The relationship between the fibrinogen D domain self-association/cross-linking site (gamma XL) and the fibrinogen Dusart abnormality (A alpha R554C-albumin). Clues to thrombophilia in the ''Dusart Syndrome''

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作者
Mosesson, MW
Siebenlist, KR
Hainfeld, JF
Wall, JS
Soria, J
Soria, C
Caen, JP
机构
[1] BROOKHAVEN NATL LAB,DEPT BIOL,UPTON,NY 11973
[2] HOP LARIBOISIERE,INSERM U353,F-75475 PARIS,FRANCE
[3] HOP HOTEL DIEU,F-75181 PARIS,FRANCE
[4] INST VAISSEAUX & SANG,PARIS,FRANCE
关键词
fibrinogen; fibrin; factor XIII; plasminogen; thrombophilia;
D O I
10.1172/JCI118677
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R-3 [医学研究方法]; R3 [基础医学];
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1001 ;
摘要
Cross-linking of fibrinogen at its COOH-terminal gamma chain cross-linking site occurs in the presence of factor XIIIa due to self-association at a constitutive D domain site (''gamma XL''). We investigated the contribution of COOH-terminal regions of fibrinogen Act chains to the gamma XL site by comparing the gamma chain cross-linking rate of intact fibrinogen (fraction I-2) with that of plasma fraction I-9, plasmic fraction I-9D, and plasmic fragment D-1, which lack COOH-terminal A alpha chain regions comprising similar to 100, similar to 390, and 413 residues, respectively, The cross-linking rates were I-2 > I-9 > I-9D = D-1, and indicated that the terminal 100 or more ACL chain residues enhance gamma XL site association. Fibrinogen Dusart, whose structural abnormality is in the COOH-terminal ''alpha C'' region of its A alpha chain (A alpha R554C-albumin), is associated with thrombophilia (''Dusart Syndrome''), and is characterized functionally by defective fibrin polymerization and clot structure, and reduced plasminogen binding and tPA-induced fibrinolysis, In the presence of XIIIa, the Dusart fibrinogen gamma chain cross-linking rate was about twice that of normal, but was normalized in proteolytic fibrinogen derivatives lacking the A alpha chain abnormality, as was reduced plasminogen binding. Electron microscopy showed that albumin-bound Dusart fibrinogen ''alpha C'' regions were located in the vicinity of D domains, rather than at their expected tethered location near the fibrinogen E domain, In addition, there was considerable fibrinogen aggregation that was attributable to increased intermolecular COOH-terminal A alpha chain associations promoted by untethered Dusart fibrinogen aC domains. We conclude that enhanced Dusart fibrinogen self-assembly is mediated through its abnormal alpha C domains, leads to increased gamma XL self-association and gamma chain cross-linking potential, and contributes to the thrombophilia that characterizes the ''Dusart Syndrome.'' (J. Clin. Invest. 1996. 97:2342-2350.)
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