, also expressed in endothelial cells (EC). The TP receptor antagonist S 18886 (Terutroban) demonstrated antithrombotic and antiatherogenic effects in activated EC. As the underlying molecular mechanisms are largely unexplored, we studied the effects of TP agonism and of antagonism on TF expression and procoagulant activity in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC), and signal transduction pathways involved. Methods and Results HUVEC ± 30 min pretreatment with the TP antagonist S 18886 were stimulated with the TP receptor agonist U 46619 or TNF-α for 6 hours. TF total expression and surface exposure were assessed by enzyme immunoassays, and TF-dependent procoagulant activity by the generation of Factor Xa. HUVEC exposed to U 46619 featured a concentration-dependent increase in TF total expression and surface exposure. These were associated with enhanced procoagulant activity. S 18886 (1 μmol/L) significantly reduced U 46619 (1 μM)-induced TF expression (−20% ± 7%, P<0.05) and procoagulant activity (−32% ± 11%, P<0.05). Interestingly, S 18886 (1 μmol/L) prevented the increase of TF expression after TNF-α (20 ng/mL) stimulation (−25% ± 9%, P<0.05). Both U 46619- and TNF-α-induced TF expression were mediated by the increase of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), and this was inhibited by S 18886 (−44% ± 6% and −24% ± 5% P<0.05, respectively). S 18886 decreased the membrane association of p47-phox component of NADP(H) oxidase, accounting for the reduced production of ROS. Conclusions Our results show that endothelial TP receptor mediates TF expression, surface exposure and activity stimulated both by TP agonists and by TNF-α. This occurs through NADP(H) oxidase activation and the consequent generation of ROS. These procoagulant and oxidant pathways are inhibited by the TP receptor antagonist S 18886.


Blood ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 106 (11) ◽  
pp. 2167-2167
Author(s):  
Peter Casasanto ◽  
Michael P. Reilly ◽  
Ming-Lin Liu ◽  
Kevin Jon Williams ◽  
Steven E. McKenzie

Abstract Thrombus formation in response to physical disruption of the vascular endothelium is an essential response to vessel injury. In contrast, thrombus formation is pathologic when the endothelium is physically intact but blood and endothelial cells are activated by inflammation. Thrombosis secondary to immune complexes is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. We recently generated and characterized the first transgenic mouse model of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia/thrombosis (HIT/T) to recapitulate the salient features of the disease and confirmed that complexes of heparin and platelet factor 4, antibodies to the complex, and FcγRIIa-dependent platelet activation are both necessary and sufficient to model the disease in vivo. It is also likely that immune complex activation of monocytes and endothelial cells occurs in HIT/T. However, the interaction between activated blood and endothelial cells and tissue factor positive microparticles (TF+-MP) that may result in thrombin generation is not clear. Recent studies (del Conde et al., Blood 2005) showed that phosphatidylserine and PSGL-1 on the surface of monocyte-derived TF+-MP enables their fusion with activated platelets. Collagen-activated platelets incubated with TF+-MP were reported to cause increased TF-VIIa procoagulant activity (PCA) compared to non-activated platelets. We hypothesized that platelets activated by HIT/T immune complexes would also result in increased TF-PCA when incubated with monocyte-derived TF+-MP. To test this hypothesis we generated TF+-MP from THP-1 cells, a human monocytic cell line, stimulated with LPS (6 hr) and A23187 (subsequent 15 min). TF+-MPs were co-incubated with untreated or agonist-treated platelets. The HIT/T immune complex was prepared by incubating optimal ratios of heparin and recombinant human PF4 with KKO, a mouse monoclonal anti-heparin-PF4 antibody. Other agonists included anti-CD9 (producing a particulate immune complex) and collagen. Using a chromogenic assay of Xa generation we found that TF+-MPs were necessary to detect TF-PCA. PCA increased by 12–25% when TF+-MPs were incubated with platelets stimulated by collagen or anti-CD9 as compared to untreated platelets. When TF+-MPs were incubated with platelets stimulated by the HIT/T immune complex, there was a 2-fold increase in the PCA. The increase in TF-PCA was observed to be proportional to the concentration of microparticles added. The results suggest an important role in platelet-monocyte cross-talk in initiating and increasing TF procoagulant activity upon immune complex stimulation.


1993 ◽  
Vol 292 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
D P O'Brien ◽  
J S Anderson ◽  
D M A Martin ◽  
P G H Byfield ◽  
E G D Tuddenham

Tissue Factor (TF) is the cellular receptor for coagulation Factor VII/VIIa (FVII/VIIa). TF binds to FVIIa and promotes the rapid activation of the zymogen substrates Factors IX and X (FIX and FX) to the respective serine proteinases. In order to probe structure-function relationships in TF, we have subjected the truncated membrane-bound variant, TF 1-243, to proteolytic digestion in SDS-containing gels. Three major polypeptide fragments were generated by proteolysis of TF 1-243 with chymotrypsin, producing cleavages C-terminal to residues 34, 76 and 103. All three polypeptides, TF 35-243, 77-243 and 104-243, bound biotinylated human FVII in a highly specific ligand blot assay. High-performance electrophoretic chromatography was used to isolated chymotrypsin-derived fragments of TF. These purified fragments bound FVII in ligand blots, and two of the three polypeptides exhibited much reduced, but significant, procoagulant activity in a chromogenic assay for the generation of Factor Xa in the presence of FVIIa and Ca2+. The smallest chymotrypsin-derived TF polypeptide, TF 104-243, showed reduced binding of FVII in ligand blot analyses, inhibited the activity of the full-length molecule, but had no procoagulant activity. These data suggest that a part of the binding site for FVII is contained within the TF sequence 104-243. The sequence TF 1-34 either contains a part of the FVII-binding domain or its removal leads to dysfunctional folding, disrupting binding sites elsewhere in the molecule.


2000 ◽  
Vol 84 (08) ◽  
pp. 319-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. M. Bouwman ◽  
K. P. Bouter ◽  
R. J. A. Diepersloot ◽  
Ph. G. de Groot ◽  
D. W. Erkelens ◽  
...  

SummaryInfluenza virus epidemics are associated with excess mortality due to cardiovascular diseases. There are several case reports of excessive coagulation during generalised influenza virus infection. In this study, we demonstrate the ability of respiratory viruses (influenza A, influenza B, parainfluenza-1, respiratory syncytial virus, adenovirus, cytomegalovirus) to infect lung fibroblasts and human umbilical vein endothelial cells in culture. All viral pathogens induced procoagulant activity in infected endothelial cells, as determined in a one-stage clotting assay, by causing an average 55% reduction in the clotting time. When factor VII deficient plasma was used clotting time was not reduced. The induction of procoagulant activity was associated with a 4- to 5-fold increase in the expression of tissue factor, as measured by the generation of factor Xa. Both experiments indicate that the procoagulant activity of endothelial cells in response to infection with respiratory viruses is caused by upregulation of the extrinsic pathway. Although both enveloped viruses and a non-enveloped virus (adenovirus) induced procoagulant activity in endothelial cells by stimulating tissue factor expression, the role of the viral envelope in the assembly of the prothrombinase complex remains uncertain.We conclude that both enveloped and non-enveloped respiratory viruses are capable of infecting cultured human endothelial cells and causing a shift from anticoagulant to procoagulant activity associated with the induction of tissue factor expression.


1985 ◽  
Vol 162 (4) ◽  
pp. 1223-1235 ◽  
Author(s):  
D M Stern ◽  
I Bank ◽  
P P Nawroth ◽  
J Cassimeris ◽  
W Kisiel ◽  
...  

Interleukin 1 (IL-1) is a potent mediator of inflammatory and immunologic phenomena. In addition, IL-1 may be intimately involved in the regulation of hemostasis, since interaction of IL-1 with endothelial cells has been reported to induce tissue factor activity. We demonstrate that perturbation of the endothelial cell induces augmented IL-1 release. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells perturbed by treatment with lipopolysaccharide produced enhanced amounts of IL-1 activity. IL-1 activity from lipopolysaccharide-treated endothelial cell supernatants could be absorbed by an antibody to IL-1 coupled to Sepharose. Elaboration of IL-1 activity was dependent on the dose of lipopolysaccharide and occurred in a time-dependent manner. Addition of cycloheximide blocked generation of IL-1 activity. A physiological vessel wall perturbant, the coagulation enzyme thrombin, induced comparable amounts of IL-1 activity in endothelial cell cultures. This effect was specific for the enzyme, since active site-blocked thrombin and prothrombin had no effect on IL-1. In addition, IL-1-containing supernatants from thrombin-stimulated endothelial cells induced tissue factor procoagulant activity in fresh endothelial cell cultures. Thus, in contrast to the multiple, known inhibitory mechanisms that block thrombin procoagulant activity, these data suggest a circle of interaction in which thrombin induces endothelial cell elaboration of IL-1, a mediator of endothelial cell procoagulant activity. Endothelial cell production of IL-1 in response to perturbation allows these cells to play an integral role in the regulation of the inflammatory and coagulation systems.


2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 365-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mufuliat Adeola Adesanya ◽  
Anthony Maraveyas ◽  
Leigh A. Madden

1997 ◽  
Vol 185 (9) ◽  
pp. 1619-1628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Tedesco ◽  
Mario Pausa ◽  
Ermanno Nardon ◽  
Martino Introna ◽  
Alberto Mantovani ◽  
...  

The membrane attack complex of complement (C) in sublytic concentrations stimulates endothelial cells (EC) to express adhesion molecules and to release biologically active products. We have examined the ability of a cytolytically inactive form of this complex, which is incapable of inserting into the cell membrane, to upregulate the expression of adhesion molecules and of tissue factor (TF) procoagulant activity. The inactive terminal C complex (iTCC) was prepared by mixing C5b6, C7, C8, and C9 and was purified by fast protein liquid chromatography on a Superose 12 column. Binding of this complex to EC was found to be dose dependent and was inhibited by anti-C9 antibodies, as assessed both by ELISA using an mAb anti-C9 neoantigen and by measuring cell-bound 125I-labeled iTCC. Exposure of EC to iTCC resulted in a dose- and time-dependent expression of endothelial leukocyte adhesion molecule 1, intercellular adhesion molecule 1, and vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 accompanied by increased levels of the corresponding mRNA, but not in the rapid expression of P-selectin. Inactive TCC also induced increased TF activity evaluated by a chromogenic assay that measures the formation of factor Xa. These effects were inhibited by anti-C9 antibodies. The data support the conclusion that iTCC may induce proinflammatory and procoagulant activities on EC.


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