Carbazochrome sodium sulphonate (AC-17) decreases the accumulation of tissue-type plasminogen activator in culture medium of human umbilical vein endothelial cells.
This study investigated the effect of carbazochrome sodium sulphonate (AC-17) on the accumulation of tissue-type plasminogen activator antigen (t-PA:Ag) and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 antigen (PAI-1:Ag) in culture medium of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). HUVEC were cultured in the presence of AC-17, and the concentration of t-PA:Ag and PAI-1:Ag in the medium was measured by an enzyme-linked immunoassay. AC-17, after 48 and 72 h incubation, significantly decreased the t-PA:Ag in the culture medium, while it had no significant effect on the PAI-1:Ag. The result of fibrin zymography was consistent with the result obtained by ELISA. It also revealed that all of the t-PA present in the culture medium formed complexes with PAI-1, indicating that AC-17 did not interfere with t-PA/PAI-1 complex formation. Furthermore, AC-17 did not inhibit the activities of t-PA and plasmin when measured by a fibrin plate method. These results suggest that AC-17 may modulate the fibrinolytic balance of blood through changing the function of endothelial cells, a new aspect of action of AC-17 as a haemostatic drug.
Matsumoto
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Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
Hayashi
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T
Hayakawa
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Y
Shinbo
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M
Niiya
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K
Sakuragawa
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N
D000323:Adrenochrome / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned / Q000737:chemistry; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D005341:Fibrinolysin / Q000378:metabolism; D005342:Fibrinolysis; D006801:Humans; D017395:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D018180:Thrombomodulin / Q000378:metabolism; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D014471:Umbilical Veins
D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D017395:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D018180:Thrombomodulin; D000323:Adrenochrome; C073338:carbazochrome; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator; D005341:Fibrinolysin