scholarly journals Antithrombin Milano: a new variant with monomeric and dimeric inactive antithrombin III

Blood ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 496-500
Author(s):  
M Wolf ◽  
C Boyer ◽  
A Tripodi ◽  
D Meyer ◽  
MJ Larrieu ◽  
...  

A qualitative defect of antithrombin III (AT III) has been demonstrated over three generations in eight members of an Italian family by the discrepancy between a normal amount of antigen and decreased antithrombin and anti-Xa activity in the presence or in the absence of heparin. By two-dimensional immunoelectrophoresis in the absence of heparin, two peaks of AT III were present in all patients' plasma. AT III was purified from normal and propositus plasma by sulfate dextran precipitation followed by heparin affinity chromatography. The elution profile of the patient's AT III was abnormal and allowed the separation of two populations of AT III, normal and abnormal. The first fraction (normal AT III) contained AT III activity, migrated as a single peak by two-dimensional immunoelectrophoresis and by sodium dodecyl sulfate- polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), demonstrated a single band with a molecular weight (mol wt) identical to that of normal AT III (60,000). Conversely, the last fraction, devoid of AT III activity, migrated as a single abnormal peak by two-dimensional immunoelectrophoresis in the absence of heparin. By SDS-PAGE, two bands were observed: one with a mol wt of 60,000 and a second one with a mol wt of 120,000. Western blots clearly demonstrated cross-reactivity of the 120,000 and 60,000 mol wt bands with monospecific antisera to human AT III. Reduction of the 120,000 mol wt band converted it to a single 60,000 mol wt band, suggesting the presence of an abnormal dimeric form of AT III. The name AT III Milano is proposed for this new variant.

Blood ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 496-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Wolf ◽  
C Boyer ◽  
A Tripodi ◽  
D Meyer ◽  
MJ Larrieu ◽  
...  

Abstract A qualitative defect of antithrombin III (AT III) has been demonstrated over three generations in eight members of an Italian family by the discrepancy between a normal amount of antigen and decreased antithrombin and anti-Xa activity in the presence or in the absence of heparin. By two-dimensional immunoelectrophoresis in the absence of heparin, two peaks of AT III were present in all patients' plasma. AT III was purified from normal and propositus plasma by sulfate dextran precipitation followed by heparin affinity chromatography. The elution profile of the patient's AT III was abnormal and allowed the separation of two populations of AT III, normal and abnormal. The first fraction (normal AT III) contained AT III activity, migrated as a single peak by two-dimensional immunoelectrophoresis and by sodium dodecyl sulfate- polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), demonstrated a single band with a molecular weight (mol wt) identical to that of normal AT III (60,000). Conversely, the last fraction, devoid of AT III activity, migrated as a single abnormal peak by two-dimensional immunoelectrophoresis in the absence of heparin. By SDS-PAGE, two bands were observed: one with a mol wt of 60,000 and a second one with a mol wt of 120,000. Western blots clearly demonstrated cross-reactivity of the 120,000 and 60,000 mol wt bands with monospecific antisera to human AT III. Reduction of the 120,000 mol wt band converted it to a single 60,000 mol wt band, suggesting the presence of an abnormal dimeric form of AT III. The name AT III Milano is proposed for this new variant.


Blood ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 791-796 ◽  
Author(s):  
F Highsmith ◽  
H Xue ◽  
X Chen ◽  
L Benade ◽  
J Owens ◽  
...  

Human plasma-derived protein concentrates intended for clinical use must be treated for viral inactivation to ensure patient safety. This study explored the use of liquid iodine for inactivation of several lipid- and nonlipid-enveloped viruses in an antithrombin III (AT-III) concentrate. Iodine at levels of 0.01% to 0.02% caused between 43% and 94% loss of AT-III activity, as well as degradation of AT-III as shown by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and Western blot analysis. However, addition of up to 0.1% human albumin protected the AT-III against both inactivation and fragmentation. At albumin levels sufficient to retain greater than 75% of AT-III activity, greater than 6 logs of sindbis, encephalomyocarditis, and vesicular stomatitis viruses, greater than 4 logs of pseudorabies, and greater than 3 logs of human immunodeficiency virus were inactivated. Except with sindbis virus, this represented complete inactivation of all the viruses spiked into the AT-III concentrate.


Blood ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-98
Author(s):  
EA Knot ◽  
E de Jong ◽  
JW ten Cate ◽  
AH Iburg ◽  
CP Henny ◽  
...  

Purified human radioiodinated antithrombin III (125I-AT III) was used to study its metabolism in six members from three different families with a known hereditary AT III deficiency. Six healthy volunteers served as a control group. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and crossed immunoelectrophoresis (CIE) showed the purified AT III to be homogeneous. Amino acid analysis of the protein revealed a composition identical to a highly purified internal standard. The specific activity was 5.6 U/mg. Analysis of plasma radioactivity data was performed, using a three-compartment model. Neither plasma disappearance half-times nor fractional catabolic rate constants differed significantly between patients and control subjects. The mean absolute catabolic rate in the patient group was significantly lower than that of the control group at 2.57 +/- 0.44 and 4.46 +/- 0.80 mg/kg/day, respectively. In addition, the mean patient alpha 1-phase, flux ratio (k1,2 and k2,1) of the second compartment alpha 2-phase and influx (k3,1) of the third compartment were significantly reduced as compared with control values. It has been tentatively concluded that the observed reduction in the second compartment may be caused by a decrease in endothelial cell surface binding.


2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Snatashree Mohanty ◽  
M. Makesh ◽  
K. V. Rajendran ◽  
P. P. Suresh Babu ◽  
Deepika Anand ◽  
...  

Serum immunoglobulins (Ig) of mrigal Cirrhinus mrigala (Hamilton 1822) immunised with bovine serum albumin (BSA), were purified by affinity chromatography using BSA-CL agarose column. The purified mrigal Ig (m-Ig) was characterised under reducing condition by Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) which revealed two bands of 85 and 26 kDa corresponding to heavy and light chain, respectively. Following fusion of splenocytes from Balb/c mice immunised with purified m-Ig with myeloma cells, three hybridomas showing reactivity with m-Ig were cloned by limiting dilution. The monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) generated by these clones were designated as 3B2-E12, 3B2-F9 and 4C3-B2 and characterised by western blotting and isotyping. Western blot analysis of the supernatant from the three clones with purified m-Ig indicated that, all the three MAbs were specific to heavy chain. Isotyping revealed that 3B2-E12 MAb was of IgG1 isotype whereas the other two MAbs were of IgG2a isotype. Cross reactivity of anti-mrigal Ig MAb (3B2-E12) was observed with serum Ig of Catla catla and Labeo rohita indicating semi-conserved nature of Ig in Indian major carps.


2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 310-319
Author(s):  
Yuan Dong ◽  
Hanjin Hou ◽  
An Chen ◽  
Wei Ma ◽  
Moli Yin ◽  
...  

D-dimer is an essential diagnostic index of thrombotic diseases. Since the existing anti-D-dimer antibodies vary in quality and specificity, a search for alternative anti-D-dimer antibodies is required. The present study aimed to screen a novel monoclonal antibody (mAb) against D-dimer using a light-initiated chemiluminescence assay (LiCA). In this work, mice were immunized with antigen prepared from human plasma by enzyme hydrolysis. After screening, a novel mAb, DD 2G11, was obtained. The results of sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and Western blot analysis indicated that DD 2G11 could be used as a standard marker for D-dimer. The isotype of DD 2G11 was IgG1, the Ka value was 0.646 nM-1, and the Kd value was 50 nM, indicating that the binding affinity to D-dimer was very high. Furthermore, no cross-reactivity between DD 2G11 and other fibrinogen degradation products (FgDPs) was found. Finally, the correlation between DD 2G11 and the reference antibody (commercial antibody) was investigated by analyzing 56 clinical samples using a latex-enhanced turbidimetric immunoassay (LTIA). The R2 value of the linear regression was 0.94538, indicating that DD 2G11 met clinical requirements. In conclusion, the present study provides a more expeditious protocol to screen mAbs and provides a clinically usable mAb against D-dimer.


1979 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.R. Podack ◽  
J.G. Curd ◽  
J.H. Griffin ◽  
H.J. Müller-Eberherd

S-protein (S) is a newly discovered 80,000 MW plosma glycoprotein. It functions as an inhibitor of the membrane attack complex of complement. We now wish to report that S also functions as thrombin protecting factor in coagulation; S forms a reversible complex with thrombin which is more resistant to inactivation by antithrombin III (AT III) than thrombin alone. An S-thrombin complex and on S-throm-bin-AT III complex were formed in clotted plasma and with isolated proteins as demonstrated by two dimensional Immunoelectrophoresis. Functional studies measuring the esterolytic or clotting activity of thrombin showed that S in the presence and absence of heparin decreased the rate of inactivation of thrombin by AT III. Similar results were observed using plasma. For example, in the presence of 0.04 u/ml heparin and 1.6 u/ml thrombin, the thrombin time of plasma depleted in S was 150 sec. as opposed to 15 sec. when the plasma was reconstituted with purified S. That this effect of S was due to a decreased inactivation of thrombin by AT III was demonstrated directly by SDS-PAGE analysis of plasma containing 125l-thrombin. In the presence of S the rate of formation of the 95,000 dalton 125I-thrombin-AT III complex was markedly decreased compared to the rate of complex formation in the S-depleted plasma. These data suggest that S may modulate the interactions of thrombin and AT III.


Blood ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Tomiyama ◽  
R Kekomaki ◽  
J McFarland ◽  
TJ Kunicki

Abstract We have characterized a 120-Kd antigen that frequently reacts with serum antibodies from patients with immune thrombocytopenia or normal subjects. Immunoblots made after two-dimensional nonreduced/reduced sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) or two-dimensional isoelectric focusing/SDS-PAGE demonstrated that this 120-Kd protein has the same molecular weight under nonreduced or reduced conditions, is not a surface protein, and has an isoelectric point (pl) of 6.4 to 6.5. From these data, one likely candidate is the intracellular platelet protein, vinculin. Monoclonal antivinculin antibody reacts with this 120-Kd protein, and purified human platelet vinculin is bound by antibodies that recognize the 120-Kd protein. Therefore, we conclude that this 120-Kd protein is identical to vinculin. Data obtained from a sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay demonstrate the presence of naturally occurring antivinculin antibodies in many normal sera. However, the incidence of antivinculin antibodies in patient sera (67%; 55 of 82 sera) is significantly (P less than .01) higher than that in normal sera (40%; 32 of 80 sera), and there is a significant difference (P less than .05) between the mean levels of antivinculin antibodies in patient and normal sera. Whereas the levels of these antibodies in patient and normal sera overlap, 2 of 82 sera from patients with thrombocytopenia express unusually high levels of such antibodies. The pathologic significance of these antibodies remains to be determined.


Blood ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 73 (5) ◽  
pp. 1202-1206 ◽  
Author(s):  
MG Bolyard ◽  
ST Lord

Abstract The human fibrinogen B beta chain was expressed in Escherichia coli to study the functions of fibrinogen associated with this subunit. Recombinant B beta chains were expressed at 100 ng/mL in an IPTG- dependent manner. A first cistron sequence, inserted into the expression vector 5′ to the B beta chain cDNA, was required to express the protein. Recombinant B beta chains were expressed within five minutes after induction with IPTG and were soluble in physiologic buffers. The recombinant B beta chains migrated on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) at a rate identical to B beta chains from fibrinogen treated with N-glycanase. Recombinant B beta chains were cleaved by thrombin, as demonstrated by the loss of cross-reactivity with a monoclonal antibody (MoAb) specific for the undigested B beta 1–42 fragment. The levels of expression of the B beta chain were much lower than those reported previously for the gamma chain of fibrinogen expressed in a similar vector in E coli. However, these levels are sufficient to allow further characterization of this fibrinogen subunit.


Blood ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 79 (5) ◽  
pp. 1206-1212 ◽  
Author(s):  
RJ Olds ◽  
DA Lane ◽  
R Caso ◽  
M Panico ◽  
HR Morris ◽  
...  

Abstract Antithrombin III (AT) is a major plasma serine protease inhibitor and a member of the serpin family of proteins. We have characterized the molecular and genetic basis of AT Budapest, an inherited variant of AT that is associated with thrombotic disease in affected family members. A single amino acid substitution, 429Pro to Leu, was identified, occurring in a region of the molecule that is highly conserved in members of the serpin family. Two forms of variant protein were present in approximately equal amounts in the plasma of the propositus, who is homozygous for the mutation. One form, which had apparently normal Mr, bound heparin strongly and retained some residual thrombin inhibitory activity. The other form had only weak heparin affinity and no antiproteinase activity, and had slightly decreased mobility on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) under nonreducing conditions; this normalized in the presence of a reducing agent, suggesting it was caused by a change in conformation. Additional support for a difference in conformation of the two forms of variant was provided by the finding that the fraction that bound heparin- Sepharose was recognized by a monoclonal antibody raised against normal AT, whereas the weak-affinity fraction was not.


Blood ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 684-687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Tomiyama ◽  
H Take ◽  
H Ikeda ◽  
T Mitani ◽  
T Furubayashi ◽  
...  

We describe the membrane localization of a new platelet-specific alloantigen, designated Naka, that is involved in refractoriness to HLA- matched platelet transfusions. By indirect immunoprecipitation, anti- Naka antibody precipitated a single, radiolabeled platelet membrane protein with a molecular weight (mol wt) of 91 Kd from Naka-positive platelets. When radiolabeled Naka-negative platelets were used as a source of target antigens, no radiolabeled proteins were precipitated. The analyses using nonreduced-reduced two-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and using rabbit antiglycoprotein (GP)IV demonstrated that this protein corresponds to GPIV (alternatively GPIIIb). Furthermore, in dot immunobinding, anti- Naka antibody bound to purified GPIV. Our results provide definitive evidence that the Naka alloantigen is carried on GPIV. These results also demonstrate that, on occasion, antibodies against GPIV may play an important role in refractoriness to platelet transfusions.


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