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Vascular release of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 impairs fibrinolysis during acute arterial thrombosis in mice.

The role of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) in the plasma, blood platelets, and vessel wall during acute arterial thrombus formation was investigated in gene-deficient mice. Photochemically induced thrombosis in the carotid artery was analyzed via transillumination. In comparison to thrombosis in C57BL/6J wild-type (wt) mice (113 +/- 19 x 10(6) arbitrary light units [AU] n = 15, mean +/- SEM), thrombosis in PAI-1(-/-) mice (40 +/- 10 x 10(6) AU, n = 13) was inhibited (P <.01), indicating that PAI-1 controls fibrinolysis during thrombus formation. Systemic administration of murine PAI-1 into PAI-1(-/-) mice led to a full recovery of thrombotic response. Occurrence of fibrinolytic activity was confirmed in alpha(2)-antiplasmin (alpha(2)-AP)-deficient mice. The sizes of thrombi developing in wt mice, in alpha(2)-AP(+/-) and alpha(2)-AP(-/-) mice were 102 +/- 35, 65 +/- 8.1, and 13 +/- 6.1 x 10(6) AU, respectively (n = 6 each) (P <.05), compatible with functional plasmin inhibition by alpha(2)-AP. In contrast, thrombi in wt mice, t-PA(-/-) and u-PA(-/-) mice were comparable, substantiating efficient inhibition of fibrinolysis by the combined PAI-1/alpha(2)-AP action. Platelet depletion and reconstitution confirmed a normal thrombotic response in wt mice, reconstituted with PAI-1(-/-) platelets, but weak thrombosis in PAI-1(-/-) mice reconstituted with wt platelets. Accordingly, murine (wt) PAI-1 levels in platelet lysates and releasates were 0.43 +/- 0.09 ng/10(9) platelets and plasma concentrations equaled 0.73 +/- 0.13 ng/mL. After photochemical injury, plasma PAI-1 rose to 2.9 +/- 0.7 ng/mL (n = 9, P <.01). The plasma rise was prevented by ligating the carotid artery. Hence, during acute thrombosis, fibrinolysis is efficiently prevented by plasma alpha(2)-AP, but also by vascular PAI-1, locally released into the circulation after endothelial injury.[1]

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  1. Vascular release of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 impairs fibrinolysis during acute arterial thrombosis in mice. Kawasaki, T., Dewerchin, M., Lijnen, H.R., Vermylen, J., Hoylaerts, M.F. Blood (2000) [Pubmed]
 
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