title: Fibrin affinity and clearance of t-PA deletion and substitution analogues.
abstract: To investigate structure-function relationships in tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) we deleted the following domains in the heavy chain: a) The epidermal growth factor domain (t-PA del. G), b) the finger domain, and the epidermal growth factor domain (t-PA del. FG), and c) the finger, the epidermal growth factor and Kringle 1 (t-PA del. FGK1). To study specifically the function of the growth factor domain we made two substitutions of d) 8 amino acids (consensus sequence) in the growth factor domain (t-PA G-CS) and e) the whole domain with factor IX growth factor domain (t-PA G-IX). Finally, f) an analogue with substitution in the finger domain (fibronectin consensus sequence) was constructed (t-PA F-CS). A reduced fibrin binding of all the analogues was found. The fibrin stimulated activity of all analogues was also reduced and correlated to the fibrin binding. In contrast, the activity of the analogues in the clot lysis assay and the plate assay were only slightly reduced as compared to authentic t-PA. This suggested that at high fibrin concentrations the decreased fibrin affinity was less critical for obtaining a high fibrinolytic activity. All analogues had a prolonged half-life in vivo as compared to authentic t-PA. The assumption of clearance mechanism involving mainly the growth factor region (or Kringle 1) was not challenged by the observation of a prolonged half-life for the substitution analogue t-PA F-CS.2+off
authors.affiliation: NOVO Research Institute, Bagsvaerd, Denmark.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Johannessen
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Diness
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pingel
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lioubin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'Hara
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mulvihill
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005337:Fibrin / Q000378:metabolism*; D005342:Fibrinolysis / Q000187:drug effects; D007163:Immunosorbent Techniques; D008297:Male; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D011485:Protein Binding; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D014162:Transfection / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D005337:Fibrin; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator