Osteosarcoma cell-calcium signaling through tissue factor-factor VIIa complex and factor Xa

SummaryA novel reactor recently described for studying phospholipiddependent blood coagulation reactions under flow conditions similar to those occurring in the vasculature has been further charactenzed. The reactor is a capitlary whose inner wall is coated with a stable phospholipid bilayer (or two bilayers) containing tissue factor, a transmembrane protein that is required for the enzymatic activation of factor X by factor VIIa. Perfusion of the capillary at wall shear rates ranging from 25 s−1 to 1,200 s−1 with purified bovine factors X and VIIa led to steady state factor Xa levels at the outlet. Assay were performed using a chromogenic substrate, SpectrozymeTMFXa, or by using a radiometric technique. In the absence of Ca2+ or factor VIIa there was no product formation. No difference was noted in the levels of factor Xa achieved when non-activated factor VII was perfused. Once steady state was achieved further factor Xa production continued in the absence of factor VIIa implying a very strong association of factor VIIa with the tissue factor in the phospholipid membrane. In agreement with static vesicle-type studies the reactor was sensitive to wall tissue factor concentration, temperature and the presence of phosphatidylserine in the bilayer.

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The Factor VIII Bypassing Activity of Prothrombin Complex Concentrates: The Roles of Factor VIla and of Endothelial Cell Tissue Factor

Thrombosis and Haemostasis ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1646459 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 66 (05) ◽

pp. 559-564 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Jerome M Teitel

Keyword(s):

Factor Viii ◽

Tissue Factor ◽

Factor Viia ◽

Factor Xa ◽

Procoagulant Activity ◽

Tissue Factor Expression ◽

Prothrombin Complex Concentrates ◽

Cell Tissue ◽

Factor Expression ◽

Necrosis Factor

SummaryAn experimental model incorporating cultured endothelial cells (EC) was used to study the "factor VIII bypassing" activity of prothrombin complex concentrates (PCC), a property exploited in the treatment of hemophiliacs with alloantibodies to factor VIII. Two PCC preparations were ineffective as stimuli of tissue factor expression by EC. However, incubation with a combination of PCC plus endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide, LPS) or tumor necrosis factor (TNF) induced much greater tissue factor expression than was seen in response to either substance alone. PCC expressed an additional direct procoagulant activity at the EC surface, which could not be attributed to either thrombin or factor Xa, and which was diminished by an anti-tissue factor antibody. Therefore factor VIIa, which was detectable in both PCC preparations, likely provided this additional direct procoagulant activity at the EC surface. We also excluded the possibility that coagulation proteases contained in or generated in the presence of PCC are protected from inactivation by AT III. Therefore, PCC can indirectly bypass factor VIII by enhancing induced endothelial tissue factor expression, and also possess direct procoagulant activity, probably mediated by factor VIIa.

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TFPIβ is the GPI-anchored TFPI isoform on human endothelial cells and placental microsomes

Blood ◽

10.1182/blood-2011-10-388512 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 119 (5) ◽

pp. 1256-1262 ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

Thomas J. Girard ◽

Elodee Tuley ◽

George J. Broze

Keyword(s):

Endothelial Cells ◽

Tissue Factor ◽

Feedback Inhibition ◽

Culture Media ◽

Factor Viia ◽

Factor Xa ◽

Gpi Anchor ◽

C Terminus ◽

Before And After ◽

Tissue Factor Pathway

Abstract Tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) produces factor Xa-dependent feedback inhibition of factor VIIa/tissue factor-induced coagulation. Messages for 2 isoforms of TFPI have been identified. TFPIα mRNA encodes a protein with an acidic N-terminus, 3 Kunitz-type protease inhibitor domains and a basic C-terminus that has been purified from plasma and culture media. TFPIβ mRNA encodes a form in which the Kunitz-3 and C-terminal domains of TFPIα are replaced with an alternative C-terminus that directs the attachment of a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor, but whether TFPIβ protein is actually expressed is not clear. Moreover, previous studies have suggested that the predominant form of TFPI released from cells by phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PIPLC) treatment is TFPIα, implying it is bound at cell surfaces to a separate GPI-anchored coreceptor. Our studies show that the form of TFPI released by PIPLC treatment of cultured endothelial cells and placental microsomes is actually TFPIβ based on (1) migration on SDS-PAGE before and after deglycosylation, (2) the lack of a Kunitz-3 domain, and (3) it contains a GPI anchor. Immunoassays demonstrate that, although endothelial cells secrete TFPIα, greater than 95% of the TFPI released by PIPLC treatment from the surface of endothelial cells and from placental microsomes is TFPIβ.

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Studies of a mechanism inhibiting the initiation of the extrinsic pathway of coagulation

Blood ◽

10.1182/blood.v69.2.645.645 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 69 (2) ◽

pp. 645-651 ◽

Cited By ~ 137

Author(s):

LV Rao ◽

SI Rapaport

Keyword(s):

Tissue Factor ◽

Factor Viia ◽

Factor Xa ◽

Factor Ix ◽

Factor Vii ◽

Factor X ◽

Extrinsic Pathway ◽

Mechanism Of Inhibition ◽

Peptide Release ◽

Release Assay

Abstract We have extended earlier studies (Blood 66:204, 1985) of a mechanism of inhibition of factor VIIa/tissue factor activity that requires a plasma component (called herein extrinsic pathway inhibitor or EPI) and factor Xa. An activated peptide release assay using 3H-factor IX as a substrate was used to evaluate inhibition. Increasing the tissue factor concentration from 20% to 40% (vol/vol) overcame the inhibitory mechanism in normal plasma but not in factor VII-deficient plasma supplemented with a low concentration of factor VII. A second wave of factor IX activation obtained by a second addition of tissue factor to plasma with a normal factor VII concentration was almost abolished by supplementing the reaction mixture with additional EPI and factor X. Factor Xa's active site was necessary for factor Xa's contribution to inhibition, but preliminary incubation of factor Xa with EPI in the absence of factor VIIa/tissue factor complex or of factor VIIa/tissue factor complex in the absence of EPI did not replace the need for the simultaneous presence of factor Xa, factor VIIa/tissue factor, calcium, and EPI in an inhibitory reaction mixture. Inhibition of factor VIIa/tissue factor was reversible; both tissue factor and factor VIIa activity could be recovered from a dissociated, inhibited factor VIIa/tissue factor complex. EPI appeared to bind to a factor VIIa/tissue factor complex formed in the presence of factor Xa but not to a factor VIIa/tissue factor complex formed in the absence of factor Xa.

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Modifications of Extrinsic Pathway Inhibitor (EPI) and Factor Xa that Affect their Ability to Interact and to Inhibit Factor Vila/Tissue Factor: Evidence for a Two-Step Model of Inhibition

Thrombosis and Haemostasis ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1646989 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 60 (03) ◽

pp. 453-456 ◽

Cited By ~ 50

Author(s):

Bonnie J Warn-Cramer ◽

L Vijaya Mohan Rao ◽

Steven L Maki ◽

Samuel I Rapaport

Keyword(s):

Tissue Factor ◽

Factor Viia ◽

Factor Xa ◽

Extrinsic Pathway ◽

Step Model ◽

Arginine Residues ◽

Gla Domain ◽

Positively Charged ◽

Independent Reaction ◽

Inhibit Factor

SummaryInhibition of factor VIIa/tissue factor (TF) by extrinsic pathway inhibitor (EPI) requires the participation of factor Xa. Through this inhibition, factor Xa generated initially may feed back to suppress continuing generation of factor Xa via the extrinsic pathway during hemostasis. We have utilized chemical modifications of EPI and factor Xa to study the reactions responsible for inhibition. The data are consistent with a two-step model. First, EPI binds to factor Xa in a Ca2+ independent reaction in which the gla-domain of factor Xa does not participate. A functional active site on factor Xa and arginine residues on EPI are essential for this step. Then the factor Xa/EPI complex binds to factor VIIa/TF with resultant inhibition of its enzymatic activity. The gla-domain of factor Xa is essential for this step. Intact positively charged lysines on factor Xa may also be important

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SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE ANALOGS OF TISSUE FACTOR AND FACTOR VII WHICH INHIBIT FACTOR Xa FORMATION BY THE TISSUE FACTOR/FACTOR VIIa COMPLEX

Thrombosis Research ◽

10.1016/0049-3848(96)00163-6 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 84 (2) ◽

pp. 73-81 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Helle F. Rønning ◽

Unni C. Risøen ◽

Lars Örning ◽

Knut Sletten ◽

Kjell S. Sakariassen

Keyword(s):

Tissue Factor ◽

Synthetic Peptide ◽

Factor Viia ◽

Factor Xa ◽

Factor Vii ◽

Peptide Analogs ◽

Inhibit Factor

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The functional expression of tissue factor by fibroblasts and endothelial cells under flow conditions

Blood ◽

10.1182/blood.v81.12.3265.3265 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 81 (12) ◽

pp. 3265-3270 ◽

Cited By ~ 60

Author(s):

EF Grabowski ◽

DB Zuckerman ◽

Y Nemerson

Keyword(s):

Endothelial Cells ◽

Shear Stress ◽

Tissue Factor ◽

Factor Viia ◽

Factor Xa ◽

Cell Types ◽

Shear Stresses ◽

Factor X ◽

Flow Conditions ◽

Production Values

Abstract The expression of tissue factor (TF) by a variety of vascular cell types under physiologic flow conditions is critical to factor X activation and in vivo clotting. Therefore, in a parallel-plate flow chamber (volume 40 microL) we mounted monolayers of human embryonic fibroblasts (FBs) or interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha) (5 U/mL x 4 hours)-stimulated human umbilical vein endothelial cells (ECs). Inflow buffer contained 10 nmol/L factor VIIa, 100 nmol/L factor X, and 2.0 mmol/L CaCl. With FBs, production of factor Xa (product of outflow concentration of factor Xa-and flow rate) increased 200-fold over the range of shear stress from 0 to 2.7 dynes/cm2. Production values (mean +/- SE (N)) were 7.93 +/- 0.024 (6), 312 +/- 7.3 (6), 688 +/- 33.1 (8), 1,033 +/- 119 (6), and 1,601 +/- 183 (7) fmol/cm2.minute at shear stresses of 0, 0.27, 0.68, 1.35, and 2.7 dynes/cm2, respectively. Further experiments at 0.68 dynes/cm2 indicated that factor Xa production increased with factor X concentration over the range from 3 to 100 nmol/L, but changed little from 300 to 1,000 nmol/L. With ECs, production was 0.13 +/- 0.86 (6), 8.17 +/- 1.65 (13), and 1.66 +/- 1.66 (5) fmol/cm2.minute at 0, 0.68, and 2.7 dynes/cm2, respectively. However, in the presence of an antibody directed against tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) production with ECs was augmented to 16.46 +/- 0.80 (8), 149.8 +/- 18.6 (8), and 48.9 +/- 10.3 (10), respectively, at these same shear stresses. Control experiments with factor VIIa, factor X, or both absent confirm for both cell types the specificity of the reaction for the TF pathway. Similarly, specificity for TF itself is shown by the virtual absence of factor Xa generation in the presence of the monoclonal antibody HTF1–7B8 directed against human TF. We conclude that ECs, even when activated, are normally unable to generate significant quantities of factor Xa in the presence of factors X and VIIa. However, significant quantities of factor Xa are possible in the presence of an inhibitor of TFPI. On the other hand, production of factor Xa by fibroblasts is markedly augmented by shear stress, yet independent of the availability of substrate factor X above an inflow concentration of 100 nmol/L. The latter suggests a direct effect of flow on the fibroblast monolayers, not substrate limitation by convective diffusion.

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Inhibition of thrombin generation by the zymogen factor VII: implications for the treatment of hemophilia A by factor VIIa

Blood ◽

10.1182/blood.v95.4.1330.004k28_1330_1335 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 95 (4) ◽

pp. 1330-1335 ◽

Cited By ~ 98

Author(s):

Cornelis van 't Veer ◽

Neal J. Golden ◽

Kenneth G. Mann

Keyword(s):

Factor Viii ◽

Tissue Factor ◽

Thrombin Generation ◽

Hemophilia A ◽

Factor Viia ◽

Plasma Concentrations ◽

Factor Xa ◽

Factor Vii ◽

Lag Phase ◽

Single Chain

Factor VII circulates as a single chain inactive zymogen (10 nmol/L) and a trace (∼10-100 pmol/L) circulates as the 2-chain form, factor VIIa. Factor VII and factor VIIa were studied in a coagulation model using plasma concentrations of purified coagulation factors with reactions initiated with relipidated tissue factor (TF). Factor VII (10 nmol/L) extended the lag phase of thrombin generation initiated by 100 pmol/L factor VIIa and low TF. With the coagulation inhibitors TFPI and AT-III present, factor VII both extended the lag phase of the reaction and depressed the rate of thrombin generation. The inhibition of factor Xa generation by factor VII is consistent with its competition with factor VIIa for TF. Thrombin generation with TF concentrations >100 pmol/L was not inhibited by factor VII. At low tissue factor concentrations (<25 pmol/L) thrombin generation becomes sensitive to the absence of factor VIII. In the absence of factor VIII, factor VII significantly inhibits TF-initiated thrombin generation by 100 pmol/L factor VIIa. In this hemophilia A model, approximately 2 nmol/L factor VIIa is needed to overcome the inhibition of physiologic (10 nmol/L) factor VII. At 10 nmol/L, factor VIIa provided a thrombin generation response in the hemophilia model (0% factor VIII, 10 nmol/L factor VII) equivalent to that observed with normal plasma, (100% factor VIII, 10 nmol/L factor VII, 100 pmol/L factor VIIa). These results suggest that the therapeutic efficacy of factor VIIa in the medical treatment of hemophiliacs with inhibitors is, in part, based on overcoming the factor VII inhibitory effect.

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