title: Isolation of an inhibitor selective for collagen-stimulated platelet aggregation from the soft tick Ornithodoros moubata.
abstract: Soluble extracts from the soft tick Ornithodoros moubata were found to inhibit collagen-, ADP-, and thrombin-stimulated platelet aggregation. One inhibitory component was purified to homogeneity by a combination of gel filtration, ion-exchange, and reverse phase high pressure liquid chromatography. The purified activity, named moubatin, is a protein of molecular weight 17,000 and it inhibits the aggregation of washed human platelets stimulated by collagen with an IC50 of approximately 50 nM in the standard assay. At a concentration of moubatin that maximally inhibited collagen-stimulated platelet aggregation, no inhibition of aggregation initiated by other effectors, including arachidonic acid, thrombin, ristocetin, and the calcium ionophore A23187, was observed. Moubatin also inhibits collagen-dependent aggregation in plasma. At a higher concentration of moubatin (> 1 microM) it was also possible to demonstrate an inhibitory effect on the final extent of aggregation induced by a low concentration of ADP. Although moubatin selectively inhibits platelet activation by collagen, it has only a minimal effect on the adhesion of platelets to collagen. The amino acid sequences of peptides derived from proteolytic cleavage of moubatin suggest that moubatin is a unique protein, consistent with its novel functional activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, Pennsylvania 19486.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Waxman
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Connolly
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D003094:Collagen / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects*; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D011506:Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D013987:Ticks / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D011506:Proteins; C080268:moubatin; D003094:Collagen