title: Effects of a fucoidan on the activation of plasminogen by u-PA and t-PA.
abstract: The effect of an anticoagulant fucoidan (C-I-H) from the brown seaweed Ecklonia kurome on the fibrinolytic system was studied in vitro using S-2251 as a substrate of plasmin. C-I-H enhanced the activation of Glu- and Lys-plasminogen by high molecular weight urokinase-type plasminogen activator (HMW u-PA) very effectively, but the activation by low molecular weight u-PA was hardly enhanced with C-I-H. C-I-H also potentiated moderately the activation by single- and two-chain tissue-type plasminogen activators (sct- and tct-PA). These effects of C-I-H were higher than those of heparin used. But C-I-H had no effect on the amidolytic activity of plasmin to S-2251. These results indicate that C-I-H promotes the generation of plasmin in the plasminogen activation by HMW u-PA and t-PA, but not the activity of generated plasmin. Kinetic analyses suggest that C-I-H enhances the HMW u-PA-mediated plasminogen activation by increasing the affinity of the activator for Glu- and Lys-plasminogen and by increasing the molecular activity of the activator. On the other hand, C-I-H had no effect on the affinity of tct-PA for both plasminogens. The catalytic efficiencies of HMW u-PA and tct-PA for the activation of both plasminogens were increased with C-I-H about 8- and 2-fold, respectively. The present results suggest that C-I-H has the fibrinolytic activity by stimulating the plasminogen activation by HMW u-PA and t-PA. The mechanism of the enhancement effect of C-I-H on the activation is presumed to be that C-I-H binds to plasminogen, thereby inducing a structural change of plasminogen susceptible to the action of plasminogen activators.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosciences, School of Science, Sagamihara, Kitasato, Japan. nisino@jet.sci.kitasato-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishino
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Horie
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagumo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000494:pharmacology; D002863:Chromogenic Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D005341:Fibrinolysin / Q000378:metabolism; D006493:Heparin / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000378:metabolism; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010958:Plasminogen / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010960:Plasminogen Activators / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012624:Seaweed / Q000737:chemistry; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D002863:Chromogenic Compounds; D009842:Oligopeptides; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011134:Polysaccharides; C018998:lysyl-plasminogen; C018788:valyl-leucyl-lysine 4-nitroanilide; D010958:Plasminogen; D006493:Heparin; C007789:fucoidan; D010960:Plasminogen Activators; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator; D005341:Fibrinolysin; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator