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Nitration of human plasminogen by RAW 264.7 macrophages reduces streptokinase-induced plasmin activity.

Abstract：

:Despite many years of study, clinical trials of new drugs to prevent thrombosis have often been disappointing. Part of the problem lies in our incomplete understanding of the regulation of plasminogen activation and/or inhibition in vivo. We have previously shown that in vitro nitration of plasminogen in plasma by peroxynitrite resulted in decreased plasmin activity. We hypothesized that macrophages may be agents of plasminogen nitration and designed this study to prove this hypothesis. We first better characterized our previous observations using purified plasminogen instead of whole plasma, studied the time and concentration dependence of these reactions, and co-incubated plasminogen with macrophages, as well as with non-inflammatory cells as controls, to assess nitration and impaired activity. When plasminogen (10 micromol/L) is incubated in the presence of SIN-1 (0.01-2 mmol/L), plasmin activity (generated by streptokinase) is reduced in a time- and concentration-dependent fashion. We performed experiments incubating human plasminogen in the presence of murine RAW264.7 macrophages, allowing for free diffusion of reactive oxygen species, while preventing the action of proteases. In this way we show that incubation of plasminogen with macrophages also decreases plasmin activity, while increasing nitration of the molecule, an effect that is already apparent after 2 h and reaches a plateau of 60% inhibition after 24 h of incubation. This effect appears specific for macrophages, since 31EG4 murine mammary cells used in parallel and under the same conditions failed to produce any deleterious changes in plasminogen. Our data on quick functional inactivation of plasminogen by nitration, mediated by macrophages, adds a new pathophysiological dimension to our previous work showing plasminogen as a target for peroxynitrite damage. Nitrosative stress may be implicated in impaired fibrinolysis. New therapeutic approaches for nitrosative stress in atherosclerosis and diabetes should limit the formation of superoxides and peroxynitrite.

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Clin Chem Lab Med

journal_title

Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors

Hathuc C,Hermo R,Schulze J,Gugliucci A

doi

10.1515/CCLM.2006.039

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pub_date

2006-01-01 00:00:00

pages

213-9

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eissn

1434-6621

issn

1437-4331

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Nitration of human plasminogen by RAW 264.7 macrophages reduces streptokinase-induced plasmin activity.