title: Pharmacokinetics and systemic effects of tissue-type plasminogen activator in normal subjects.
abstract: Pharmacokinetics and systemic effects of recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) were studied in 18 healthy male volunteers after 30-minute intravenous infusions of placebo, 0.25 mg/kg rt-PA, and 0.5 mg/kg rt-PA. Highly comparable pharmacokinetic parameters were obtained after analysis of rt-PA as both an antigen and an activity. Mean clearance (antigen) was 620 +/- 70 (SD) ml/min, volume of distribution at steady state was 8.1 +/- 0.8 L, initial volume of distribution was 4.4 +/- 0.6 L, and dominant half-life was 4.4 +/- 0.3 minutes. The pharmacokinetics of rt-PA were linear, showed low interindividual variation, and are compatible with rapid hepatic elimination of the protein. Systemic plasminogen activation was minimal as assessed by hemostatic assays of plasma samples treated with anti-rt-PA Immunoglobulin G (IgG) to inhibit in vitro fibrinogenolysis. Circulating fibrinogen levels, clotting times, and coagulation factors were unchanged; plasminogen and alpha 2-antiplasmin decreased maximally to 85% and 65% of baseline values, respectively. The data are consistent with the fibrin specificity of t-PA, which is derived from its role in physiologic fibrinolysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Dr. Karl Thomae GmbH, Biberach, West Germany.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tanswell
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Seifried
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Feuerer
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Rijken
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006487:Hemostasis / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator