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. 1983 May;80(10):2956–2960. doi: 10.1073/pnas.80.10.2956

Detection of an unusually stable fibrinolytic inhibitor produced by bovine endothelial cells.

D J Loskutoff, J A van Mourik, L A Erickson, D Lawrence
PMCID: PMC393952  PMID: 6574465

Abstract

Fibrin/agar films were prepared and used to detect plasminogen activators produced by cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells (fibrin autography). One preparation of fibrin underwent spontaneous lysis upon incubation at 37 degrees C. This lysis was prevented by antibodies to tissue-type plasminogen activator but not by antibodies to urokinase. Conditioned medium from the confluent endothelial cells was fractionated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of NaDodSO4. The gels were analyzed on indicator films prepared with the spontaneously lysing fibrin (reverse fibrin autography). Unexpectedly, as the opaque fibrin film cleared, a distinct lysis-resistant zone appeared in the indicator gel at a region corresponding to Mr 55,000. Experiments were devised to determine whether the lysis-resistant zone in the indicator film reflected the presence of a cellular inhibitor in the polyacrylamide gel. The corresponding region was excised from a polyacrylamide gel, extracted with buffer, and tested directly for antifibrinolytic activity by the 125I-labeled fibrin plate method. Urokinase-mediated fibrinolytic activity was inhibited by the gel extract in a dose-dependent manner indicating the presence of such an inhibitor. Inhibitor activity was detected in Triton X-100 extracts of washed monolayers and in conditioned medium, where it accumulated with time. The endothelial cell inhibitor not only survived exposure to NaDodSO4 but also was active after incubation at pH 12 or treatment with 5% (vol/vol) 2-mercaptoethanol, 6 M urea, 4 M guanidine hydrochloride, or 1 M acetic acid. Considerable activity also remained after heating at 100 degrees C for 30 min. These results indicate that cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells synthesize and secrete a previously undetected, unusually stable fibrinolytic inhibitor of Mr 55,000. Reverse fibrin autography offers a convenient approach for studying such molecules.

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