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Sim DS, Mallari CR, Teare JM, Feldman RI, Bauzon M, Hermiston TW. In vitro characterization of CT-001-a short-acting factor VIIa with enhanced prohemostatic activity. Res Pract Thromb Haemost 2021; 5:e12530. [PMID: 34263099 PMCID: PMC8265787 DOI: 10.1002/rth2.12530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Traumatic injury and the associated acute bleeding are leading causes of death in people aged 1 to 44 years. Acute bleeding in pathological and surgical settings also represents a significant burden to the society. Yet there are no approved hemostatic drugs currently available. While clinically proven as an effective pro-coagulant, activated factor VII (FVIIa) use in acute bleeding has been hampered by unwanted thromboembolic events. Enhancing the ability of FVIIa to quickly stop a bleed and clear rapidly from circulation may yield an ideal molecule suitable for use in patients with acute bleeding. OBJECTIVES To address this need and the current liability of FVIIa, we produced a novel FVIIa molecule (CT-001) with enhanced potency and shortened plasma residence time by cell line engineering and FVIIa protein engineering for superior efficacy for acute bleeding and safety. METHODS To address safety, CT-001, a FVIIa protein with 4 desialylated N-glycans was generated to promote active recognition and clearance via the asialoglycoprotein receptor. To enhance potency, the gamma-carboxylated domain was modified with P10Q and K32E, which enhanced membrane binding. RESULTS Together, these changes significantly enhanced potency and clearance while retaining the ability to interact with the key hemostatic checkpoint proteins antithrombin and tissue factor pathway inhibitor. CONCLUSIONS These results demonstrate that a FVIIa molecule engineered to combine supra-physiological activity and shorter duration of action has the potential to overcome the current limitations of recombinant FVIIa to be a safe and effective approach to the treatment of acute bleeding.
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- Were employed at Bayer HealthCare when part of this study was performed
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Aptamer-modified FXa generation assays to investigate hypercoagulability in plasma from patients with ischemic heart disease. Thromb Res 2020; 189:140-146. [PMID: 32224381 DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2020.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2019] [Revised: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND High plasma levels of activated Factor VII-Antithrombin complex (FVIIa-AT) have been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD). OBJECTIVES To investigate if FVIIa-AT levels are associated with activated factor X generation (FXaG) in modified assays. PATIENTS/METHODS Forty CAD patients were characterized for FVIIa-AT levels by ELISA and for FXaG in plasma. Novel fluorogenic FXaG assays, based on aptamers inhibiting thrombin and/or tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI), were set up. RESULTS FXaG correlated with FVIIa-AT levels (RAUC = 0.393, P = 0.012). The combination of thrombin inhibition and FXaG potentiation by using anti-thrombin and anti-TFPI aptamers, respectively, favors the study of time parameters. The progressive decrease in lag time from the lowest to the highest FVIIa-AT quartile was magnified by combining TFPI and thrombin inhibitory aptamers, thus supporting increased FXaG activity in the coagulation initiation phase. By exploring FXaG rates across FVIIa-AT quartiles, the largest relative differences were detectable at the early times (the highest versus the lowest quartile; 5.0-fold, P = 0.005 at 45 s; 3.5-fold, P = 0.001 at 55 s), and progressively decreased over time (2.3-fold, P = 0.002 at 75 s; 1.8-fold, P = 0.008 at 95 s; 1.6-fold, P = 0.022 at 115 s). Association between high FVIIa-AT levels and increased FXaG was independent of F7 -323 A1/A2 polymorphism influencing FVIIa-AT levels. CONCLUSIONS High FVIIa-AT plasma levels were associated with increased FXaG. Hypercoagulability features were specifically detectable in the coagulation initiation phase, which may have implications for cardiovascular risk prediction by either FVIIa-AT complex measurement or modified FXaG assays.
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Gindele R, Selmeczi A, Oláh Z, Ilonczai P, Pfliegler G, Marján E, Nemes L, Nagy Á, Losonczy H, Mitic G, Kovac M, Balogh G, Komáromi I, Schlammadinger Á, Rázsó K, Boda Z, Muszbek L, Bereczky Z. Clinical and laboratory characteristics of antithrombin deficiencies: A large cohort study from a single diagnostic center. Thromb Res 2017; 160:119-128. [PMID: 29153735 DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2017.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2017] [Revised: 10/26/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Inherited antithrombin (AT) deficiency is a heterogeneous disease. Due to low prevalence, only a few studies are available concerning genotype-phenotype associations. The aim was to describe the clinical, laboratory and genetic characteristics of AT deficiency in a large cohort including children and to add further laboratory data on the different sensitivity of functional AT assays. PATIENTS AND METHODS Non-related AT deficient patients (n=156) and their family members (total n=246) were recruited. Clinical and laboratory data were collected, the mutation spectrum of SERPINC1 was described. Three different AT functional assays were explored. RESULTS Thirty-one SERPINC1 mutations including 11 novel ones and high mutation detection rate (98%) were detected. Heparin binding site deficiency (type IIHBS) was the most frequent (75.6%) including AT Budapest3 (ATBp3), AT Padua I and AT Basel (86%, 9% and 4% of type IIHBS, respectively). Clinical and laboratory phenotypes of IIHBS were heterogeneous and dependent on the specific mutation. Arterial thrombosis and pregnancy complications were the most frequent in AT Basel and AT Padua I, respectively. Median age at the time of thrombosis was the lowest in ATBp3 homozygotes. The functional assay with high heparin concentration and pH7.4 as assay conditions had low (44%) sensitivity for ATBp3 and it was insensitive for AT Basel and Padua I. CONCLUSION Type IIHBS deficiencies behave differently in clinical and laboratory phenotypes from each other and from other AT deficiencies. Heparin concentration and pH seem to be the key factors influencing the sensitivity of AT functional assays to IIHBS.
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- Réka Gindele
- Division of Clinical Laboratory Science, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Thrombosis and Haemostasis Center, Clinical Center, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary; National Haemophilia Center and Haemostasis Department, State Health Center, Budapest, Hungary
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- Thrombosis and Haemostasis Center, Clinical Center, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Thrombosis and Haemostasis Center, Clinical Center, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Division of Rare Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Clinical Center, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Pediatrics, A. Jósa Teaching Hospital, Nyíregyháza, Hungary
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- National Haemophilia Center and Haemostasis Department, State Health Center, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Centre of Vojvodina, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Blood Transfusion Institute of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Division of Clinical Laboratory Science, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Division of Clinical Laboratory Science, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Thrombosis and Haemostasis Center, Clinical Center, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Thrombosis and Haemostasis Center, Clinical Center, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Thrombosis and Haemostasis Center, Clinical Center, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Division of Clinical Laboratory Science, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Division of Clinical Laboratory Science, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
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FXII promotes proteolytic processing of the LRP1 ectodomain. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2017; 1861:2088-2098. [PMID: 28552561 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2017.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2017] [Revised: 05/16/2017] [Accepted: 05/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Factor XII (FXII) is a serine protease that is involved in activation of the intrinsic blood coagulation, the kallikrein-kinin system and the complement cascade. Although the binding of FXII to the cell surface has been demonstrated, the consequence of this event for proteolytic processing of membrane-anchored proteins has never been described. METHODS The effect of FXII on the proteolytic processing of the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 (LRP1) ectodomain was tested in human primary lung fibroblasts (hLF), alveolar macrophages (hAM) and in human precision cut lung slices (hPCLS). The identity of generated LRP1 fragments was confirmed by MALDI-TOF-MS. Activity of FXII and gelatinases was measured by S-2302 hydrolysis and zymography, respectively. RESULTS Here, we demonstrate a new function of FXII, namely its ability to process LRP1 extracellular domain. Incubation of hLF, hAM, or hPCLS with FXII resulted in the accumulation of LRP1 ectodomain fragments in conditioned media. This effect was independent of metalloproteases and required FXII proteolytic activity. Binding of FXII to hLF surface induced its conversion to FXIIa and protected FXIIa against inactivation by a broad spectrum of serine protease inhibitors. Preincubation of hLF with collagenase I impaired FXII activation and, in consequence, LRP1 cleavage. FXII-triggered LRP1 processing was associated with the accumulation of gelatinases (MMP-2 and MMP-9) in conditioned media. CONCLUSIONS FXII controls LRP1 levels and function at the plasma membrane by modulating processing of its ectodomain. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE FXII-dependent proteolytic processing of LRP1 may exacerbate extracellular proteolysis and thus promote pathological tissue remodeling.
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Wahlmüller FC, Yang H, Furtmüller M, Geiger M. Regulation of the Extracellular SERPINA5 (Protein C Inhibitor) Penetration Through Cellular Membranes. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2017. [PMID: 28639251 DOI: 10.1007/5584_2017_60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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It is generally accepted that the phospholipid bilayer of the cell membrane is impermeable for proteins and peptides and that these molecules require special mechanisms for their transport from the extra- to the intracellular space. Recently there is increasing evidence that certain proteins/peptides can also directly cross the phospholipid membrane. SERPINA5 (protein C inhibitor) is a secreted protease inhibitor with broad protease reactivity and wide tissue distribution. It binds glycosaminoglycans and certain phospoholipids, which can modulate its inhibitory activity. SERPINA5 has been shown to be internalized by platelets, granulocytes, HL-60 promyelocytic leukemia cells, and by Jurkat lymphoma cells. Once inside the cell it can translocate to the nucleus. There are several indications that SERPINA5 can directly cross the phospholipid bilayer of the cell membrane. In this review we will describe what is known so far about the conditions, as well as the cellular and molecular requirements for SERPINA5 translocation through the cell membrane and for its penetration of pure phospholipid vesicles.
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- Felix C Wahlmüller
- Department of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Center of Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University Vienna, Schwarzspanierstrasse 17, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Center of Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University Vienna, Schwarzspanierstrasse 17, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Center of Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University Vienna, Schwarzspanierstrasse 17, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Center of Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University Vienna, Schwarzspanierstrasse 17, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
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