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Inhibition of mannose receptor-mediated clearance of tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) by dextran: a new explanation for its antithrombotic effect.

Dextran is used during surgery as a prophylactic agent to prevent deep venous thrombosis. Recently it has been shown that dextran increases t-PA plasma concentrations in patients. As dextran is a potential ligand for the mannose receptor, we studied whether this glucose-polymer would be able to inhibit mannose receptor-mediated clearance of t-PA. In this report we show that dextran 40 and dextran 70 were able to inhibit t-PA binding to the isolated human mannose receptor (IC50 14 and 4 mg/ml, respectively). Both glucose-polymers inhibited mannose receptor-mediated t-PA degradation by human monocyte-derived macrophages in vitro (IC50 7 and 2 mg/ml, respectively). The alpha2-macroglobulin receptor/low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (LRP)-mediated t-PA degradation by the macrophages was not affected by dextran. During and after a 45 min infusion of dextran 70 (Macrodex) in rats, in plasma endogenous t-PA concentrations increased to 162 +/- 33% and 122 +/- 35% respectively. The plasma clearance of a bolus injection of exogenous t-PA was decreased by 33 +/- 9% in the same rats. We conclude that dextran inhibits mannose receptor-mediated t-PA clearance. The inhibition of t-PA clearance during dextran infusion results in increased endogenous t-PA plasma concentrations. Increased t-PA concentrations present during thrombus formation are known to increase thrombus lysability. Thus the inhibition of t-PA clearance can contribute to the antithrombotic effect of dextran.[1]

References

  1. Inhibition of mannose receptor-mediated clearance of tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) by dextran: a new explanation for its antithrombotic effect. Noorman, F., Barrett-Bergshoeff, M.M., Bekkers, M., Emeis, J.J., Rijken, D.C. Thromb. Haemost. (1997) [Pubmed]
 
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