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Fatmi MK, Wang H, Slotabec L, Wen C, Seale B, Zhao B, Li J. Single-Cell RNA-seq reveals transcriptomic modulation of Alzheimer's disease by activated protein C. Aging (Albany NY) 2024; 16:3137-3159. [PMID: 38385967 PMCID: PMC10929801 DOI: 10.18632/aging.205624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
Abstract
Single-Cell RNA sequencing reveals changes in cell population in Alzheimer's disease (AD) model 5xFAD (5x Familial AD mutation) versus wild type (WT) mice. The returned sequencing data was processed through the 10x Genomics CellRanger platform to perform alignment and form corresponding matrix to perform bioinformatic analysis. Alterations in glial cells occurred in 5xFAD versus WT, especially increases in microglia proliferation were profound in 5xFAD. Differential expression testing of glial cells in 5xFAD versus WT revealed gene regulation. Globally, the critical genes implicated in AD progression are upregulated such as Apoe, Ctsb, Trem2, and Tyrobp. Using this differential expression data, GO term enrichment was completed to observe possible biological processes impacted by AD progression. Utilizing anti-inflammatory and cyto-protective recombinant Activated Protein C (APC), we uncover inflammatory processes to be downregulated by APC treatment in addition to recuperation of nervous system processes. Moreover, animal studies demonstrated that administration of recombinant APC significantly attenuated Aβ burden and improved cognitive function of 5xFAD mice. The downregulation of highly expressed AD biomarkers in 5xFAD could provide insight into the mechanisms by which APC administration benefits AD.
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- Mohammad Kasim Fatmi
- Department of Surgery, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
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- Genomics Program, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
- G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
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Dammavalam V, Lin S, Nessa S, Daksla N, Stefanowski K, Costa A, Bergese S. Neuroprotection during Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Review of Future Therapies. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:891. [PMID: 38255965 PMCID: PMC10815099 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25020891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
Abstract
Stroke is a major cause of death and disability worldwide. Endovascular thrombectomy has been impactful in decreasing mortality. However, many clinical results continue to show suboptimal functional outcomes despite high recanalization rates. This gap in recanalization and symptomatic improvement suggests a need for adjunctive therapies in post-thrombectomy care. With greater insight into ischemia-reperfusion injury, recent preclinical testing of neuroprotective agents has shifted towards preventing oxidative stress through upregulation of antioxidants and downstream effectors, with positive results. Advances in multiple neuroprotective therapies, including uric acid, activated protein C, nerinetide, otaplimastat, imatinib, verapamil, butylphthalide, edaravone, nelonemdaz, ApTOLL, regional hypothermia, remote ischemic conditioning, normobaric oxygen, and especially nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2, have promising evidence for improving stroke care. Sedation and blood pressure management in endovascular thrombectomy also play crucial roles in improved stroke outcomes. A hand-in-hand approach with both endovascular therapy and neuroprotection may be the key to targeting disability due to stroke.
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- Vikalpa Dammavalam
- Department of Neurology, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA; (V.D.); (K.S.)
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA; (S.L.); (N.D.); (A.C.)
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- Department of Neurology, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA; (V.D.); (K.S.)
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA; (S.L.); (N.D.); (A.C.)
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- Department of Neurology, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA; (V.D.); (K.S.)
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA; (S.L.); (N.D.); (A.C.)
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA; (S.L.); (N.D.); (A.C.)
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Sim DS, Shukla M, Mallari CR, Fernández JA, Xu X, Schneider D, Bauzon M, Hermiston TW, Mosnier LO. Selective modulation of activated protein C activities by a nonactive site-targeting nanobody library. Blood Adv 2023; 7:3036-3048. [PMID: 36735416 PMCID: PMC10331410 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022008740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Revised: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Activated protein C (APC) is a pleiotropic coagulation protease with anticoagulant, anti-inflammatory, and cytoprotective activities. Selective modulation of these APC activities contributes to our understanding of the regulation of these physiological mechanisms and permits the development of therapeutics for the pathologies associated with these pathways. An antibody library targeting the nonactive site of APC was generated using llama antibodies (nanobodies). Twenty-one nanobodies were identified that selectively recognize APC compared with the protein C zymogen. Overall, 3 clusters of nanobodies were identified based on the competition for APC in biolayer interferometry studies. APC functional assays for anticoagulant activity, histone H3 cleavage, and protease-activated receptor 1 (PAR1) cleavage were used to understand their diversity. These functional assays revealed 13 novel nanobody-induced APC activity profiles via the selective modulation of APC pleiotropic activities, with the potential to regulate specific mechanisms for therapeutic purposes. Within these, 3 nanobodies (LP2, LP8, and LP17) inhibited all 3 APC functions. Four nanobodies (LP1, LP5, LP16, and LP20) inhibited only 2 of the 3 functions. Monofunction inhibition specific to APC anticoagulation activity was observed only by 2 nanobodies (LP9 and LP11). LP11 was also found to shift the ratio of APC cleavage of PAR1 at R46 relative to R41, which results in APC-mediated biased PAR1 signaling and APC cytoprotective effects. Thus, LP11 has an activity profile that could potentially promote hemostasis and cytoprotection in bleedings associated with hemophilia or coagulopathy by selectively modulating APC anticoagulation and PAR1 cleavage profile.
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- Derek S. Sim
- Coagulant Therapeutics Corporation, Berkeley, CA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA
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- Consultants for Coagulant Therapeutics, Berkeley, CA
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Künze G, Isermann B. Targeting biased signaling by PAR1: function and molecular mechanism of parmodulins. Blood 2023; 141:2675-2684. [PMID: 36952648 PMCID: PMC10646804 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2023019775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Revised: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/25/2023] Open
Abstract
The G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) protease-activated receptor 1 (PAR1) is a therapeutic target that was originally pursued with the aim of restricting platelet activation and the burden of cardiovascular diseases. In clinical studies, the use of orthosteric PAR1 inhibitors was associated with an increased risk of hemorrhage, including intracranial hemorrhage. Because (1) PAR1 is expressed by various cell types, including endothelial cells, (2) conveys in mice a physiological indispensable function for vascular development during embryogenesis, and (3) is subject to biased signaling dependent on the activating proteases, orthosteric PAR1 inhibition may be associated with unwanted side effects. Alternatively, the protease-activated protein C (aPC) and its variants can promote valuable anti-inflammatory signaling via PAR1. Most recently, small molecule allosteric modulators of PAR1 signaling, called parmodulins, have been developed. Parmodulins inhibit coagulation and platelet activation yet maintain cytoprotective effects typically provoked by PAR1 signaling upon the activation by aPC. In this study, we review the discovery of parmodulins and their preclinical data, summarize the current knowledge about their mode of action, and compare the structural interaction of parmodulin and PAR1 with that of other intracellularly binding allosteric GPCR modulators. Thus, we highlight the pharmaceutical potential and challenges associated with the future development of parmodulins.
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- Georg Künze
- Institute for Drug Discovery, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostic, University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany
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Neuroprotective Strategies for Ischemic Stroke-Future Perspectives. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24054334. [PMID: 36901765 PMCID: PMC10002358 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24054334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
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Ischemic stroke is the main cause of death and the most common cause of acquired physical disability worldwide. Recent demographic changes increase the relevance of stroke and its sequelae. The acute treatment for stroke is restricted to causative recanalization and restoration of cerebral blood flow, including both intravenous thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy. Still, only a limited number of patients are eligible for these time-sensitive treatments. Hence, new neuroprotective approaches are urgently needed. Neuroprotection is thus defined as an intervention resulting in the preservation, recovery, and/or regeneration of the nervous system by interfering with the ischemic-triggered stroke cascade. Despite numerous preclinical studies generating promising data for several neuroprotective agents, successful bench-to-bedside translations are still lacking. The present study provides an overview of current approaches in the research field of neuroprotective stroke treatment. Aside from "traditional" neuroprotective drugs focusing on inflammation, cell death, and excitotoxicity, stem-cell-based treatment methods are also considered. Furthermore, an overview of a prospective neuroprotective method using extracellular vesicles that are secreted from various stem cell sources, including neural stem cells and bone marrow stem cells, is also given. The review concludes with a short discussion on the microbiota-gut-brain axis that may serve as a potential target for future neuroprotective therapies.
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Dysregulated haemostasis in thrombo-inflammatory disease. Clin Sci (Lond) 2022; 136:1809-1829. [PMID: 36524413 PMCID: PMC9760580 DOI: 10.1042/cs20220208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2022] [Revised: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Inflammatory disease is often associated with an increased incidence of venous thromboembolism in affected patients, although in most instances, the mechanistic basis for this increased thrombogenicity remains poorly understood. Acute infection, as exemplified by sepsis, malaria and most recently, COVID-19, drives 'immunothrombosis', where the immune defence response to capture and neutralise invading pathogens causes concurrent activation of deleterious prothrombotic cellular and biological responses. Moreover, dysregulated innate and adaptive immune responses in patients with chronic inflammatory conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease, allergies, and neurodegenerative disorders, are now recognised to occur in parallel with activation of coagulation. In this review, we describe the detailed cellular and biochemical mechanisms that cause inflammation-driven haemostatic dysregulation, including aberrant contact pathway activation, increased tissue factor activity and release, innate immune cell activation and programmed cell death, and T cell-mediated changes in thrombus resolution. In addition, we consider how lifestyle changes increasingly associated with modern life, such as circadian rhythm disruption, chronic stress and old age, are increasingly implicated in unbalancing haemostasis. Finally, we describe the emergence of potential therapies with broad-ranging immunothrombotic functions, and how drug development in this area is challenged by our nascent understanding of the key molecular and cellular parameters that control the shared nodes of proinflammatory and procoagulant pathways. Despite the increasing recognition and understanding of the prothrombotic nature of inflammatory disease, significant challenges remain in effectively managing affected patients, and new therapeutic approaches to curtail the key pathogenic steps in immune response-driven thrombosis are urgently required.
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Mishra A, Malik R, Hachiya T, Jürgenson T, Namba S, Posner DC, Kamanu FK, Koido M, Le Grand Q, Shi M, He Y, Georgakis MK, Caro I, Krebs K, Liaw YC, Vaura FC, Lin K, Winsvold BS, Srinivasasainagendra V, Parodi L, Bae HJ, Chauhan G, Chong MR, Tomppo L, Akinyemi R, Roshchupkin GV, Habib N, Jee YH, Thomassen JQ, Abedi V, Cárcel-Márquez J, Nygaard M, Leonard HL, Yang C, Yonova-Doing E, Knol MJ, Lewis AJ, Judy RL, Ago T, Amouyel P, Armstrong ND, Bakker MK, Bartz TM, Bennett DA, Bis JC, Bordes C, Børte S, Cain A, Ridker PM, Cho K, Chen Z, Cruchaga C, Cole JW, de Jager PL, de Cid R, Endres M, Ferreira LE, Geerlings MI, Gasca NC, Gudnason V, Hata J, He J, Heath AK, Ho YL, Havulinna AS, Hopewell JC, Hyacinth HI, Inouye M, Jacob MA, Jeon CE, Jern C, Kamouchi M, Keene KL, Kitazono T, Kittner SJ, Konuma T, Kumar A, Lacaze P, Launer LJ, Lee KJ, Lepik K, Li J, Li L, Manichaikul A, Markus HS, Marston NA, Meitinger T, Mitchell BD, Montellano FA, Morisaki T, Mosley TH, Nalls MA, Nordestgaard BG, O'Donnell MJ, Okada Y, Onland-Moret NC, Ovbiagele B, Peters A, Psaty BM, Rich SS, Rosand J, Sabatine MS, Sacco RL, Saleheen D, Sandset EC, Salomaa V, Sargurupremraj M, Sasaki M, Satizabal CL, Schmidt CO, Shimizu A, Smith NL, Sloane KL, Sutoh Y, Sun YV, Tanno K, Tiedt S, Tatlisumak T, Torres-Aguila NP, Tiwari HK, Trégouët DA, Trompet S, Tuladhar AM, Tybjærg-Hansen A, van Vugt M, Vibo R, Verma SS, Wiggins KL, Wennberg P, Woo D, Wilson PWF, Xu H, Yang Q, Yoon K, Millwood IY, Gieger C, Ninomiya T, Grabe HJ, Jukema JW, Rissanen IL, Strbian D, Kim YJ, Chen PH, Mayerhofer E, Howson JMM, Irvin MR, Adams H, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Christensen K, Ikram MA, Rundek T, Worrall BB, Lathrop GM, Riaz M, Simonsick EM, Kõrv J, França PHC, Zand R, Prasad K, Frikke-Schmidt R, de Leeuw FE, Liman T, Haeusler KG, Ruigrok YM, Heuschmann PU, Longstreth WT, Jung KJ, Bastarache L, Paré G, Damrauer SM, Chasman DI, Rotter JI, Anderson CD, Zwart JA, Niiranen TJ, Fornage M, Liaw YP, Seshadri S, Fernández-Cadenas I, Walters RG, Ruff CT, Owolabi MO, Huffman JE, Milani L, Kamatani Y, Dichgans M, Debette S. Stroke genetics informs drug discovery and risk prediction across ancestries. Nature 2022; 611:115-123. [PMID: 36180795 PMCID: PMC9524349 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05165-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 73.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
Previous genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of stroke - the second leading cause of death worldwide - were conducted predominantly in populations of European ancestry1,2. Here, in cross-ancestry GWAS meta-analyses of 110,182 patients who have had a stroke (five ancestries, 33% non-European) and 1,503,898 control individuals, we identify association signals for stroke and its subtypes at 89 (61 new) independent loci: 60 in primary inverse-variance-weighted analyses and 29 in secondary meta-regression and multitrait analyses. On the basis of internal cross-ancestry validation and an independent follow-up in 89,084 additional cases of stroke (30% non-European) and 1,013,843 control individuals, 87% of the primary stroke risk loci and 60% of the secondary stroke risk loci were replicated (P < 0.05). Effect sizes were highly correlated across ancestries. Cross-ancestry fine-mapping, in silico mutagenesis analysis3, and transcriptome-wide and proteome-wide association analyses revealed putative causal genes (such as SH3PXD2A and FURIN) and variants (such as at GRK5 and NOS3). Using a three-pronged approach4, we provide genetic evidence for putative drug effects, highlighting F11, KLKB1, PROC, GP1BA, LAMC2 and VCAM1 as possible targets, with drugs already under investigation for stroke for F11 and PROC. A polygenic score integrating cross-ancestry and ancestry-specific stroke GWASs with vascular-risk factor GWASs (integrative polygenic scores) strongly predicted ischaemic stroke in populations of European, East Asian and African ancestry5. Stroke genetic risk scores were predictive of ischaemic stroke independent of clinical risk factors in 52,600 clinical-trial participants with cardiometabolic disease. Our results provide insights to inform biology, reveal potential drug targets and derive genetic risk prediction tools across ancestries.
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- Aniket Mishra
- Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, University of Bordeaux, Inserm, UMR 1219, Bordeaux, France
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- Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD), University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Iwate Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan
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- Estonian Genome Centre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Statistical Genetics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center (MAVERIC), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
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- TIMI Study Group, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, Institute of Medical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Laboratory of Complex Trait Genomics, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, University of Bordeaux, Inserm, UMR 1219, Bordeaux, France
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- Laboratory of Complex Trait Genomics, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Complex Trait Genomics, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD), University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
- Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, University of Bordeaux, Inserm, UMR 1219, Bordeaux, France
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- Estonian Genome Centre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Laboratory of Clinical Genome Sequencing, Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Public Health and Institute of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Department of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Turku, Finland
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- Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Research and Innovation, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- K. G. Jebsen Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Cerebrovascular Disease Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
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- Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research Institute, David Braley Cardiac, Vascular and Stroke Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Center for Genomic and Precision Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
- Neuroscience and Ageing Research Unit Institute for Advanced Medical Research and Training, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Copenhagen University Hospital-Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular and Functional Genomics, Weis Center for Research, Geisinger Health System, Danville, VA, USA
- Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
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- Stroke Pharmacogenomics and Genetics Laboratory, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
- Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- The Danish Twin Registry, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Center for Alzheimer's and Related Dementias, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Data Tecnica International, Glen Echo, MD, USA
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- Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Genetics, Novo Nordisk Research Centre Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- University of Lille, INSERM U1167, RID-AGE, LabEx DISTALZ, Risk Factors and Molecular Determinants of Aging-Related Diseases, Lille, France
- CHU Lille, Public Health Department, Lille, France
- Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- UMC Utrecht Brain Center, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, University of Bordeaux, Inserm, UMR 1219, Bordeaux, France
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- K. G. Jebsen Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Research and Communication Unit for Musculoskeletal Health (FORMI), Department of Research and Innovation, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center (MAVERIC), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
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- Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- MRC Population Health Research Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
- NeuroGenomics and Informatics Center, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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- VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- GenomesForLife-GCAT Lab Group, Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain
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- Klinik und Hochschulambulanz für Neurologie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Post-Graduation Program on Health and Environment, Department of Medicine and Joinville Stroke Biobank, University of the Region of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Department of Epidemiology, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, Iceland
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center (MAVERIC), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, FIMM-HiLIFE, Helsinki, Finland
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- Clinical Trial Service and Epidemiological Studies Unit (CTSU), Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Cambridge Baker Systems Genomics Initiative, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Cambridge Baker Systems Genomics Initiative, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Health Data Research UK Cambridge, Wellcome Genome Campus and University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Clinical Genetics and Genomics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Health Care Administration and Management, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Brody School of Medicine Center for Health Disparities, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Neurology and Geriatric Research and Education Clinical Center, VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Statistical Genetics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, India
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Estonian Genome Centre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Department of Computational Biology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland
- University Center for Primary Care and Public Health, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular and Functional Genomics, Weis Center for Research, Geisinger Health System, Danville, VA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
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- Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Stroke Research Group, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- TIMI Study Group, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Geriatrics Research and Education Clinical Center, Baltimore Veterans Administration Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, Institute of Medical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- The MIND Center, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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- Center for Alzheimer's and Related Dementias, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Data Tecnica International, Glen Echo, MD, USA
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Copenhagen University Hospital-Herlev and Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- College of Medicine Nursing and Health Science, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Statistical Genetics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
- Department of Genome Informatics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Laboratory for Systems Genetics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
- Laboratory of Statistical Immunology, Immunology Frontier Research Center (WPI-IFReC), Osaka University, Suita, Japan
- Integrated Frontier Research for Medical Science Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
- Center for Infectious Disease Education and Research (CiDER), Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München,, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Munich, Germany
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- McCance Center for Brain Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- TIMI Study Group, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
- Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Research and Development, The Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Iwate Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan
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- Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
- Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA
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- University Medicine Greifswald, Institute for Community Medicine, SHIP/KEF, Greifswald, Germany
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- Iwate Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Kaiser Permanente Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Research and Development, Seattle Epidemiologic Research and Information Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Iwate Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan
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- Atlanta VA Health Care System, Decatur, GA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Iwate Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan
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- Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD), University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Unviersity Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Stroke Pharmacogenomics and Genetics Laboratory, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, University of Bordeaux, Inserm, UMR 1219, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Copenhagen University Hospital-Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Division Heart & Lungs, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Atlanta VA Health Care System, Decatur, GA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Genome Science, Department of Precision Medicine, National Institute of Health, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
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- Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- MRC Population Health Research Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Research Unit Molecular Epidemiology, Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), site Rostock/Greifswald, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Heart Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Genome Science, Department of Precision Medicine, National Institute of Health, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Public Health and Institute of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Genetics, Novo Nordisk Research Centre Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Latin American Brain Health (BrainLat), Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- The Danish Twin Registry, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
- Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
- Department of Public Health Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Longitudinal Studies Section, Translational Gerontology Branch, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Post-Graduation Program on Health and Environment, Department of Medicine and Joinville Stroke Biobank, University of the Region of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Geisinger Neuroscience Institute, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, USA
- Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Copenhagen University Hospital-Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Neurology, Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Epidemiology, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Klinik für Neurologie, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- UMC Utrecht Brain Center, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Clinical Trial Center, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Institute for Health Promotion, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research Institute, David Braley Cardiac, Vascular and Stroke Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Population Health Research Institute, David Braley Cardiac, Vascular and Stroke Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Surgery and Department of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Corporal Michael Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- The Institute for Translational Genomics and Population Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA
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- Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- McCance Center for Brain Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Research and Innovation, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- K. G. Jebsen Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Department of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Turku, Finland
- Division of Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
- Human Genetics Center, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Public Health and Institute of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Imaging, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
- Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Stroke Pharmacogenomics and Genetics Laboratory, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
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- Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- MRC Population Health Research Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- TIMI Study Group, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Genomic and Precision Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
- Department of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center (MAVERIC), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
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- Estonian Genome Centre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Laboratory of Complex Trait Genomics, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD), University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
- Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology, Munich, Germany.
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany.
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- Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, University of Bordeaux, Inserm, UMR 1219, Bordeaux, France.
- Department of Neurology, Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
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Frank D, Zlotnik A, Boyko M, Gruenbaum BF. The Development of Novel Drug Treatments for Stroke Patients: A Review. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:5796. [PMID: 35628606 PMCID: PMC9145977 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23105796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Acute ischemic stroke is a critical condition that can result in disability and death. The consequences of this medical condition depend on various factors, including the size of the stroke, affected brain region, treatment onset, and the type of treatment. The primary objective of stroke treatment is to restart ischemic penumbra tissue perfusion and reduce infarct volume by sustaining blood flow. Recent research on the condition's pathological pathways and processes has significantly improved treatment options beyond restoring perfusion. Many studies have concentrated on limiting injury severity via the manipulation of molecular mechanisms of ischemia, particularly in animal research. This article reviews completed and ongoing research on the development of acute ischemic stroke drugs. This study focuses on three main categories of antithrombotic drugs, thrombolytic drugs, and neuroprotective agents. The paper outlines findings from animal and clinical trials and explores the working mechanisms of these drugs.
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- Dmitry Frank
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel; (A.Z.); (M.B.)
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel; (A.Z.); (M.B.)
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel; (A.Z.); (M.B.)
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Wang Y, Kisler K, Nikolakopoulou AM, Fernandez JA, Griffin JH, Zlokovic BV. 3K3A-Activated Protein C Protects the Blood-Brain Barrier and Neurons From Accelerated Ischemic Injury Caused by Pericyte Deficiency in Mice. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:841916. [PMID: 35431776 PMCID: PMC9005806 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.841916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Pericytes, mural cells of brain capillaries, maintain the blood-brain barrier (BBB), regulate cerebral blood flow (CBF), and protect neurons against ischemic damage. To further investigate the role of pericytes in ischemia, we induced stroke by 45-min transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (tMCAo) in 6-month-old pericyte-deficient Pdgfrb + /- mice and control Pdgfrb+/+ littermates. Compared to controls, Pdgfrb + /- mice showed a 26% greater loss of CBF during early reperfusion, and 40-50% increase in the infarct and edema volumes and motor neurological score 24 h after tMCAo. These changes were accompanied by 50% increase in both immunoglobulin G and fibrinogen pericapillary deposits in the ischemic cortex 8 h after tMCAo indicating an accelerated BBB breakdown, and 35 and 55% greater losses of pericyte coverage and number of degenerating neurons 24 h after tMCAo, respectively. Treatment of Pdgfrb + /- mice with 3K3A-activated protein C (APC), a cell-signaling analog of plasma protease APC, administered intravenously 10 min and 4 h after tMCAo normalized CBF during the early reperfusion phase and reduced infarct and edema volume and motor neurological score by 55-60%, with similar reductions in BBB breakdown and number of degenerating neurons. Our data suggest that pericyte deficiency results in greater brain injury, BBB breakdown, and neuronal degeneration in stroked mice and that 3K3A-APC protects the brain from accelerated injury caused by pericyte deficiency. These findings may have implications for treatment of ischemic brain injury in neurological conditions associated with pericyte loss such as those seen during normal aging and in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease.
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- Yaoming Wang
- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Keck School of Medicine, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Keck School of Medicine, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Keck School of Medicine, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, United States
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, United States
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Keck School of Medicine, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Ciprian G. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 Pneumonia Presenting Concomitantly With Purpura Fulminans: A Case Report. Cureus 2022; 14:e21188. [PMID: 35186515 PMCID: PMC8844178 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.21188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel coronavirus that has been extensively described in its most common presentations. Its pathogenetic process is poorly understood, although it is theorized that endothelial damage and inflammation play a central role. Its prothrombotic nature affects multiple organs, including lungs, kidneys, and the central nervous system. Rarer are cutaneous presentations that can be triggered or displayed concomitantly with COVID-19. Purpura fulminans is a life-threatening syndrome that results in skin thrombosis and hemorrhagic infarction. While its association is explicit in critically ill patients with sepsis, few or rare cases have been described to be linked with COVID-19. In this report, we present a case of a critically ill patient with COVID-19 who showed signs of purpura fulminans while in the intensive care unit.
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Huuskonen MT, Wang Y, Nikolakopoulou AM, Montagne A, Dai Z, Lazic D, Sagare AP, Zhao Z, Fernandez JA, Griffin JH, Zlokovic BV. Protection of ischemic white matter and oligodendrocytes in mice by 3K3A-activated protein C. J Exp Med 2022; 219:e20211372. [PMID: 34846535 PMCID: PMC8635278 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20211372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2021] [Revised: 08/19/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Subcortical white matter (WM) stroke accounts for 25% of all strokes and is the second leading cause of dementia. Despite such clinical importance, we still do not have an effective treatment for ischemic WM stroke, and the mechanisms of WM postischemic neuroprotection remain elusive. 3K3A-activated protein C (APC) is a signaling-selective analogue of endogenous blood protease APC that is currently in development as a neuroprotectant for ischemic stroke patients. Here, we show that 3K3A-APC protects WM tracts and oligodendrocytes from ischemic injury in the corpus callosum in middle-aged mice by activating protease-activated receptor 1 (PAR1) and PAR3. We show that PAR1 and PAR3 were also required for 3K3A-APC's suppression of post-WM stroke microglia and astrocyte responses and overall improvement in neuropathologic and functional outcomes. Our data provide new insights into the neuroprotective APC pathway in the WM and illustrate 3K3A-APC's potential for treating WM stroke in humans, possibly including multiple WM strokes that result in vascular dementia.
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- Mikko T. Huuskonen
- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- The Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- The Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- The Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- The Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- The Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- The Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- The Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- The Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA
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- The Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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Festoff BW, Dockendorff C. The Evolving Concept of Neuro-Thromboinflammation for Neurodegenerative Disorders and Neurotrauma: A Rationale for PAR1-Targeting Therapies. Biomolecules 2021; 11:1558. [PMID: 34827556 PMCID: PMC8615608 DOI: 10.3390/biom11111558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2021] [Revised: 10/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Interest in the role of coagulation and fibrinolysis in the nervous system was active in several laboratories dating back before cloning of the functional thrombin receptor in 1991. As one of those, our attention was initially on thrombin and plasminogen activators in synapse formation and elimination in the neuromuscular system, with orientation towards diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and how clotting and fibrinolytic pathways fit into its pathogenesis. This perspective is on neuro-thromboinflammation, emphasizing this emerging concept from studies and reports over more than three decades. It underscores how it may lead to novel therapeutic approaches to treat the ravages of neurotrauma and neurodegenerative diseases, with a focus on PAR1, ALS, and parmodulins.
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- Barry W. Festoff
- PHLOGISTIX LLC, Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical School, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
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Sridharan V, Johnson KA, Landes RD, Cao M, Singh P, Wagoner G, Hayar A, Sprick ED, Eveld KA, Bhattacharyya A, Krager KJ, Aykin-Burns N, Weiler H, Fernández JA, Griffin JH, Boerma M. Sex-dependent effects of genetic upregulation of activated protein C on delayed effects of acute radiation exposure in the mouse heart, small intestine, and skin. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0252142. [PMID: 34029348 PMCID: PMC8143413 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Accidental exposure to ionizing radiation may lead to delayed effects of acute radiation exposure (DEARE) in many organ systems. Activated protein C (APC) is a known mitigator of the acute radiation syndrome. To examine the role of APC in DEARE, we used a transgenic mouse model with 2- to 3-fold increased plasma levels of APC (high in APC, APCHi). Male and female APCHi mice and wild-type littermates were exposed to 9.5 Gy γ-rays with their hind-legs (bone marrow) shielded from radiation to allow long-term survival. At 3 and 6 months after irradiation, cardiac function was measured with ultrasonography. At 3 months, radiation increased cardiac dimensions in APCHi males, while decreases were seen in wild-type females. At this early time point, APCHi mice of both sexes were more susceptible to radiation-induced changes in systolic function compared to wild-types. At 6 months, a decrease in systolic function was mainly seen in male mice of both genotypes. At 6 months, specimens of heart, small intestine and dorsal skin were collected for tissue analysis. Female APCHi mice showed the most severe radiation-induced deposition of cardiac collagens but were protected against a radiation-induced loss of microvascular density. Both male and female APCHi mice were protected against a radiation induced upregulation of toll-like receptor 4 in the heart, but this did not translate into a clear protection against immune cell infiltration. In the small intestine, the APCHi genotype had no effect on an increase in the number of myeloperoxidase positive cells (seen mostly in females) or an increase in the expression of T-cell marker CD2 (males). Lastly, both male and female APCHi mice were protected against radiation-induced epidermal thickening and increase in 3-nitrotyrosine positive keratinocytes. In conclusion, prolonged high levels of APC in a transgenic mouse model had little effects on indicators of DEARE in the heart, small intestine and skin, with some differential effects in male compared to female mice.
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- Vijayalakshmi Sridharan
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Division of Radiation Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America
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- College of Pharmacy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America
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- College of Dentistry, Texas A&M University, Dallas, TX, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Division of Radiation Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Division of Radiation Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America
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- Department of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America
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- College of Pharmacy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America
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- College of Pharmacy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Division of Radiation Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Division of Radiation Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Division of Radiation Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America
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- Versiti and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Division of Radiation Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America
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Zhao R, Lang TC, Kim A, Wijewardena A, Vandervord J, McGrath R, Fulcher G, Xue M, Jackson C. Early protein C activation is reflective of burn injury severity and plays a critical role in inflammatory burden and patient outcomes. Burns 2021; 48:91-103. [PMID: 34175158 DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2021.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2020] [Revised: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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BACKGROUND Navigating the complexities of a severe burn injury is a challenging endeavour where the natural course of some patients can be difficult to predict. Straddling both the coagulation and inflammatory cascades that feature strongly in the burns systemic pathophysiology, we propose the pleiotropic protein C (PC) system may produce a viable biomarker to assist traditional evaluation methods for diagnostic and prognostic purposes. METHODS We enrolled 86 patients in a prospective observational cohort study. Over three weeks, serial blood samples were taken and measured for PC, activated (A)PC, their receptor endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR), and a panel of inflammatory cytokines including C-reactive protein (CRP), tumour necrosis factor-α, interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, IL-8, and IL-17. Their temporal trends were analysed alongside clinical factors including burn size, burn depth, presence of inhalational injury, and a composite outcome of requiring increased support. RESULTS (i) APC increased from a nadir on Day 3 (2.3±2.1ng/mL vs 4.1±2.5ng/mL by Day 18, p<0.0005), only becoming appropriately correlated to PC from Day 6 onwards (r=0.412-0.721, p<0.05 for all Days 6-21). (ii) This early disturbance in the PC system was amplified in the more severe burns (≥30% total body surface area, predominantly full thickness, or with inhalational injury), which were characterised by a marked fall in PC activation (approximated by APC/PC ratio) and APC levels during Days 0-3 with low unchanged PC levels. Critically low levels of this cytoprotective agent was associated with greater inflammatory burden, as reflected by significantly elevated CRP, IL-6, and IL-8 levels in the more severe compared to less severe burns, and by negative correlations between both PC and APC with most inflammatory cytokines. (iii) Alongside clinical markers of severity at admission (burn size, burn depth, and presence of inhalational injury), only Day 0 APC/PC ratio (OR 1.048 (1.014-1.083), p=0.006), APC (OR 1.364 (1.032-1.803), p=0.029), PC (OR 0.899 (0.849-0.953), p<0.0005), and not any inflammatory cytokines were predictive markers of requiring increased support. Uniquely, decreased Day 0 PC was further individually associated with each increased total length of stay, ICU length of stay, intravenous fluid resuscitation, and total surgeries, as well as possibly mortality. CONCLUSION An early functional depletion of the cytoprotective PC system provides a physiological link between severe burns and the cytokine storm, likely contributing to worse outcomes. Our findings on the changes in APC, PC and PC activation during this pathological state support APC and PC as early diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers, and provides a basis for their therapeutic potential in severe burn injuries.
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- Ruilong Zhao
- Sutton Arthritis Research Laboratory, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney at Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia; Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia.
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- Sutton Arthritis Research Laboratory, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney at Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia; Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia
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- Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia
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- Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia
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- Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia
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- Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia
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- Sutton Arthritis Research Laboratory, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney at Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia
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- Sutton Arthritis Research Laboratory, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney at Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia
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Old drug, new Trick? The rationale for the treatment of COVID-19 with activated protein C. Med Hypotheses 2021; 149:110537. [PMID: 33647606 PMCID: PMC7884230 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2021.110537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Revised: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, researchers seek to identify efficacious treatments. Current approaches to COVID-19 therapeutics focus on antiviral agents, convalescent plasma, monoclonal antibodies, immunomodulators and more traditional therapies such as steroids [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]. Reversing disturbances in coagulation has also been identified as a priority area for candidate therapies, such as through the Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines 4 adaptive clinical trial (ACTIV-4) which is currently evaluating aspirin, heparins and apixaban [7]. Since there is a clear relationship between mechanisms of coagulation and the immune response, it is possible that reversing disturbances in coagulation may diminish the dysregulated immune response observed in COVID-19. The basis for this hypothesis is described below and is followed by discussion of a proposed candidate therapy - activated protein C. By treating COVID-19 patients using a novel approach, which does not focus on immune-based or antiviral treatments, but instead which addresses both the anti-thrombotic and inflammatory consequences of infection, the hope is that new therapeutic targets can be considered and new candidate therapies, such as activated protein C, may be evaluated.
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Paul S, Candelario-Jalil E. Emerging neuroprotective strategies for the treatment of ischemic stroke: An overview of clinical and preclinical studies. Exp Neurol 2020; 335:113518. [PMID: 33144066 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2020.113518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 308] [Impact Index Per Article: 77.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Stroke is the leading cause of disability and thesecond leading cause of death worldwide. With the global population aged 65 and over growing faster than all other age groups, the incidence of stroke is also increasing. In addition, there is a shift in the overall stroke burden towards younger age groups, particularly in low and middle-income countries. Stroke in most cases is caused due to an abrupt blockage of an artery (ischemic stroke), but in some instances stroke may be caused due to bleeding into brain tissue when a blood vessel ruptures (hemorrhagic stroke). Although treatment options for stroke are still limited, with the advancement in recanalization therapy using both pharmacological and mechanical thrombolysis some progress has been made in helping patients recover from ischemic stroke. However, there is still a substantial need for the development of therapeutic agents for neuroprotection in acute ischemic stroke to protect the brain from damage prior to and during recanalization, extend the therapeutic time window for intervention and further improve functional outcome. The current review has assessed the past challenges in developing neuroprotective strategies, evaluated the recent advances in clinical trials, discussed the recent initiative by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in USA for the search of novel neuroprotectants (Stroke Preclinical Assessment Network, SPAN) and identified emerging neuroprotectants being currently evaluated in preclinical studies. The underlying molecular mechanism of each of the neuroprotective strategies have also been summarized, which could assist in the development of future strategies for combinational therapy in stroke treatment.
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- Surojit Paul
- Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
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- Department of Neuroscience, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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Griffin JH, Lyden P. COVID-19 hypothesis: Activated protein C for therapy of virus-induced pathologic thromboinflammation. Res Pract Thromb Haemost 2020; 4:506-509. [PMID: 32548551 PMCID: PMC7292662 DOI: 10.1002/rth2.12362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2020] [Revised: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Seriously ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) at risk for death exhibit elevated cytokine and chemokine levels and D‐dimer, and they often have comorbidities related to vascular dysfunctions. In preclinical studies, activated protein C (APC) provides negative feedback downregulation of excessive inflammation and thrombin generation, attenuates damage caused by ischemia‐reperfusion in many organs including lungs, and reduces death caused by bacterial pneumonia. APC exerts both anticoagulant activities and direct cell‐signaling activities. Preclinical studies show that its direct cell‐signaling actions mediate anti‐inflammatory and anti‐apoptotic actions, mortality reduction for pneumonia, and beneficial actions for ischemia‐reperfusion injury. The APC mutant 3K3A‐APC, which was engineered to have diminished anticoagulant activity while retaining cell‐signaling actions, was safe in phase 1 and phase 2 human trials. Because of its broad spectrum of homeostatic effects in preclinical studies, we speculate that 3K3A‐APC merits consideration for clinical trial studies in appropriately chosen, seriously ill patients with COVID‐19.
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- John H Griffin
- Department of Molecular Medicine The Scripps Research Institute La Jolla California USA.,Department of Medicine University of California San Diego California USA
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- Department of Neurology Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles California USA
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The serine protease activated protein C (aPC) was initially characterized as an endogenous anticoagulant, but in addition conveys anti-inflammatory, barrier-protective, and pro cell-survival functions. Its endogenous anticoagulant function hampered the successful and continuous implantation of aPC as a therapeutic agent in septic patients. However, it became increasingly apparent that aPC controls cellular function largely independent of its anticoagulant effects through cell-specific and context-specific receptor complexes and intracellular signaling pathways. The purpose of this review is to outline the mechanisms of aPC-dependent cell signaling and its intracellular molecular targets. RECENT FINDINGS With the advent of new therapeutic agents either modulating directly and specifically the activity of coagulation proteases or interfering with protease-activated receptor signaling a better understanding not only of the receptor mechanisms but also of the intracellular signaling mechanisms controlled by aPC in a disease-specific and context-specific fashion, is required to tailor new therapeutic approaches based on aPC's anti-inflammatory, barrier-protective, and pro cell-survival functions. SUMMARY This review summarizes recent insights into the intracellular signaling pathways controlled by aPC in a cell-specific and context-specific fashion. We focus on aPC-mediated barrier protection, inhibition of inflammation, and cytoprotecting within this review.
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Developing Trojan horses to induce, diagnose and suppress Alzheimer’s pathology. Pharmacol Res 2019; 149:104471. [DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2019.104471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2019] [Revised: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Activated protein C (APC) is a homeostatic coagulation protease with anticoagulant and cytoprotective activities. Focusing on APC's effects in the brain, this review discusses three different scenarios that illustrate how APC functions are intimately affecting the physiology and pathophysiology of the brain. RECENT FINDINGS Cytoprotective APC therapy holds promise for the treatment of ischemic stroke, and a recently completed trial suggested that cytoprotective-selective 3K3A-APC reduced bleeding in ischemic stroke patients. In contrast, APC's anticoagulant activity contributes to brain bleeding as shown by the disproportional upregulation of APC generation in cerebral cavernous malformations lesions in mice. However, too little APC generation also contributes to maladies of the brain, such as in case of cerebral malaria where the binding of infected erythrocytes to the endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR) may interfere with the EPCR-dependent functions of the protein C pathway. Furthermore, discoveries of new activities of APC such as the inhibition of the NLRP3-mediated inflammasome and of new applications of APC therapy such as in Alzheimer's disease and graft-versus-host disease continue to advance our knowledge of this important proteolytic regulatory system. SUMMARY APC's many activities or lack thereof are intimately involved in multiple neuropathologies, providing abundant opportunities for translational research.
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Shi Y, Hung ST, Rocha G, Lin S, Linares GR, Staats KA, Seah C, Wang Y, Chickering M, Lai J, Sugawara T, Sagare AP, Zlokovic BV, Ichida JK. Identification and therapeutic rescue of autophagosome and glutamate receptor defects in C9ORF72 and sporadic ALS neurons. JCI Insight 2019; 5:127736. [PMID: 31310593 PMCID: PMC6693831 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.127736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2019] [Accepted: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal motor neuron disease with diverse etiologies. Therefore, the identification of common disease mechanisms and therapeutics targeting these mechanisms could dramatically improve clinical outcomes. To this end, we developed induced motor neuron (iMN) models from C9ORF72 and sporadic ALS (sALS) patients to identify targets that are effective against these types of cases, which together comprise ~90% of patients. We find that iMNs from C9ORF72 and several sporadic ALS patients share two common defects - impaired autophagosome formation and the aberrant accumulation of glutamate receptors. Moreover, we show that an anticoagulation-deficient form of activated protein C, 3K3A-APC, rescues these defects in both C9ORF72 and sporadic ALS iMNs. As a result, 3K3A-APC treatment lowers C9ORF72 dipeptide repeat protein (DPR) levels, restores nuclear TDP-43 localization, and rescues the survival of both C9ORF72 and sporadic ALS iMNs. Importantly, 3K3A-APC also lowers glutamate receptor levels and rescues proteostasis in vivo in C9ORF72 gain- and loss-of-function mouse models. Thus, motor neurons from C9ORF72 and at least a subset of sporadic ALS patients share common, early defects in autophagosome formation and glutamate receptor homeostasis and a single therapeutic approach may be efficacious against these disease processes.
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- Yingxiao Shi
- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Kim JS. tPA Helpers in the Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke: Are They Ready for Clinical Use? J Stroke 2019; 21:160-174. [PMID: 31161761 PMCID: PMC6549064 DOI: 10.5853/jos.2019.00584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2019] [Accepted: 04/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is the only therapeutic agent approved to treat patients with acute ischemic stroke. The clinical benefits of tPA manifest when the agent is administered within 4.5 hours of stroke onset. However, tPA administration, especially delayed administration, is associated with increased intracranial hemorrhage (ICH), hemorrhagic transformation (HT), and mortality. In the ischemic brain, vascular remodeling factors are upregulated and microvascular structures are destabilized. These factors disrupt the blood brain barrier (BBB). Delayed recanalization of the vessels in the presence of relatively matured infarction appears to damage the BBB, resulting in HT or ICH, also known as reperfusion injury. Moreover, tPA itself activates matrix metalloproteases, further aggravating BBB disruption. Therefore, attenuation of edema, HT, or ICH after tPA treatment is an important therapeutic strategy that may enable clinicians to extend therapeutic time and increase the probability of excellent outcomes. Recently, numerous agents with various mechanisms have been developed to interfere with various steps of ischemia/ reperfusion injuries or BBB destabilization. These agents successfully reduce infarct volume and decrease the incidence of ICH and HT after delayed tPA treatment in various animal stroke models. However, only some have entered into clinical trials; the results have been intriguing yet unsatisfactory. In this narrative review, I describe such drugs and discuss the problems and future directions. These “tPA helpers” may be clinically used in the future to increase the efficacy of tPA in patients with acute ischemic stroke.
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- Jong S Kim
- Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Rajput PS, Lamb JA, Fernández JÁ, Bai J, Pereira BR, Lei IF, Leung J, Griffin JH, Lyden PD. Neuroprotection and vasculoprotection using genetically targeted protease-ligands. Brain Res 2019; 1715:13-20. [PMID: 30880117 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2019.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Revised: 03/05/2019] [Accepted: 03/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Thrombin and activated protein C (APC) are known coagulation factors that exhibit profound effects in brain by acting on the protease activated receptor (PAR). The wild type (WT) proteases appear to impact cell survival powerfully, and therapeutic forms of APC are under development. Engineered recombinant thrombin or APC were designed to separate their procoagulant or anticoagulant effects from their cytoprotective properties. We measured vascular disruption and neuronal degeneration after a standard rodent filament stroke model. For comparison to a robust anticoagulant, we used a GpIIb/IIIa inhibitor, GR144053. During 2 h MCAo both WT murine APC and its mutant, 5A-APC, significantly decreased neuronal death 30 min after reperfusion. During 4 h MCAo, only 5A-APC significantly protected neurons but both WT-APC and 5A-APC exacerbated vascular disruption during 4 h MCAo. Human APC mutants appeared to reduce 24 h neuronal injury significantly when given after 2 h delay after MCAo. In contrast, 24 h vascular damage was worsened by high doses of WT and mutant APCs, although only statistically significantly for high dose 3K3A-APC. Mutated thrombin worsened vascular damage significantly without affecting neuron damage. GR144053 failed to ameliorate vascular disruption or neuronal injury despite significant anticoagulation. Differential effects on neurons and the vasculature were demonstrated using wild-type and mutated proteases. The mutants murine 3K3A-APC and 5A-APC protected neurons in this rodent model but in high doses worsened vascular leakage. Cytoactive effects of plasma proteases may be separated from their coagulation effects. Further studies should explore impact of dose and timing on cytoactive and vasculoactive properties of these drugs.
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- Padmesh S Rajput
- Department of Neurology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 127 S San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 127 S San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048, United States
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 127 S San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 127 S San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 127 S San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 127 S San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048, United States
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 127 S San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048, United States.
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Activated Protein C in Cutaneous Wound Healing: From Bench to Bedside. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20040903. [PMID: 30791425 PMCID: PMC6412604 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20040903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 02/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Independent of its well-known anticoagulation effects, activated protein C (APC) exhibits pleiotropic cytoprotective properties. These include anti-inflammatory actions, anti-apoptosis, and endothelial and epithelial barrier stabilisation. Such beneficial effects have made APC an attractive target of research in a plethora of physiological and pathophysiological processes. Of note, the past decade or so has seen the emergence of its roles in cutaneous wound healing-a complex process involving inflammation, proliferation and remodelling. This review will highlight APC's functions and mechanisms, and detail its pre-clinical and clinical studies on cutaneous wound healing.
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Lazic D, Sagare AP, Nikolakopoulou AM, Griffin JH, Vassar R, Zlokovic BV. 3K3A-activated protein C blocks amyloidogenic BACE1 pathway and improves functional outcome in mice. J Exp Med 2019; 216:279-293. [PMID: 30647119 PMCID: PMC6363429 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20181035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Revised: 10/05/2018] [Accepted: 10/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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3K3A-activated protein C (APC), a cell-signaling analogue of endogenous blood serine protease APC, exerts vasculoprotective, neuroprotective, and anti-inflammatory activities in rodent models of stroke, brain injury, and neurodegenerative disorders. 3K3A-APC is currently in development as a neuroprotectant in patients with ischemic stroke. Here, we report that 3K3A-APC inhibits BACE1 amyloidogenic pathway in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We show that a 4-mo daily treatment of 3-mo-old 5XFAD mice with murine recombinant 3K3A-APC (100 µg/kg/d i.p.) prevents development of parenchymal and cerebrovascular amyloid-β (Aβ) deposits by 40-50%, which is mediated through NFκB-dependent transcriptional inhibition of BACE1, resulting in blockade of Aβ generation in neurons overexpressing human Aβ-precursor protein. Consistent with reduced Aβ deposition, 3K3A-APC normalized hippocampus-dependent behavioral deficits and cerebral blood flow responses, improved cerebrovascular integrity, and diminished neuroinflammatory responses. Our data suggest that 3K3A-APC holds potential as an effective anti-Aβ prevention therapy for early-stage AD.
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- Divna Lazic
- Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.,Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.,Department of Neurobiology, Institute for Biological Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
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- Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.,Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.,Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA.,Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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- Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA .,Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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Lyden P, Pryor KE, Coffey CS, Cudkowicz M, Conwit R, Jadhav A, Sawyer RN, Claassen J, Adeoye O, Song S, Hannon P, Rost NS, Hinduja A, Torbey M, Lee JM, Benesch C, Rippee M, Rymer M, Froehler MT, Haley EC, Johnson M, Yankey J, Magee K, Qidwai J, Levy H, Haacke EM, Fawaz M, Davis TP, Toga AW, Griffin JH, Zlokovic BV. Final Results of the RHAPSODY Trial: A Multi-Center, Phase 2 Trial Using a Continual Reassessment Method to Determine the Safety and Tolerability of 3K3A-APC, A Recombinant Variant of Human Activated Protein C, in Combination with Tissue Plasminogen Activator, Mechanical Thrombectomy or both in Moderate to Severe Acute Ischemic Stroke. Ann Neurol 2019; 85:125-136. [PMID: 30450637 PMCID: PMC6342508 DOI: 10.1002/ana.25383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2018] [Revised: 11/08/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Agonism of protease-activated receptor (PAR) 1 by activated protein C (APC) provides neuro- and vasculoprotection in experimental neuroinjury models. The pleiotropic PAR1 agonist, 3K3A-APC, reduces neurological injury and promotes vascular integrity; 3K3A-APC proved safe in human volunteers. We performed a randomized, controlled, blinded trial to determine the maximally tolerated dose (MTD) of 3K3A-APC in ischemic stroke patients. METHODS The NeuroNEXT trial, RHAPSODY, used a novel continual reassessment method to determine the MTD using tiers of 120, 240, 360, and 540 μg/kg of 3K3A-APC. After intravenous tissue plasminogen activator, intra-arterial mechanical thrombectomy, or both, patients were randomized to 1 of the 4 doses or placebo. Vasculoprotection was assessed as microbleed and intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) rates. RESULTS Between January 2015 and July 2017, we treated 110 patients. Demographics resembled a typical stroke population. The MTD was the highest-dose 3K3A-APC tested, 540 μg/kg, with an estimated toxicity rate of 7%. There was no difference in prespecified ICH rates. In exploratory analyses, 3K3A-APC reduced ICH rates compared to placebo from 86.5% to 67.4% in the combined treatment arms (p = 0.046) and total hemorrhage volume from an average of 2.1 ± 5.8 ml in placebo to 0.8 ± 2.1 ml in the combined treatment arms (p = 0.066). INTERPRETATION RHAPSODY is the first trial of a neuroprotectant for acute ischemic stroke in a trial design allowing thrombectomy, thrombolysis, or both. The MTD was 540 μg/kg for the PAR1 active cytoprotectant, 3K3A-APC. A trend toward lower hemorrhage rate in an exploratory analysis requires confirmation. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION Clinical Trial Registration-URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT02222714. ANN NEUROL 2019;85:125-136.
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Neurological Clinical Research Institute, Boston
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- National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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- Neurological Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Neurological Clinical Research Institute, Boston
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- Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio
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- University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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- Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Institute of Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Los Angeles
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- Zilkha Neurogenic Institute and Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Los Angeles
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Ellery SJ, Goss MG, Brew N, Dickinson H, Hale N, LaRosa DA, Walker DW, Wong FY. Evaluation of 3K3A-Activated Protein C to Treat Neonatal Hypoxic Ischemic Brain Injury in the Spiny Mouse. Neurotherapeutics 2019; 16:231-243. [PMID: 30225791 PMCID: PMC6361063 DOI: 10.1007/s13311-018-0661-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) resulting from intrapartum asphyxia is a global problem that causes severe disabilities and up to 1 million deaths annually. A variant form of activated protein C, 3K3A-APC, has cytoprotective properties that attenuate brain injury in models of adult stroke. In this study, we compared the ability of 3K3A-APC and APC (wild-type (wt)) to attenuate neonatal brain injury, using the spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus) model of intrapartum asphyxia. Pups were delivered at 38 days of gestation (term = 39 days), with an intrapartum hypoxic insult of 7.5 min (intrapartum asphyxia cohort), or immediate removal from the uterus (control cohort). After 1 h, pups received a subcutaneous injection of 3K3A-APC or wild-type APC (wtAPC) at 7 mg/kg, or vehicle (saline). At 24 h of age, pups were killed and brain tissue was collected for measurement of inflammation and cell death using RT-qPCR and histopathology. Intrapartum asphyxia increased weight loss, inflammation, and apoptosis/necrosis in the newborn brain. 3K3A-APC administration maintained body weight and ameliorated an asphyxia-induced increase of TGFβ1 messenger RNA expression in the cerebral cortex, immune cell aggregation in the corpus callosum, and cell death in the deep gray matter and hippocampus. In the cortex, 3K3A-APC appeared to exacerbate the immune response to the hypoxic ischemic insult. While wtAPC reduced cell death in the corpus callosum and hippocampus following intrapartum asphyxia, it increased markers of neuro-inflammation and cell death in control pups. These findings suggest 3K3A-APC administration may be a useful therapy to reduce cell death and neonatal brain injury associated with HIE.
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- Stacey J Ellery
- The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, 27-31 Wright St, Clayton, Melbourne, 3168, Australia.
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia.
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- The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, 27-31 Wright St, Clayton, Melbourne, 3168, Australia
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- The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, 27-31 Wright St, Clayton, Melbourne, 3168, Australia
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- The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, 27-31 Wright St, Clayton, Melbourne, 3168, Australia
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, 27-31 Wright St, Clayton, Melbourne, 3168, Australia
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- The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, 27-31 Wright St, Clayton, Melbourne, 3168, Australia
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
- Women and Infants Hospital, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, 27-31 Wright St, Clayton, Melbourne, 3168, Australia
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
- School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
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- The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, 27-31 Wright St, Clayton, Melbourne, 3168, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
- Monash Newborn, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Melbourne, Australia
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Griffin JH, Zlokovic BV, Mosnier LO. Activated protein C, protease activated receptor 1, and neuroprotection. Blood 2018; 132:159-169. [PMID: 29866816 PMCID: PMC6043978 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-02-769026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2018] [Accepted: 05/01/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Protein C is a plasma serine protease zymogen whose active form, activated protein C (APC), exerts potent anticoagulant activity. In addition to its antithrombotic role as a plasma protease, pharmacologic APC is a pleiotropic protease that activates diverse homeostatic cell signaling pathways via multiple receptors on many cells. Engineering of APC by site-directed mutagenesis provided a signaling selective APC mutant with 3 Lys residues replaced by 3 Ala residues, 3K3A-APC, that lacks >90% anticoagulant activity but retains normal cell signaling activities. This 3K3A-APC mutant exerts multiple potent neuroprotective activities, which require the G-protein-coupled receptor, protease activated receptor 1. Potent neuroprotection in murine ischemic stroke models is linked to 3K3A-APC-induced signaling that arises due to APC's cleavage in protease activated receptor 1 at a noncanonical Arg46 site. This cleavage causes biased signaling that provides a major explanation for APC's in vivo mechanism of action for neuroprotective activities. 3K3A-APC appeared to be safe in ischemic stroke patients and reduced bleeding in the brain after tissue plasminogen activator therapy in a recent phase 2 clinical trial. Hence, it merits further clinical testing for its efficacy in ischemic stroke patients. Recent studies using human fetal neural stem and progenitor cells show that 3K3A-APC promotes neurogenesis in vitro as well as in vivo in the murine middle cerebral artery occlusion stroke model. These recent advances should encourage translational research centered on signaling selective APC's for both single-agent therapies and multiagent combination therapies for ischemic stroke and other neuropathologies.
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- John H Griffin
- The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA; and
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- Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
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Healy LD, Rigg RA, Griffin JH, McCarty OJ. Regulation of immune cell signaling by activated protein C. J Leukoc Biol 2018; 103:10.1002/JLB.3MIR0817-338R. [PMID: 29601101 PMCID: PMC6165708 DOI: 10.1002/jlb.3mir0817-338r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2017] [Revised: 01/31/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Innate immune cells are an essential part of the host defense response, promoting inflammation through release of proinflammatory cytokines or formation of neutrophil extracellular traps. While these processes are important for defense against infectious agents or injury, aberrant activation potentiates pathologic inflammatory disease. Thus, understanding regulatory mechanisms that limit neutrophil extracellular traps formation and cytokine release is of therapeutic interest for targeting pathologic diseases. Activated protein C is an endogenous serine protease with anticoagulant activity as well as anti-inflammatory and cytoprotective functions, the latter of which are mediated through binding cell surface receptors and inducing intracellular signaling. In this review, we discuss certain leukocyte functions, namely neutrophil extracellular traps formation and cytokine release, and the inhibition of these processes by activated protein C.
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- Laura D. Healy
- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Department of Cell, Developmental & Cancer Biology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Cell, Developmental & Cancer Biology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
- Division of Hematology & Medical Oncology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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Can adjunctive therapies augment the efficacy of endovascular thrombolysis? A potential role for activated protein C. Neuropharmacology 2017; 134:293-301. [PMID: 28923278 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 09/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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In the management of acute ischemic stroke, vessel recanalization correlates with functional status, mortality, cost, and other outcome measures. Thrombolysis with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator has many limitations that restrict its applicability, but recent advances in the development of mechanical thrombectomy devices as well as improved systems of stroke care have resulted in greater likelihood of vessel revascularization. Nonetheless, there remains substantial discrepancy between rates of recanalization and rates of favorable outcome. The poor neurological recovery among some stroke patients despite successful recanalization confirms the need for adjuvant pharmacological therapy for neuroprotection and/or neurorestoration. Prior clinical trials of such drugs may have failed due to the inability of the agent to access the ischemic tissue beyond the occluded artery. A protocol that couples revascularization with concurrent delivery of a neuroprotectant drug offers the potential to enhance the benefit of thrombolysis. Analogs of activated protein C (APC) exert pleiotropic anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, antithrombotic, cytoprotective, and neuroregenerative effects in ischemic stroke and thus appear to be promising candidates for this novel approach. A multicenter, prospective, double-blinded, dose-escalation Phase 2 randomized clinical trial has enrolled 110 patients to assess the safety, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of human recombinant 3K3A-APC following endovascular thrombolysis. This article is part of the Special Issue entitled 'Cerebral Ischemia'.
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Cytoprotective activated protein C averts Nlrp3 inflammasome-induced ischemia-reperfusion injury via mTORC1 inhibition. Blood 2017; 130:2664-2677. [PMID: 28882883 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2017-05-782102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2017] [Accepted: 09/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Cytoprotection by activated protein C (aPC) after ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is associated with apoptosis inhibition. However, IRI is hallmarked by inflammation, and hence, cell-death forms disjunct from immunologically silent apoptosis are, in theory, more likely to be relevant. Because pyroptosis (ie, cell death resulting from inflammasome activation) is typically observed in IRI, we speculated that aPC ameliorates IRI by inhibiting inflammasome activation. Here we analyzed the impact of aPC on inflammasome activity in myocardial and renal IRIs. aPC treatment before or after myocardial IRI reduced infarct size and Nlrp3 inflammasome activation in mice. Kinetic in vivo analyses revealed that Nlrp3 inflammasome activation preceded myocardial injury and apoptosis, corroborating a pathogenic role of the Nlrp3 inflammasome. The constitutively active Nlrp3A350V mutation abolished the protective effect of aPC, demonstrating that Nlrp3 suppression is required for aPC-mediated protection from IRI. In vitro aPC inhibited inflammasome activation in macrophages, cardiomyocytes, and cardiac fibroblasts via proteinase-activated receptor 1 (PAR-1) and mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) signaling. Accordingly, inhibiting PAR-1 signaling, but not the anticoagulant properties of aPC, abolished the ability of aPC to restrict Nlrp3 inflammasome activity and tissue damage in myocardial IRI. Targeting biased PAR-1 signaling via parmodulin-2 restricted mTORC1 and Nlrp3 inflammasome activation and limited myocardial IRI as efficiently as aPC. The relevance of aPC-mediated Nlrp3 inflammasome suppression after IRI was corroborated in renal IRI, where the tissue protective effect of aPC was likewise dependent on Nlrp3 inflammasome suppression. These studies reveal that aPC protects from IRI by restricting mTORC1-dependent inflammasome activation and that mimicking biased aPC PAR-1 signaling using parmodulins may be a feasible therapeutic approach to combat IRI.
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Ranjan S, Goihl A, Kohli S, Gadi I, Pierau M, Shahzad K, Gupta D, Bock F, Wang H, Shaikh H, Kähne T, Reinhold D, Bank U, Zenclussen AC, Niemz J, Schnöder TM, Brunner-Weinzierl M, Fischer T, Kalinski T, Schraven B, Luft T, Huehn J, Naumann M, Heidel FH, Isermann B. Activated protein C protects from GvHD via PAR2/PAR3 signalling in regulatory T-cells. Nat Commun 2017; 8:311. [PMID: 28827518 PMCID: PMC5566392 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00169-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2016] [Accepted: 06/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Graft-vs.-host disease (GvHD) is a major complication of allogenic hematopoietic stem-cell(HSC) transplantation. GvHD is associated with loss of endothelial thrombomodulin, but the relevance of this for the adaptive immune response to transplanted HSCs remains unknown. Here we show that the protease-activated protein C (aPC), which is generated by thrombomodulin, ameliorates GvHD aPC restricts allogenic T-cell activation via the protease activated receptor (PAR)2/PAR3 heterodimer on regulatory T-cells (Tregs, CD4+FOXP3+). Preincubation of pan T-cells with aPC prior to transplantation increases the frequency of Tregs and protects from GvHD. Preincubation of human T-cells (HLA-DR4-CD4+) with aPC prior to transplantation into humanized (NSG-AB°DR4) mice ameliorates graft-vs.-host disease. The protective effect of aPC on GvHD does not compromise the graft vs. leukaemia effect in two independent tumor cell models. Ex vivo preincubation of T-cells with aPC, aPC-based therapies, or targeting PAR2/PAR3 on T-cells may provide a safe and effective approach to mitigate GvHD.Graft-vs.-host disease is a complication of allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and is associated with endothelial dysfunction. Here the authors show that activated protein C signals via PAR2/PAR3 to expand Treg cells, mitigating the disease in mice.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Graft vs Host Disease/etiology
- Graft vs Host Disease/immunology
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation/adverse effects
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation/methods
- Humans
- Kaplan-Meier Estimate
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C3H
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred NOD
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, SCID
- Mice, Transgenic
- Protein C/immunology
- Protein C/metabolism
- Protein Multimerization
- Receptor, PAR-2/chemistry
- Receptor, PAR-2/immunology
- Receptor, PAR-2/metabolism
- Receptors, Proteinase-Activated/chemistry
- Receptors, Proteinase-Activated/immunology
- Receptors, Proteinase-Activated/metabolism
- Receptors, Thrombin/chemistry
- Receptors, Thrombin/immunology
- Receptors, Thrombin/metabolism
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/metabolism
- Transplantation, Homologous
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- Satish Ranjan
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke- University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, Magdeburg, 39120, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke- University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke- University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Pediatrics, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, Magdeburg, 39120, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke- University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, 40100, Pakistan
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke- University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke- University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke- University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke- University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Internal Medicine, Center of Internal Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, Magdeburg, 39120, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, Magdeburg, 39120, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, Magdeburg, 39120, Germany
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- Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Faculty, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, 39108, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Inhoffenstrasse 7, Braunschweig, 38124, Germany
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- Internal Medicine II, Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747, Jena, Germany
- Leibniz-Institute on Aging, Fritz-Lipmann-Institute, 07745, Jena, Germany
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Center of Internal Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, Magdeburg, 39120, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Pediatrics, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, Magdeburg, 39120, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Center of Internal Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, Magdeburg, 39120, Germany
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- Institute for Pathology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, Magdeburg, 39120, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, Magdeburg, 39120, Germany
- Department of Experimental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Inhoffenstrasse 7, Braunschweig, 38124, Germany
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- Department of Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Inhoffenstrasse 7, Braunschweig, 38124, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Internal Medicine, Center of Internal Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, Magdeburg, 39120, Germany
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- Internal Medicine II, Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747, Jena, Germany
- Leibniz-Institute on Aging, Fritz-Lipmann-Institute, 07745, Jena, Germany
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Center of Internal Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, Magdeburg, 39120, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke- University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany.
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Activated protein C light chain provides an extended binding surface for its anticoagulant cofactor, protein S. Blood Adv 2017; 1:1423-1426. [PMID: 29296783 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2017007005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2017] [Accepted: 07/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Protein S anticoagulant cofactor sensitivity and PAR1 cleavage activity were assayed for 9 recombinant APC mutants.Residues L38, K43, I73, F95, and W115 on one face of the APC light chain define an extended surface containing the protein S binding site.
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Flaumenhaft R, De Ceunynck K. Targeting PAR1: Now What? Trends Pharmacol Sci 2017; 38:701-716. [PMID: 28558960 PMCID: PMC5580498 DOI: 10.1016/j.tips.2017.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2017] [Revised: 05/01/2017] [Accepted: 05/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Protease-activated receptors (PARs) are a ubiquitously expressed class of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) that enable cells to respond to proteases in the extracellular environment in a nuanced and dynamic manner. PAR1 is the archetypal family member and has been the object of large-scale drug development programs since the 1990s. Vorapaxar and drotrecogin-alfa are approved PAR1-targeted therapeutics, but safety concerns have limited the clinical use of vorapaxar and questions regarding the efficacy of drotrecogin-alfa led to its withdrawal from the market. New understanding of mechanisms of PAR1 function, discovery of improved strategies for modifying PAR1 function, and identification of novel indications for PAR1 modulators have provided new opportunities for therapies targeting PAR1. In this review, we critically evaluate prospects for the next generation of PAR1-targeted therapeutics.
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- Robert Flaumenhaft
- Division of Hemostasis and Thrombosis, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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- Division of Hemostasis and Thrombosis, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Isermann B. Homeostatic effects of coagulation protease-dependent signaling and protease activated receptors. J Thromb Haemost 2017; 15:1273-1284. [PMID: 28671351 DOI: 10.1111/jth.13721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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A homeostatic function of the coagulation system in regard to hemostasis is well established. Homeostasis of blood coagulation depends partially on protease activated receptor (PAR)-signaling. Beyond coagulation proteases, numerous other soluble and cell-bound proteases convey cellular effects via PAR signaling. As we learn more about the mechanisms underlying cell-, tissue-, and context-specific PAR signaling, we concurrently gain new insights into physiological and pathophysiological functions of PARs. In this regard, regulation of cell and tissue homeostasis by PAR signaling is an evolving scheme. Akin to the control of blood clotting per se (the fibrin-platelet interaction) coagulation proteases coordinately regulate cell- and tissue-specific functions. This review summarizes recent insights into homeostatic regulation through PAR signaling, focusing on blood coagulation proteases. Considering the common use of drugs altering coagulation protease activity through either broad or targeted inhibitory activities, and the advent of PAR modulating drugs, an in-depth understanding of the mechanisms through which coagulation proteases and PAR signaling regulate not only hemostasis, but also cell and tissue homeostasis is required.
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- B Isermann
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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Healy LD, Puy C, Fernández JA, Mitrugno A, Keshari RS, Taku NA, Chu TT, Xu X, Gruber A, Lupu F, Griffin JH, McCarty OJT. Activated protein C inhibits neutrophil extracellular trap formation in vitro and activation in vivo. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:8616-8629. [PMID: 28408624 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.768309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2016] [Revised: 04/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Activated protein C (APC) is a multifunctional serine protease with anticoagulant, cytoprotective, and anti-inflammatory activities. In addition to the cytoprotective effects of APC on endothelial cells, podocytes, and neurons, APC cleaves and detoxifies extracellular histones, a major component of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). NETs promote pathogen clearance but also can lead to thrombosis; the pathways that negatively regulate NETosis are largely unknown. Thus, we studied whether APC is capable of directly inhibiting NETosis via receptor-mediated cell signaling mechanisms. Here, by quantifying extracellular DNA or myeloperoxidase, we demonstrate that APC binds human leukocytes and prevents activated platelet supernatant or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) from inducing NETosis. Of note, APC proteolytic activity was required for inhibiting NETosis. Moreover, antibodies against the neutrophil receptors endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR), protease-activated receptor 3 (PAR3), and macrophage-1 antigen (Mac-1) blocked APC inhibition of NETosis. Select mutations in the Gla and protease domains of recombinant APC caused a loss of NETosis. Interestingly, pretreatment of neutrophils with APC prior to induction of NETosis inhibited platelet adhesion to NETs. Lastly, in a nonhuman primate model of Escherichia coli-induced sepsis, pretreatment of animals with APC abrogated release of myeloperoxidase from neutrophils, a marker of neutrophil activation. These findings suggest that the anti-inflammatory function of APC at therapeutic concentrations may include the inhibition of NETosis in an EPCR-, PAR3-, and Mac-1-dependent manner, providing additional mechanistic insight into the diverse functions of neutrophils and APC in disease states including sepsis.
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- Laura D Healy
- From the Departments of Cell, Developmental & Cancer Biology and
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- Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97230
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- the Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, and
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- Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97230
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- the Cardiovascular Biology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
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- Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97230
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- Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97230
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- the Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, and
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- Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97230
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- the Cardiovascular Biology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
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- the Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, and
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- From the Departments of Cell, Developmental & Cancer Biology and.,Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97230
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Griffin JH, Fernández JA, Lyden PD, Zlokovic BV. Activated protein C promotes neuroprotection: mechanisms and translation to the clinic. Thromb Res 2017; 141 Suppl 2:S62-4. [PMID: 27207428 DOI: 10.1016/s0049-3848(16)30368-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Activated protein C (APC) is a plasma serine protease that is capable of antithrombotic, anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, and cell-signaling activities. Animal injury studies show that recombinant APC and some of its mutants are remarkably therapeutic for a wide range of injuries. In particular, for neurologic injuries, APC reduces damage caused by ischemia/reperfusion in the brain, by acute brain trauma, and by chronic neurodegenerative conditions. For these neuroprotective effects, APC requires endothelial cell protein C receptor. APC activates cell signaling networks with alterations in gene expression profiles by activating protease activated receptors 1 and 3. To minimize APC-induced bleeding risk, APC variants were engineered to lack > 90% anticoagulant activity but retain normal cell signaling. The neuroprotective APC mutant, 3K3A-APC which has Lys191-193 mutated to Ala191-193, is very neuroprotective and it is currently in clinical trials for ischemic stroke.
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- John H Griffin
- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
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- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Department of Neurosurgery, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Phase I and Phase II Therapies for Acute Ischemic Stroke: An Update on Currently Studied Drugs in Clinical Research. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2017; 2017:4863079. [PMID: 28286764 PMCID: PMC5329656 DOI: 10.1155/2017/4863079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2016] [Accepted: 11/23/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Acute ischemic stroke is a devastating cause of death and disability, consequences of which depend on the time from ischemia onset to treatment, the affected brain region, and its size. The main targets of ischemic stroke therapy aim to restore tissue perfusion in the ischemic penumbra in order to decrease the total infarct area by maintaining blood flow. Advances in research of pathological process and pathways during acute ischemia have resulted in improvement of new treatment strategies apart from restoring perfusion. Additionally, limiting the injury severity by manipulating the molecular mechanisms during ischemia has become a promising approach, especially in animal research. The purpose of this article is to review completed and ongoing phases I and II trials for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke, reviewing studies on antithrombotic, thrombolytic, neuroprotective, and antineuroinflammatory drugs that may translate into more effective treatments.
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Lee D, Nayak S, Martin SW, Heatherington AC, Vicini P, Hua F. A quantitative systems pharmacology model of blood coagulation network describes in vivo biomarker changes in non-bleeding subjects. J Thromb Haemost 2016; 14:2430-2445. [PMID: 27666750 DOI: 10.1111/jth.13515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Essentials Baseline coagulation activity can be detected in non-bleeding state by in vivo biomarker levels. A detailed mathematical model of coagulation was developed to describe the non-bleeding state. Optimized model described in vivo biomarkers with recombinant activated factor VII treatment. Sensitivity analysis predicted prothrombin fragment 1 + 2 and D-dimer are regulated differently. SUMMARY Background Prothrombin fragment 1 + 2 (F1 + 2 ), thrombin-antithrombin III complex (TAT) and D-dimer can be detected in plasma from non-bleeding hemostatically normal subjects or hemophilic patients. They are often used as safety or pharmacodynamic biomarkers for hemostatis-modulating therapies in the clinic, and provide insights into in vivo coagulation activity. Objectives To develop a quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) model of the blood coagulation network to describe in vivo biomarkers, including F1 + 2 , TAT, and D-dimer, under non-bleeding conditions. Methods The QSP model included intrinsic and extrinsic coagulation pathways, platelet activation state-dependent kinetics, and a two-compartment pharmacokinetics model for recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa). Literature data on F1 + 2 and D-dimer at baseline and changes with rFVIIa treatment were used for parameter optimization. Multiparametric sensitivity analysis (MPSA) was used to understand key proteins that regulate F1 + 2 , TAT and D-dimer levels. Results The model was able to describe tissue factor (TF)-dependent baseline levels of F1 + 2 , TAT and D-dimer in a non-bleeding state, and their increases in hemostatically normal subjects and hemophilic patients treated with different doses of rFVIIa. The amount of TF required is predicted to be very low in a non-bleeding state. The model also predicts that these biomarker levels will be similar in hemostatically normal subjects and hemophilic patients. MPSA revealed that F1 + 2 and TAT levels are highly correlated, and that D-dimer is more sensitive to the perturbation of coagulation protein concentrations. Conclusions A QSP model for non-bleeding baseline coagulation activity was established with data from clinically relevant in vivo biomarkers at baseline and changes in response to rFVIIa treatment. This model will provide future mechanistic insights into this system.
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- PharmaTherapeutics Clinical Research, Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Pharmacometrics, Global Innovative Pharma Business, Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Pharmacometrics, Global Innovative Pharma Business, Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA
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- PharmaTherapeutics Clinical Research, Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism - New Biological Entities, Pfizer Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
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- PharmaTherapeutics Clinical Research, Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA
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Lyden P, Weymer S, Coffey C, Cudkowicz M, Berg S, O'Brien S, Fisher M, Haley EC, Khatri P, Saver J, Levine S, Levy H, Rymer M, Wechsler L, Jadhav A, McNeil E, Waddy S, Pryor K. Selecting Patients for Intra-Arterial Therapy in the Context of a Clinical Trial for Neuroprotection. Stroke 2016; 47:2979-2985. [PMID: 27803392 DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.116.013881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2016] [Revised: 08/12/2016] [Accepted: 09/12/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The advent of intra-arterial neurothrombectomy (IAT) for acute ischemic stroke opens a potentially transformative opportunity to improve neuroprotection studies. Combining a putative neuroprotectant with recanalization could produce more powerful trials but could introduce heterogeneity and adverse event possibilities. We sought to demonstrate feasibility of IAT in neuroprotectant trials by defining IAT selection criteria for an ongoing neuroprotectant clinical trial. METHODS The study drug, 3K3A-APC, is a pleiotropic cytoprotectant and may reduce thrombolysis-associated hemorrhage. The NeuroNEXT trial NN104 (RHAPSODY) is designed to establish a maximally tolerated dose of 3K3A-APC. Each trial site provided their IAT selection criteria. An expert panel reviewed site criteria and published evidence. Finally, the trial leadership designed IAT selection criteria. RESULTS Derived selection criteria reflected consistency among the sites and comparability to published IAT trials. A protocol amendment allowing IAT (and relaxed age, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, and time limits) in the RHAPSODY trial was implemented on June 15, 2015. Recruitment before and after the amendment improved from 8 enrolled patients (601 screened, 1.3%) to 51 patients (821 screened, 6.2%; odds ratio [95% confidence limit] of 4.9 [2.3-10.4]; P<0.001). Gross recruitment was 0.11 patients per site month versus 0.43 patients per site per month, respectively, before and after the amendment. CONCLUSIONS It is feasible to include IAT in a neuroprotectant trial for acute ischemic stroke. Criteria are presented for including such patients in a manner that is consistent with published evidence for IAT while still preserving the ability to test the role of the putative neuroprotectant. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT02222714.
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- Patrick Lyden
- From the Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (P.L.); ZZ Biotech, LLC, Houston, TX (S.W., H.L., K.P.); Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City (C.C., S.O.); Neurological Clinical Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (M.C., S.B.); Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (M.F.); Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (E.C.H.); Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH (P.K.); Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (J.S.); Department of Neurology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn (S.L.); Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City (M.R.); Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, PA (L.W., A.J.); and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (E.M., S.W.).
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- From the Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (P.L.); ZZ Biotech, LLC, Houston, TX (S.W., H.L., K.P.); Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City (C.C., S.O.); Neurological Clinical Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (M.C., S.B.); Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (M.F.); Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (E.C.H.); Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH (P.K.); Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (J.S.); Department of Neurology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn (S.L.); Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City (M.R.); Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, PA (L.W., A.J.); and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (E.M., S.W.)
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- From the Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (P.L.); ZZ Biotech, LLC, Houston, TX (S.W., H.L., K.P.); Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City (C.C., S.O.); Neurological Clinical Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (M.C., S.B.); Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (M.F.); Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (E.C.H.); Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH (P.K.); Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (J.S.); Department of Neurology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn (S.L.); Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City (M.R.); Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, PA (L.W., A.J.); and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (E.M., S.W.)
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- From the Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (P.L.); ZZ Biotech, LLC, Houston, TX (S.W., H.L., K.P.); Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City (C.C., S.O.); Neurological Clinical Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (M.C., S.B.); Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (M.F.); Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (E.C.H.); Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH (P.K.); Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (J.S.); Department of Neurology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn (S.L.); Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City (M.R.); Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, PA (L.W., A.J.); and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (E.M., S.W.)
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- From the Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (P.L.); ZZ Biotech, LLC, Houston, TX (S.W., H.L., K.P.); Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City (C.C., S.O.); Neurological Clinical Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (M.C., S.B.); Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (M.F.); Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (E.C.H.); Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH (P.K.); Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (J.S.); Department of Neurology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn (S.L.); Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City (M.R.); Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, PA (L.W., A.J.); and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (E.M., S.W.)
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- From the Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (P.L.); ZZ Biotech, LLC, Houston, TX (S.W., H.L., K.P.); Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City (C.C., S.O.); Neurological Clinical Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (M.C., S.B.); Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (M.F.); Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (E.C.H.); Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH (P.K.); Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (J.S.); Department of Neurology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn (S.L.); Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City (M.R.); Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, PA (L.W., A.J.); and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (E.M., S.W.)
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- From the Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (P.L.); ZZ Biotech, LLC, Houston, TX (S.W., H.L., K.P.); Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City (C.C., S.O.); Neurological Clinical Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (M.C., S.B.); Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (M.F.); Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (E.C.H.); Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH (P.K.); Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (J.S.); Department of Neurology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn (S.L.); Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City (M.R.); Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, PA (L.W., A.J.); and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (E.M., S.W.)
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- From the Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (P.L.); ZZ Biotech, LLC, Houston, TX (S.W., H.L., K.P.); Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City (C.C., S.O.); Neurological Clinical Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (M.C., S.B.); Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (M.F.); Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (E.C.H.); Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH (P.K.); Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (J.S.); Department of Neurology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn (S.L.); Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City (M.R.); Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, PA (L.W., A.J.); and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (E.M., S.W.)
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- From the Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (P.L.); ZZ Biotech, LLC, Houston, TX (S.W., H.L., K.P.); Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City (C.C., S.O.); Neurological Clinical Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (M.C., S.B.); Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (M.F.); Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (E.C.H.); Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH (P.K.); Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (J.S.); Department of Neurology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn (S.L.); Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City (M.R.); Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, PA (L.W., A.J.); and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (E.M., S.W.)
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- From the Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (P.L.); ZZ Biotech, LLC, Houston, TX (S.W., H.L., K.P.); Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City (C.C., S.O.); Neurological Clinical Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (M.C., S.B.); Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (M.F.); Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (E.C.H.); Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH (P.K.); Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (J.S.); Department of Neurology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn (S.L.); Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City (M.R.); Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, PA (L.W., A.J.); and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (E.M., S.W.)
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- From the Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (P.L.); ZZ Biotech, LLC, Houston, TX (S.W., H.L., K.P.); Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City (C.C., S.O.); Neurological Clinical Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (M.C., S.B.); Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (M.F.); Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (E.C.H.); Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH (P.K.); Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (J.S.); Department of Neurology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn (S.L.); Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City (M.R.); Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, PA (L.W., A.J.); and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (E.M., S.W.)
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- From the Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (P.L.); ZZ Biotech, LLC, Houston, TX (S.W., H.L., K.P.); Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City (C.C., S.O.); Neurological Clinical Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (M.C., S.B.); Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (M.F.); Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (E.C.H.); Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH (P.K.); Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (J.S.); Department of Neurology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn (S.L.); Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City (M.R.); Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, PA (L.W., A.J.); and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (E.M., S.W.)
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- From the Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (P.L.); ZZ Biotech, LLC, Houston, TX (S.W., H.L., K.P.); Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City (C.C., S.O.); Neurological Clinical Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (M.C., S.B.); Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (M.F.); Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (E.C.H.); Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH (P.K.); Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (J.S.); Department of Neurology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn (S.L.); Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City (M.R.); Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, PA (L.W., A.J.); and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (E.M., S.W.)
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- From the Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (P.L.); ZZ Biotech, LLC, Houston, TX (S.W., H.L., K.P.); Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City (C.C., S.O.); Neurological Clinical Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (M.C., S.B.); Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (M.F.); Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (E.C.H.); Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH (P.K.); Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (J.S.); Department of Neurology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn (S.L.); Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City (M.R.); Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, PA (L.W., A.J.); and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (E.M., S.W.)
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- From the Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (P.L.); ZZ Biotech, LLC, Houston, TX (S.W., H.L., K.P.); Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City (C.C., S.O.); Neurological Clinical Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (M.C., S.B.); Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (M.F.); Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (E.C.H.); Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH (P.K.); Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (J.S.); Department of Neurology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn (S.L.); Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City (M.R.); Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, PA (L.W., A.J.); and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (E.M., S.W.)
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- From the Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (P.L.); ZZ Biotech, LLC, Houston, TX (S.W., H.L., K.P.); Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City (C.C., S.O.); Neurological Clinical Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (M.C., S.B.); Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (M.F.); Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (E.C.H.); Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH (P.K.); Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (J.S.); Department of Neurology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn (S.L.); Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City (M.R.); Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, PA (L.W., A.J.); and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (E.M., S.W.)
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- From the Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (P.L.); ZZ Biotech, LLC, Houston, TX (S.W., H.L., K.P.); Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City (C.C., S.O.); Neurological Clinical Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (M.C., S.B.); Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (M.F.); Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (E.C.H.); Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH (P.K.); Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (J.S.); Department of Neurology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn (S.L.); Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City (M.R.); Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, PA (L.W., A.J.); and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (E.M., S.W.)
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- From the Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (P.L.); ZZ Biotech, LLC, Houston, TX (S.W., H.L., K.P.); Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City (C.C., S.O.); Neurological Clinical Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (M.C., S.B.); Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (M.F.); Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (E.C.H.); Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH (P.K.); Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (J.S.); Department of Neurology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn (S.L.); Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City (M.R.); Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, PA (L.W., A.J.); and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (E.M., S.W.)
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Griffin JH, Mosnier LO, Fernández JA, Zlokovic BV. 2016 Scientific Sessions Sol Sherry Distinguished Lecturer in Thrombosis: Thrombotic Stroke: Neuroprotective Therapy by Recombinant-Activated Protein C. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2016; 36:2143-2151. [PMID: 27758767 PMCID: PMC5119536 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.116.308038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2016] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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APC (activated protein C), derived from the plasma protease zymogen, is antithrombotic and anti-inflammatory. In preclinical injury models, recombinant APC provides neuroprotection for multiple injuries, including ischemic stroke. APC acts directly on brain endothelial cells and neurons by initiating cell signaling that requires multiple receptors. Two or more major APC receptors mediate APC's neuroprotective cell signaling. When bound to endothelial cell protein C receptor, APC can cleave protease-activated receptor 1, causing biased cytoprotective signaling that reduces ischemia-induced injury. Pharmacological APC alleviates bleeding induced by tissue-type plasminogen activator in murine ischemic stroke studies. Remarkably, APC's signaling promotes neurogenesis. The signaling-selective recombinant variant of APC, 3K3A-APC, was engineered to lack most of the APC's anticoagulant activity but retain APC's cell signaling actions. Recombinant 3K3A-APC is in ongoing National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded clinical trials for ischemic stroke.
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- John H Griffin
- From the Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA (J.H.G., L.O.M., J.A.F.); Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego (J.H.G.); and Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (B.V.Z.).
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- From the Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA (J.H.G., L.O.M., J.A.F.); Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego (J.H.G.); and Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (B.V.Z.)
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- From the Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA (J.H.G., L.O.M., J.A.F.); Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego (J.H.G.); and Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (B.V.Z.)
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- From the Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA (J.H.G., L.O.M., J.A.F.); Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego (J.H.G.); and Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (B.V.Z.)
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Wolter J, Schild L, Bock F, Hellwig A, Gadi I, Al-Dabet MM, Ranjan S, Rönicke R, Nawroth PP, Petersen KU, Mawrin C, Shahzad K, Isermann B. Thrombomodulin-dependent protein C activation is required for mitochondrial function and myelination in the central nervous system. J Thromb Haemost 2016; 14:2212-2226. [PMID: 27590316 DOI: 10.1111/jth.13494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Essentials The role of protein C (PC) activation in experimental autoimmune encephalitis (EAE) is unknown. PC activation is required for mitochondrial function in the central nervous system. Impaired PC activation aggravates EAE, which can be compensated for by soluble thrombomodulin. Protection of myelin by activated PC or solulin is partially independent of immune-modulation. SUMMARY Background Studies with human samples and in rodents established a function of coagulation proteases in neuro-inflammatory demyelinating diseases (e.g. in multiple sclerosis [MS] and experimental autoimmune encephalitis [EAE]). Surprisingly, approaches to increase activated protein C (aPC) plasma levels as well as antibody-mediated inhibition of PC/aPC ameliorated EAE in mice. Hence, the role of aPC generation in demyelinating diseases and potential mechanisms involved remain controversial. Furthermore, it is not known whether loss of aPC has pathological consequences at baseline (e.g. in the absence of disease). Objective To explore the role of thrombomodulin (TM)-dependent aPC generation at baseline and in immunological and non-immunological demyelinating disease models. Methods Myelination and reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation were evaluated in mice with genetically reduced TM-mediated protein C activation (TMPro/Pro ) and in wild-type (WT) mice under control conditions or following induction of EAE. Non-immunological demyelination was analyzed in the cuprizone-diet model. Results Impaired TM-dependent aPC generation already disturbs myelination and mitochondrial function at baseline. This basal phenotype is linked with increased mitochondrial ROS and aggravates EAE. Reducing mitochondrial ROS (p66Shc deficiency), restoring aPC plasma levels or injecting soluble TM (solulin) ameliorates EAE in TMPro/Pro mice. Soluble TM additionally conveyed protection in WT-EAE mice. Furthermore, soluble TM dampened demyelination in the cuprizone-diet model, demonstrating that its myelin-protective effect is partially independent of an immune-driven process. Conclusion These results uncover a novel physiological function of TM-dependent aPC generation within the CNS. Loss of TM-dependent aPC generation causes a neurological defect in healthy mice and aggravates EAE, which can be therapeutically corrected.
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
- Internal Medicine I and Clinical Chemistry, German Diabetes Center (DZD), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Neurobiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Internal Medicine I and Clinical Chemistry, German Diabetes Center (DZD), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Neuropathology, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
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- University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
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Petersen JEV, Lavstsen T, Craig A. Breaking down brain barrier breaches in cerebral malaria. J Clin Invest 2016; 126:3725-3727. [PMID: 27643435 DOI: 10.1172/jci90188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Recent findings have linked brain swelling to death in cerebral malaria (CM). These observations have prompted a number of investigations into the mechanisms of this pathology with the goal of identifying potential therapeutic targets. In this issue of the JCI, Gallego-Delgado and colleagues present evidence that implicates angiotensin receptors and the relocation of β-catenin to the endothelial cell nucleus in CM. This study provides a renewed focus on infected erythrocyte debris as the cause of endothelial damage and challenges previous work implicating direct effects of infected erythrocyte sequestration in the brain as the major driver of disease. While this work provides potential therapeutic avenues for CM, it leaves a number of questions unanswered.
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3K3A-activated protein C stimulates postischemic neuronal repair by human neural stem cells in mice. Nat Med 2016; 22:1050-5. [PMID: 27548576 DOI: 10.1038/nm.4154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2015] [Accepted: 06/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Activated protein C (APC) is a blood protease with anticoagulant activity and cell-signaling activities mediated by the activation of protease-activated receptor 1 (F2R, also known as PAR1) and F2RL1 (also known as PAR3) via noncanonical cleavage. Recombinant variants of APC, such as the 3K3A-APC (Lys191-193Ala) mutant in which three Lys residues (KKK191-193) were replaced with alanine, and/or its other mutants with reduced (>90%) anticoagulant activity, engineered to reduce APC-associated bleeding risk while retaining normal cell-signaling activity, have shown benefits in preclinical models of ischemic stroke, brain trauma, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, sepsis, ischemic and reperfusion injury of heart, kidney and liver, pulmonary, kidney and gastrointestinal inflammation, diabetes and lethal body radiation. On the basis of proof-of-concept studies and an excellent safety profile in humans, 3K3A-APC has advanced to clinical trials as a neuroprotectant in ischemic stroke. Recently, 3K3A-APC has been shown to stimulate neuronal production by human neural stem and progenitor cells (NSCs) in vitro via a PAR1-PAR3-sphingosine-1-phosphate-receptor 1-Akt pathway, which suggests the potential for APC-based treatment as a strategy for structural repair in the human central nervous (CNS) system. Here we report that late postischemic treatment of mice with 3K3A-APC stimulates neuronal production by transplanted human NSCs, promotes circuit restoration and improves functional recovery. Thus, 3K3A-APC-potentiated neuronal recruitment from engrafted NSCs might offer a new approach to the treatment of stroke and related neurological disorders.
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Wang S, Reeves B, Sparkenbaugh EM, Russell J, Soltys Z, Zhang H, Faber JE, Key NS, Kirchhofer D, Granger DN, Mackman N, Pawlinski R. Protective and detrimental effects of neuroectodermal cell-derived tissue factor in mouse models of stroke. JCI Insight 2016; 1. [PMID: 27489885 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.86663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Within the CNS, a dysregulated hemostatic response contributes to both hemorrhagic and ischemic strokes. Tissue factor (TF), the primary initiator of the extrinsic coagulation cascade, plays an essential role in hemostasis and also contributes to thrombosis. Using both genetic and pharmacologic approaches, we characterized the contribution of neuroectodermal (NE) cell TF to the pathophysiology of stroke. We used mice with various levels of TF expression and found that astrocyte TF activity reduced to ~5% of WT levels was still sufficient to maintain hemostasis after hemorrhagic stroke but was also low enough to attenuate inflammation, reduce damage to the blood-brain barrier, and improve outcomes following ischemic stroke. Pharmacologic inhibition of TF during the reperfusion phase of ischemic stroke attenuated neuronal damage, improved behavioral deficit, and prevented mortality of mice. Our data demonstrate that NE cell TF limits bleeding complications associated with the transition from ischemic to hemorrhagic stroke and also contributes to the reperfusion injury after ischemic stroke. The high level of TF expression in the CNS is likely the result of selective pressure to limit intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) after traumatic brain injury but, in the modern era, poses the additional risk of increased ischemia-reperfusion injury after ischemic stroke.
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- Shaobin Wang
- McAllister Heart Institute, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- McAllister Heart Institute, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Neuroanatomy, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- McAllister Heart Institute, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- McAllister Heart Institute, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- McAllister Heart Institute, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Early Discovery Biochemistry, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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- McAllister Heart Institute, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- McAllister Heart Institute, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Physiological cerebrovascular remodeling in response to chronic mild hypoxia: A role for activated protein C. Exp Neurol 2016; 283:396-403. [PMID: 27412766 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2016.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2016] [Revised: 06/13/2016] [Accepted: 07/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Activated protein C (APC) is a serine protease that promotes favorable changes in vascular barrier integrity and post-ischemic angiogenic remodeling in animal models of ischemic stroke, and its efficacy is currently being investigated in clinical ischemic stroke trials. Interestingly, application of sub-clinical chronic mild hypoxia (CMH) (8% O2) also promotes angiogenic remodeling and increased tight junction protein expression, suggestive of enhanced blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity, though the role of APC in mediating the influence of CMH has not been investigated. To examine this potential link, we studied CMH-induced cerebrovascular remodeling after treating mice with two different reagents: (i) a function-blocking antibody that neutralizes APC activity, and (ii) exogenous recombinant murine APC. While CMH promoted endothelial proliferation, increased vascular density, and upregulated the angiogenic endothelial integrins α5β1 and αvβ3, these events were almost completely abolished by functional blockade of APC. Consistent with these findings, addition of exogenous recombinant APC enhanced CMH-induced endothelial proliferation, expansion of total vascular area and further enhanced the CMH-induced right-shift in vessel size distribution. Taken together, our findings support a key role for APC in mediating physiological remodeling of cerebral blood vessels in response to CMH.
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Nelson AR, Sweeney MD, Sagare AP, Zlokovic BV. Neurovascular dysfunction and neurodegeneration in dementia and Alzheimer's disease. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2016; 1862:887-900. [PMID: 26705676 PMCID: PMC4821735 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2015.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 366] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Revised: 12/10/2015] [Accepted: 12/10/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Vascular insults can initiate a cascade of molecular events leading to neurodegeneration, cognitive impairment, and dementia. Here, we review the cellular and molecular mechanisms in cerebral blood vessels and the pathophysiological events leading to cerebral blood flow dysregulation and disruption of the neurovascular unit and the blood-brain barrier, which all may contribute to the onset and progression of dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Particularly, we examine the link between neurovascular dysfunction and neurodegeneration including the effects of AD genetic risk factors on cerebrovascular functions and clearance of Alzheimer's amyloid-β peptide toxin, and the impact of vascular risk factors, environment, and lifestyle on cerebral blood vessels, which in turn may affect synaptic, neuronal, and cognitive functions. Finally, we examine potential experimental treatments for dementia and AD based on the neurovascular model, and discuss some critical questions to be addressed by future studies. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia edited by M. Paul Murphy, Roderick A. Corriveau and Donna M. Wilcock.
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- Amy R Nelson
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics and the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics and the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics and the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics and the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
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Banks WA. From blood-brain barrier to blood-brain interface: new opportunities for CNS drug delivery. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2016; 15:275-92. [PMID: 26794270 DOI: 10.1038/nrd.2015.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 679] [Impact Index Per Article: 84.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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One of the biggest challenges in the development of therapeutics for central nervous system (CNS) disorders is achieving sufficient blood-brain barrier (BBB) penetration. Research in the past few decades has revealed that the BBB is not only a substantial barrier for drug delivery to the CNS but also a complex, dynamic interface that adapts to the needs of the CNS, responds to physiological changes, and is affected by and can even promote disease. This complexity confounds simple strategies for drug delivery to the CNS, but provides a wealth of opportunities and approaches for drug development. Here, I review some of the most important areas that have recently redefined the BBB and discuss how they can be applied to the development of CNS therapeutics.
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- William A Banks
- Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center and Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, Washington 98108, USA
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Coagulation factor V mediates inhibition of tissue factor signaling by activated protein C in mice. Blood 2015; 126:2415-23. [PMID: 26341257 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2015-05-644401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2015] [Accepted: 08/31/2015] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The key effector molecule of the natural protein C pathway, activated protein C (aPC), exerts pleiotropic effects on coagulation, fibrinolysis, and inflammation. Coagulation-independent cell signaling by aPC appears to be the predominant mechanism underlying its highly reproducible therapeutic efficacy in most animal models of injury and infection. In this study, using a mouse model of Staphylococcus aureus sepsis, we demonstrate marked disease stage-specific effects of the anticoagulant and cell signaling functions of aPC. aPC resistance of factor (f)V due to the R506Q Leiden mutation protected against detrimental anticoagulant effects of aPC therapy but also abrogated the anti-inflammatory and mortality-reducing effects of the signaling-selective 5A-aPC variant that has minimal anticoagulant function. We found that procofactor V (cleaved by aPC at R506) and protein S were necessary cofactors for the aPC-mediated inhibition of inflammatory tissue-factor signaling. The anti-inflammatory cofactor function of fV involved the same structural features that govern its cofactor function for the anticoagulant effects of aPC, yet its anti-inflammatory activities did not involve proteolysis of activated coagulation factors Va and VIIIa. These findings reveal a novel biological function and mechanism of the protein C pathway in which protein S and the aPC-cleaved form of fV are cofactors for anti-inflammatory cell signaling by aPC in the context of endotoxemia and infection.
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Amar AP, Griffin JH, Zlokovic BV. Combined neurothrombectomy or thrombolysis with adjunctive delivery of 3K3A-activated protein C in acute ischemic stroke. Front Cell Neurosci 2015; 9:344. [PMID: 26388732 PMCID: PMC4556986 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2015] [Accepted: 08/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
In the treatment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS), vessel recanalization correlates with improved functional status and reduced mortality. Mechanical neurothrombectomy achieves a higher likelihood of revascularization than intravenous thrombolysis (IVT), but there remains significant discrepancy between rates of recanalization and rates of favorable outcome. The poor neurological recovery among some stroke patients despite successful recanalization confirms the need for adjuvant therapy, such as pharmacological neuroprotection. Prior clinical trials of neuroprotectant drugs failed perhaps due to inability of the agent to reach the ischemic tissue beyond the occluded artery. A protocol that couples mechanical neurothrombectomy with concurrent delivery of a neuroprotectant overcomes this pitfall. Activated protein C (APC) exerts pleiotropic anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, antithrombotic, cytoprotective, and neuroregenerative effects in stroke and appears a compelling candidate for this novel approach.
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Affiliation(s)
- Arun Paul Amar
- Department of Neurosurgery, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CA, USA ; Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of California, San Diego San Diego, CA, USA
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- Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, USA
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