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. 1990 Oct;87(19):7623–7627. doi: 10.1073/pnas.87.19.7623

Hemophilia as a defect of the tissue factor pathway of blood coagulation: effect of factors VIII and IX on factor X activation in a continuous-flow reactor.

D Repke 1, C H Gemmell 1, A Guha 1, V T Turitto 1, G J Broze Jr 1, Y Nemerson 1
PMCID: PMC54800  PMID: 2120704

Abstract

The effect of factors VIII and IX on the ability of the tissue factor-factor VIIa complex to activate factor X was studied in a continuous-flow tubular enzyme reactor. Tissue factor immobilized in a phospholipid bilayer on the inner surface of the tube was exposed to a perfusate containing factors VIIa, VIII, IX, and X flowing at a shear rate of 57, 300, or 1130 sec-1. Factor Xa in the effluent was determined by chromogenic assay. The flux of factor Xa (moles formed per unit surface area per unit time) was strongly dependent on wall shear rate, increasing about 3-fold as wall shear rate increased from 57 to 1130 sec-1. The addition of factors VIII and IX at their respective plasma concentrations resulted in a further 2- to 3-fold increase. The direct activation of factor X by tissue factor-factor VIIa could be virtually eliminated by the lipoprotein-associated coagulation inhibitor; however, when factors VIII and IX were present at their approximate plasma concentrations, factor Xa production rates were enhanced 15- to 20-fold. These results suggest that the tissue factor pathway, mediated through factors VIII and IX, produces significant levels of factor Xa even in the presence of an inhibitor of the tissue factor-factor VIIa complex; moreover, the activation is dependent on local shear conditions. These findings are consistent both with a model of blood coagulation in which initiation of the system results from tissue factor and with the bleeding observed in hemophilia.

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