title: Plasma levels of unactivated thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) are down-regulated in young adult women: analysis of a normal Japanese population.
abstract: Thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) is an anaphylatoxin-inactivating enzyme generated by proteolytic cleavage of its zymogen, and is the same enzyme as that first designated by our group as procarboxypeptidase R (proCPR). TAFI in plasma is presumed to influence vascular disease in its role as a fibrinolysis inhibitor. The activity of TAFI is strongly influenced by genetic polymorphism, especially at amino acids Thr/Ala-147 and Thr/Ile-325. In this study, we analyzed 202 healthy controls who were not on any medication, had no unusual medical history and whose blood data were normal. In a previous report, we established an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) specific for non-activated TAFI (proCPR), and investigated levels of unactivated TAFI as an estimate of anti-fibrinolytic capacity. In this study, we determined normal Japanese TAFI levels for each age, sex, and genetic polymorphism of Thr/Ala-147 and Thr/Ile-325, and also showed that the TAFI level in young adult women is lower than in aged women.
authors.affiliation: Choju Medical Institute, Fukushimura Hospital, 19-14 Azayamanaka, Noyori, Toyohashi, Aichi 441-8194, Japan. akatu@chojuken.net
authors.forename: Hiroyasu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akatsu
authors.forename: Masae
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishiguro
authors.forename: Norihiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanesaka
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Hidechika
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okada
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D025901:Carboxypeptidase B2 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D015536:Down-Regulation; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D025901:Carboxypeptidase B2