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. 1969 May;48(5):940–946. doi: 10.1172/JCI106053

Factor XIII in human plasma and platelets

Jan McDonagh 1,2,3, R P McDonagh Jr 1,2,3, J-M Delâge 1,2,3, Robert H Wagner 1,2,3
PMCID: PMC322303  PMID: 5780202

Abstract

Plasma and platelet factor XIII levels were measured in normal human donors and in a patient congenitally deficient in factor XIII. The purpose of these experiments was to study the role of platelet factor XIII in blood coagulation. On polyacrylamide disc electrophoresis, factor XIII activity in extracts of washed normal platelets appeared as a single peak. This peak was missing or very low when factor XIII-deficient platelet extract was used. The patient was also studied before and after transfusion of fresh frozen plasma. Before transfusion, factor XIII activity could not be detected in the patient's plasma or platelet extracts. 24 hr after transfusion the plasma factor XIII level was still at the anticipated value, but factor XIII activity could not be detected in the platelet extracts. These experiments imply that plasma factor XIII was not transported across the platelet membrane in measurable quantities in vivo. This suggests that platelet factor XIII is a true platelet component and originates in the platelet precursor, the megakaryocyte. Thrombelastographic studies suggest that platelet factor XIII participates in the coagulation process. Thrombelastograms of factor XIII-deficient samples had decreased maximum amplitude and clot elasticity values. The abnormalities were fully corrected by the addition of washed normal platelets to factor XIII-deficient plasma; preincubation of the normal platelets in the deficient plasma had no additional effect. This indicates that platelet factor XIII is immediately available during clot formation.

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