Purification of a Bovine Plasma Protein (Factor VII) Which Is Required for the Activity of Lung Microsomes in Blood Coagulation

SummaryIn the present study the effect of oral contraceptive (OC) treatment on selected factors involved in the activation, i.e. circulating activated factor VII (cFVIIa), and in the inhibition of blood coagulation, i.e. plasma protein S activity and circulating thrombomodulin (cTM), were for the first time measured in OC users in a prospective study. Beside other coagulation variables, these parameters were measured during treatment with three low estrogen formulations containing different gestagen components (norgestimate, gestodene). During OC treatment increases in the activation markers prothrombin fragment F1+2 and D-Dimer were found, suggesting an increased activation of blood coagulation and fibrinolysis. Along with elevated plasma levels of FVII antigen, cFVIIa was also found increased in all three treatment groups, while inhibitory components of blood coagulation, plasma protein S activity and cTM, significantly and similarily decreased during treatment in all three treatment groups. We conclude that low dose estrogen pills induce similar changes in the plasma levels of main regulatory components of blood coagulation, despite differences in their gestagen components. Increased levels of activators and decreased activities of inhibitors may contribute to arterial and venous thrombotic complications seen in predisposed OC users.

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Self-Damping Mechanism in Blood Coagulation

Thrombosis and Haemostasis ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1647672 ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 32 (01) ◽

pp. 057-064 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Y Nemerson ◽

S.A Silverberg ◽

J Jesty

Keyword(s):

Tissue Factor ◽

Blood Coagulation ◽

Calcium Ions ◽

Control Mechanism ◽

Factor Vii ◽

Damping Factor ◽

Factor V ◽

Factor X ◽

Extrinsic Pathway ◽

Two Systems

SummaryTwo reactions of the extrinsic pathway of coagulation, the activations of Factor X and prothrombin, have been studied in purified systems and shown to be self-damping. Factor X was activated by the tissue factor - Factor VII complex, and prothrombin by two systems: the coagulant protein of Taipan venom, and the physiological complex of activated Factor X, Factor V, lipid, and calcium ions. In each case the yield of enzyme, activated Factor X or thrombin, is a function of the concentration of activator. These and other observations are considered as a basis for a control mechanism in coagulation.

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Two-Stage Procedure for the Quantitative Determination of Autoprothrombin III Concentration and Some Applications

Thrombosis and Haemostasis ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1655029 ◽

1967 ◽

Vol 18 (01/02) ◽

pp. 198-210 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Ronald S Reno ◽

Walter H Seegers

Keyword(s):

Prothrombin Time ◽

Factor Vii ◽

Two Stage ◽

Pronounced Increase ◽

One Stage ◽

Assay Procedure ◽

Bovine Plasma ◽

The One ◽

Autoprothrombin C

SummaryA two-stage assay procedure was developed for the determination of the autoprothrombin C titre which can be developed from prothrombin or autoprothrombin III containing solutions. The proenzyme is activated by Russell’s viper venom and the autoprothrombin C activity that appears is measured by its ability to shorten the partial thromboplastin time of bovine plasma.Using the assay, the autoprothrombin C titre was determined in the plasma of several species, as well as the percentage of it remaining in the serum from blood clotted in glass test tubes. Much autoprothrombin III remains in human serum. With sufficient thromboplastin it was completely utilized. Plasma from selected patients with coagulation disorders was assayed and only Stuart plasma was abnormal. In so-called factor VII, IX, and P.T.A. deficiency the autoprothrombin C titre and thrombin titre that could be developed was normal. In one case (prethrombin irregularity) practically no thrombin titre developed but the amount of autoprothrombin C which generated was in the normal range.Dogs were treated with Dicumarol and the autoprothrombin C titre that could be developed from their plasmas decreased until only traces could be detected. This coincided with a lowering of the thrombin titre that could be developed and a prolongation of the one-stage prothrombin time. While the Dicumarol was acting, the dogs were given an infusion of purified bovine prothrombin and the levels of autoprothrombin C, thrombin and one-stage prothrombin time were followed for several hours. The tests became normal immediately after the infusion and then went back to preinfusion levels over a period of 24 hrs.In other dogs the effect of Dicumarol was reversed by giving vitamin K1 intravenously. The effect of the vitamin was noticed as early as 20 min after administration.In response to vitamin K the most pronounced increase was with that portion of the prothrombin molecule which yields thrombin. The proportion of that protein with respect to the precursor of autoprothrombin C increased during the first hour and then started to go down and after 3 hrs was equal to the proportion normally found in plasma.

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172 Increasing inclusion of fermentable fiber decreases nutrient digestibility in grower pigs

Journal of Animal Science ◽

10.1093/jas/skaa054.150 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 98 (Supplement_3) ◽

pp. 85-85

Author(s):

Charlotte Heyer ◽

L F Wang ◽

R T Zijlstra

Keyword(s):

Plasma Protein ◽

Corn Starch ◽

Latin Square ◽

Basal Diet ◽

Nutrient Digestibility ◽

Ileal Digestibility ◽

Low Viscosity ◽

Acacia Gum ◽

Bovine Plasma ◽

Total P

Abstract Fermentable fiber may increase endogenous losses of P and AA, thereby reducing apparent nutrient digestibility. Acacia gum fiber with medium-to-high fermentability and low viscosity was used to investigate its effect on apparent ileal digestibility (AID) and apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of nutrients, and standardized total tract digestibility (STTD) of P in grower pigs. A P-free basal diet (49% corn starch; 18% bovine plasma protein) was formulated to measure basal endogenous P losses (EPL). Three diets were formulated to include 2.5, 5.0, or 7.5% acacia gum fiber at the expense of corn starch in the P-free basal diet. Diets contained 16.1–17.4% CP and 0.31–0.33% total P (DM-basis). The 4 diets were fed to 8 ileal-cannulated barrows (initial BW, 54.6 kg) for four 9-d periods in a double 4 × 4 Latin square. Apparent hindgut fermentation (AHF) was ATTD minus AID. Increasing inclusion of acacia gum quadratically decreased (P < 0.01) AID of DM (∆ 11.1%), linearly decreased (P < 0.05) ATTD of DM (∆ 1.7%) CP (∆ 1.2%), and quadratically increased (P < 0.05) AHF of DM (∆ 9.4%). Basal EPL were 391 and 377 mg/kg DM intake (DMI) for ileum and total tract, respectively. Increasing inclusion of fiber linearly increased (P < 0.05) ileal EPL (∆ 184 mg/kg DMI), and tended to linearly increase (P < 0.10) EPL for total tract (∆ 243 mg/kg DMI). Dietary inclusion of acacia gum tended to linearly decrease (P < 0.10) AID of P, but did not affect (P > 0.10) ATTD, or STTD of P. In conclusion, increasing inclusion of fermentable, low viscous acacia gum fiber decreased diet digestibility of DM and ATTD of CP, but did not affect total tract P digestibility, indicating that increasing fermentable fiber did not increase specific endogenous losses of P in the total tract.

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Bovine plasma protein as an alternative protein source in extruded aquafeeds for Piaractus mesopotamicus (pacú) at two fattening stages

Aquaculture Nutrition ◽

10.1111/anu.13015 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 536-544

Author(s):

Carla Bacchetta ◽

Andrea S. Rossi ◽

Raúl E. Cian ◽

David R. Hernández ◽

Sebastián Sánchez ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Plasma Protein ◽

Protein Source ◽

Piaractus Mesopotamicus ◽

Alternative Protein ◽

Bovine Plasma

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Circulating Tissue Factor Procoagulant Activity and Thrombin Generation in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Effects of Insulin and Glucose

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ◽

10.1210/jc.2007-0933 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 92 (11) ◽

pp. 4352-4358 ◽

Cited By ~ 83

Author(s):

Guenther Boden ◽

Vijender R. Vaidyula ◽

Carol Homko ◽

Peter Cheung ◽

A. Koneti Rao

Keyword(s):

Type 2 Diabetes ◽

Tissue Factor ◽

Blood Coagulation ◽

Coagulation Factor ◽

Procoagulant Activity ◽

Factor Vii ◽

Coagulation Factor Vii ◽

Glucose Levels ◽

Study Protocols

Abstract Context: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a hypercoagulable state. Tissue factor (TF) is the principal initiator of blood coagulation. Objective: Our objective was to examine the effects of hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia on the TF pathway of blood coagulation in T2DM. Design: Three study protocols were used: 1) acute correction of hyperglycemia (with iv insulin) followed by 24 h of euglycemia, 2) 24 h of selective hyperinsulinemia, and 3) 24 h of combined hyperinsulinemia and hyperglycemia. Setting: The study took place at a clinical research center. Study Participants: Participants included 18 T2DM patients and 22 nondiabetic controls. Results: Basal TF-procoagulant activity (TF-PCA), monocyte TF mRNA, plasma coagulation factor VII (FVIIc), and thrombin-anti-thrombin complexes were higher in T2DM than in nondiabetic controls, indicating a chronic procoagulant state. Acutely normalizing hyperglycemia over 2–4 h resulted in a small (∼7%) but significant decline in TF-PCA with no further decline over 24 h. Raising insulin levels alone raised TF-PCA by 30%, whereas raising insulin and glucose levels together increased TF-PCA (by 80%), thrombin-anti-thrombin complexes, and prothrombin fragment 1.2. Plasma FVIIa and FVIIc declined with increases in TF-PCA. Conclusion: We conclude that the combination of hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia, common in poorly controlled patients with T2DM, contributes to a procoagulant state that may predispose these patients to acute cardiovascular events.

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