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Carbon monoxide and nitric oxide modulate alpha(2)-antiplasmin and plasmin activity: role of heme
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Carbon monoxide and nitric oxide modulate alpha(2)-antiplasmin and plasmin activity: role of heme

Matthew R. Arkebauer, Sri S. Kanaparthy, Saninuj N. Malayaman, Keith Vosseller and Vance G. Nielsen
Blood coagulation & fibrinolysis, v 22(8), pp 712-719
01 Dec 2011
PMID: 22024794

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Hematology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Science & Technology
Cigarette smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) released from tricarbonyldichlororuthenium (II) dimer (CORM-2) attenuate fibrinolysis. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether CO diminished fibrinolysis by enhancement of alpha(2)-antiplasmin via a putative heme group. Plasma, isolated alpha(2)-antiplasmin and isolated plasmin were exposed to CO released from CORM-2 and nitric oxide (NO) via a NO donor to induce carboxyheme and metheme states, respectively. Exposed, isolated enzymes were placed in either alpha(2)-antiplasmin-deficient or normal plasma. Effects of CO and NO on tissue-type plasminogen activator initiated fibrinolysis were determined by thrombelastography. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was used to identify heme released from alpha(2)-antiplasmin and plasmin. CO significantly enhanced alpha(2)-antiplasmin activity, but decreased plasmin activity. NO decreased both alpha(2)-antiplasmin and plasmin activity. Although inadequate LC-MS/MS data were obtained with alpha(2)-antiplasmin (secondary to glycosylation), a putative plasmin-associated heme was identified. CO elicits hypofibrinolysis by enhancing alpha(2)-antiplasmin activity and decreasing plasmin activity. On the basis of the responses to NO and LC-MS/MS data, it is highly likely that both enzymes are modulated by attached heme groups. Efforts to develop methods to detect CO-mediated hypercoagulability are ongoing, with the goal of identifying populations at risk of thrombotic morbidity secondary to cigarette smoking. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 22:712-719 (C) 2011 Wolters Kluwer Health vertical bar Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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