title: Reversible interactions between plasminogen activators and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1.
abstract: We have shown that the urokinase (UK) kringle domain contains a high-affinity plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) binding site, responsible for the 10-fold faster complex formation between UK and PAI-1 than between PAI-1 and low-molecular-weight urokinase (LMWUK). Complex formation between UK and PAI-1, but not between LMWUK and PAI-1, was suppressed 10-fold in the presence of peptide U-107 derived from the UK kringle domain. Peptide U-373 derived from the UK catalytic domain slowed complex formation between UK and PAI-1 and also LMWUK and PAI-1. Inactivation of tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) by PAI-1 was slowed 10-fold in the presence of peptides derived from the tPA finger and kringle-2 domains. DFP-inactivated (DIP) UK and both forms of DIP-tPA inhibited PAI-1 binding to U-107 and to U-373 whereas single-chain urokinase-type PA (scuPA) was unable to compete with either peptide for PAI-1 binding. These data suggest that the reversible PAI-1 binding site in the UK A-chain plays a role in the rapid association with PAI-1 as important as those that reside in the tPA A-chain and that reversible PAI-1 binding sites are expressed on the surface of UK upon conversion from scuPA, in contrast to tPA.
authors: Institute of Hematology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi-Ken, Japan.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Mimuro
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Kaneko
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Murakami
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Matsuda
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Sakata
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D005341:Fibrinolysin; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D017395:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 / Q000737:chemistry*; D017396:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 2 / Q000737:chemistry; D010960:Plasminogen Activators / Q000737:chemistry*; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D017395:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1; D017396:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 2; D010960:Plasminogen Activators; D005341:Fibrinolysin; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator