title: Autoradiographic and immunoblotting analyses of the activation pathways of plasminogen by urokinase and tissue plasminogen activator in the plasma or clotted plasma.
abstract: The activation pathway of Glu-plasminogen (Glu-plg) was analyzed by using immunoblotting and autoradiography. Glu-plg was slowly activated to Glu-plasmin by urokinase (UK) and tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) in the plasma. Significant amounts of a complex of alpha 2AP with plasmin were found. On the other hand, UK and t-PA rapidly activated Glu-plg in the clotted plasma. The major form of plasmin was Lys-form, and significant amounts of alpha 2M complexed with plasmin were found. A complex of alpha 2AP with plasmin was not so significantly formed in the clot, confirming ineffective inhibition of plasmin by alpha 2AP in the presence of fibrin. Glu-plg was directly activated by UK or t-PA to Glu-plasmin and further to Lys-plasmin in the plasma or clotted plasma.
mesh_terms: D001345:Autoradiography; D001769:Blood / Q000187:drug effects*; D001777:Blood Coagulation; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D003720:Densitometry; D006801:Humans; D007158:Immunologic Techniques; D010960:Plasminogen Activators / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013917:Thrombin / Q000494:pharmacology; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D010960:Plasminogen Activators; D013917:Thrombin; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator; D002118:Calcium