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. 1980 Nov;77(11):6837–6840. doi: 10.1073/pnas.77.11.6837

Production and release of plasminogen by isolated perfused rat liver.

H Saito, S M Hamilton, A S Tavill, L Louis, O D Ratnoff
PMCID: PMC350385  PMID: 6935686

Abstract

In view of conflicting evidence for a major hepatic role in the synthesis of circulating plasminogen, the precursor of the fibrinolytic enzyme plasmin, we carried out the present study with a sensitive assay in order to measure the accumulation of small quantities of plasminogen in a recycling rat liver perfusion system. We have purified plasminogen from Sprague-Dawley rat plasma and have raised a monospecific antiserum against it in rabbits. Isolated rat liver perfusions were performed with an oxygenated recycling perfusate consisting of a perfluorotributylamine/Pluronic F-68 emulsion (Fluosol 43) free of plasma proteins and blood cells. The system was shown to be capable of synthesizing albumin and transferrin. The cumulative appearance of plasminogen in the perfusate was measured by a sensitive, specific radioimmunoassay. Plasminogen concentration increased progressively during the first 2 hr of perfusion; the observed average net synthesis in five separate experiments was approximately 35 microgram/hr per 100 g of body weight. Exposure of the perfused liver to 18 microM cycloheximide inhibited additional increase in the titer of plasminogen. Evidence for de novo synthesis was provided by the incorporation of 14C-labeled leucine into specific immunoprecipitates of plasminogen and the inhibition of this incorporation by cycloheximide. Analysis of the immunoprecipitates by sodium dodecyl sulfate/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed a single peak of radioactivity corresponding to Mr of 82,000. These data indicate that the liver is a major site of plasminogen production.

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