title: Trans-prostaglandin E2 enhances fibrinolysis.
abstract: 5,6-trans-Prostaglandin E2 (trans-PG E2) was found to accelerate the fibrinolysis in a cell-free system. trans-PG E2 decreased the lysis time by 15% in the fibrin clot lysis time method and increased the lysis area by 22% in the fibrin plate method. On the contrary, 5,6-cis-prostaglandin E2 did not have such effects. trans-PG E2 did not exert the effect in the absence of either tissue-plasminogen activator or plasminogen. These results suggest that trans-PG E2 enhances the generation of plasmin from plasminogen by tissue-plasminogen activator.
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Urano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimokawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
mesh_terms: D002474:Cell-Free System; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005342:Fibrinolysis / Q000187:drug effects*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D015232:Dinoprostone