title: Kinetic analysis of covalent hybrid plasminogen activators: effect of CNBr-degraded fibrinogen on kinetic parameters of Glu1-plasminogen activation.
abstract: The kinetic parameters of three activator species of Glu1-plasminogen (Glu1-Plg) were compared in their reaction at pH 7.4 and 37 degrees C, in the presence and absence of CNBr-digested fibrinogen (CNBr-Fg). The urokinase- (u-PA-) derived covalent hybrid activator PlnA-u-PAB had an apparent Michaelis constant (Kplg) of 7.44 microM, a catalytic rate constant (kplg) of 51.1 min-1, and a second-order rate constant (kplg/Kplg) of 6.87 microM-1 min-1. The tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) derived covalent hybrid activator PlnA-t-PAB was characterized by a Kplg of 3.33 microM, a kplg of 1.03 min-1, and a kplg/Kplg of 0.309 microM-1 min-1. The kplg/Kplg values for the parent u-PA and t-PA activators were 6- and 16-fold higher than the respective hybrids, mainly due to an approximately 10-fold increase in the apparent Kplg for the hybrids. In the presence of CNBr-Fg, the increase of the kplg/Kplg values for u-PA and its hybrid was 1.1-fold, but for t-PA and its hybrid, the increases were 7- and 12-fold, respectively. In both the absence and presence of CNBr-Fg, activator t-PAB had an apparent Kplg of 19.1 and 27.6 microM and a kplg of 2.9 and 5.0 min-1, respectively. The increase in the kplg/Kplg value with CNBr-Fg was 1.2-fold. The streptokinase- (SK-) derived activators Glu1-plasmin.SK (Glu1-Pln.SK), Val442-Pln.SK, and Val561-Pln.SK had apparent Kplg values of 0.458, 0.268, and 0.121 microM and kplg values of 20.0, 126.0, and 63.3 min-1, respectively. In the presence of CNBr-Fg, the first two activators showed an approximately 1.4-fold increase and the last showed a 1.4-fold decrease in their kplg/Kplg values. The catalytic efficiency (kplg/Kplg) of the various activator species fell in the decreasing order SK greater than u-PA greater than t-PA, in either the presence or absence of CNBr-Fg. CNBr-Fg enhanced significantly the activities of only two activators, t-PA and PlnA-t-PAB.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center/Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois 60616.
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Wohl
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Boreisha
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Robbins
mesh_terms: D000581:Amidohydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D003488:Cyanogen Bromide; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005341:Fibrinolysin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010958:Plasminogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010960:Plasminogen Activators / Q000378:metabolism*; D013300:Streptokinase / Q000378:metabolism; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000378:metabolism; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; D005340:Fibrinogen; D010958:Plasminogen; D013300:Streptokinase; D010960:Plasminogen Activators; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator; D005341:Fibrinolysin; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator; D000581:Amidohydrolases; D003488:Cyanogen Bromide