title: Thrombolytic and haemorrhagic effects of bolus doses of tissue-type plasminogen activator and a hybrid plasminogen activator with prolonged plasma half-life (K2tu-PA: CGP 42935).
abstract: K2tu-PA is a hybrid plasminogen activator linking the kringle 2 domain of tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) to the catalytic protease domain of single-chain urokinase-type plasminogen activator (scu-PA). K2tu-PA, as t-PA has high affinity for fibrin and is activated by fibrin but has a longer plasma half-life (over 30 min). The aim of this study was to compare the effects of bolus doses of recombinant t-PA (rt-PA) and K2tu-PA, on: 1) lysis of performed thrombi (fibrinolysis), 2) accretion of new fibrin on pre-existing thrombi during fibrinolysis (thrombus growth), 3) thrombolysis as assessed by reduction of thrombus weight and 4) systemic plasma proteolysis and blood loss from a standard wound. A jugular vein thrombosis model and an ear bleeding model were adopted in rabbits. Saline produced 11 +/- 2% fibrinolysis. rt-PA, 0.2 mg/kg, 0.4 mg and 0.8 mg/kg produced 35 +/- 4%, 54 +/- 4% and 78 +/- 6% fibrinolysis, respectively. K2tu-PA, at the same doses, produced 39 +/- 5%, 57 +/- 6% and 83 +/- 6% fibrinolysis, respectively. Thus, no differences in the fibrinolytic activity of rt-PA and K2tu-PA were observed. Injection of saline was followed by an accretion of 56.4 +/- 5.9 micrograms of radioactive new fibrin on the thrombi. The injection of the three increasing doses of rt-PA was followed by an accretion of 54.9 +/- 5.3 micrograms, 49.1 +/- 6.1 micrograms and 47.2 +/- 4.8 micrograms.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Institute of Internal and Vascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Agnelli
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pascucci
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Nenci
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mele
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bürgi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heim
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D005342:Fibrinolysis / Q000187:drug effects; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000633:toxicity; D006207:Half-Life; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000139:chemically induced*; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D007601:Jugular Veins; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D011817:Rabbits; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use / Q000633:toxicity; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use / Q000633:toxicity; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator