Effect of prolonged physical exercise on the fibrinolytic system

Summary The effect of a test marathon race on plasma fibrinolytic activity (FA) was studied in 16 endurance athletes before, immediately after, 3 h, and 31 h after the run. Tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) activity increased about 31-fold immediately after the run. Similar increases were found in t-PA antigen concentration. Plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI) was not detectable immediately after the race and was significantly decreased 3 h (P < 0.05) and 31 h (P < 0.01) later. B_15–42 peptide increased by 0.63 pmol · ml^–1 (P<0.001),d-dimer by 68.3 ng · ml^–1 (P< 0.05). Euglobulin lysis time (ELT) was reduced from 109 to 18 min (P<0.001). The increased t-PA activity and t-PA antigen concentration disappeared in the course of the first 3 h after exertion. ELT also reached its pre-exercise levels at this time. Thirty-one hours after the race ELT and t-PA antigen levels were slightly but significantly reduced (P<0.05), whereas B_15–42 peptide remained increased (P<0.05). t-PA activity was unchanged compared with pre-exercise values. It seems that the exercise-induced FA is mainly caused by the marked increase of t-PA antigen and t-PA activity.     

Pre-clinical Study of <Superscript>213</Superscript>Bi Labeled PAI2 for the Control of Micrometastatic Pancreatic Cancer

Purpose: The urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) and its receptor (uPAR) are expressed by pancreatic cancer cells and can be targeted by the plasminogen activator inhibitor type 2 (PAI2). We have labeled PAI2 with ²¹³Bi to form the alpha conjugate (AC), and have studied its in vitro cytotoxicity and in vivo efficacy. Methods and Materials: The expression of uPA/uPAR on pancreatic cell lines, human pancreatic cancer tissues, lymph node metastases, and mouse xenografts were detected by immunohistochemistry, confocal microscopy, and flow cytometry. Cytotoxicity was assessed by the MTS and TUNEL assay. At 2 days post-cancer cell subcutaneous inoculation, mice were injected with AC by local or systemic injection. Results: uPA/uPAR is strongly expressed on pancreatic cancer cell lines and cancer tissues. The AC can target and kill cancer cells in vitro in a concentration-dependent fashion. Some 90% of TUNEL positive cells were found after incubation with 1.2 MBq/ml of AC. A single local injection of ~222 MBq/kg 2 days post-cell inoculation can completely inhibit tumor growth over 12 weeks, and an intraperitoneal injection of 111 MBq/kg causes significant tumor growth delay. Conclusions: ²¹³Bi-PAI2 can specifically target pancreatic cancer cells in vitro and inhibit tumor growth in vivo. ²¹³Bi-PAI2 may be a useful agent for the treatment of post-surgical pancreatic cancer patients with minimum residual disease.     

Inhibition of in vivo tumorigenicity and invasiveness of a human glioblastoma cell line transfected with antisense uPAR vectors

Our previous studies showed that glioblastomas express increased urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptors (uPARs) in comparison to low-grade gliomas (Yamamoto et al., Cancer Res., 54, 5016-5020, 1994). To explore whether downregulation of uPAR inhibits tumor formation and invasiveness, a human glioblastoma cell line was transfected with a cDNA construct corresponding to 300 bp of the human uPAR's 5¢ end in an antisense orientation, resulting in a reduced number of uPA receptors. Co-culture studies with tumor spheroids and fetal rat brain aggregates showed that antisense SNB19-AS1 cells expressing reduced uPAR failed to invade fetal rat brain aggregates. Intracerebral injection of SNB19-AS1 stable transfectants failed to form tumors and were negative for uPAR expression in nude mice. Thus uPAR appears in this model to be essential for tumorigenicity and invasion of glioblastomas in vivo.     

Expression of cysteine protease inhibitors in human gliomas and meningiomas

Increased levels of human cysteine proteases have been implicated in the progression of tumors from the premalignant to the malignant state. The physiological activities of these proteases are regulated by their interactions with specific inhibitors. To our knowledge there have been no previous reports about the cysteine protease inhibitors (CPIs) in human brain tumors. In the study reported here, we determined CPI activity during glioma progression and compared that with normal human brain tissue. We also determined CPI activities in meningioma and glioblastoma cell lines in vitro. This activity was significantly higher in normal brain tissue and low-grade glioma than in anaplastic astrocytoma and glioblastoma. CPI activity was significantly higher in benign and atypical meningioma cell extracts in comparison with those from malignant meningiomas and with those from glioblastoma cell lines. After several passages, one benign meningioma cell line showed reduced levels of CPI and increased levels of cathepsin. Our results suggest that decreases in the activities of CPI may contribute to the malignant properties of brain tumors.     

Blood coagulation and fibrinolysis after long-duration treadmill exercise controlled by individual anaerobic threshold

For rehabilitation training it is recommended that the intensity of exercise should be clearly below the individual anaerobic threshold (IAT). We investigated blood coagulation, particularly endogenous thrombin potential (ETP) and fibrinolysis following a standardized treadmill (TR) ergometer test at 90% IAT for 60–120 min. Sixteen healthy male non-smokers underwent the TR test. Blood samples were taken after a 30-min rest, immediately after exercise, and 2 h after exercise completion. Extrinsic and intrinsic total (TTP_ex+in) and endogenous (ETP_ex+in) thrombin potential, prothrombin fragment 1+2 (F1+2), thrombin-antithrombin complex (TAT), plasmin-2-antiplasmin complex (PAP), D-dimer, tissue plasminogen activator antigen and activity (tPA-AG and tPA-ACT) and plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 antigen and activity (PAI-1-AG and PAI-1-ACT) were measured. Immediately after TR, F1+2, TAT and TTP_ex+in were increased (P<0.05) while ETP_ex+in remained unchanged. In contrast, PAP, D-dimer, tPA-AG, tPA-ACT (P<0.05) were distinctly enhanced while PAI-1-ACT was decreased (P<0.05) immediately after exercise. The changes in tPA-AG, tPA-ACT, and PAI-1-ACT were reversed to nearly baseline while the enhancement in PAP and D-dimer was prolonged by more than 2 h after exercise. Long-duration exercise between 60 and 120 min controlled by IAT (90%) on a TR ergometer only implicates a small increase in thrombin generation markers and total (free and ₂-macroglubulin-bound thrombin), but not in endogenous (free) thrombin potential alone. In contrast, fibrinolysis is distinctly increased after this type of exercise. Endurance exercise with an intensity below 90% IAT and a duration below 2 h generates a more favourable condition for fibrinolysis than for blood coagulation in healthy young subjects. Data are given as mean (SD).     

基质金属蛋白酶3和尿激酶型纤溶酶原激活物受体在2型糖尿病大血管病变中的变化

目的： 探讨基质金属蛋白酶3（MMP-3）和尿激酶型纤溶酶原激活物受体（uPAR）在2型糖尿病大血管病变中的变化。方法: 用ELISA双抗体夹心法测定26例正常对照和39例2型糖尿病患者（其中单纯2型糖尿病15例、合并大血管病变24例）的血浆MMP-3和uPAR水平。结果: 单纯糖尿病组uPAR高于正常对照（P<0.05）而MMP-3无显著差异；合并大血管病变组MMP-3显著高于正常对照和单纯糖尿病组（P<0.01，P<0.01），而uPAR亦高于正常对照及单纯病变组（P<0.01，P<0.05）。2型糖尿病血浆MMP-3水平和uPAR水平呈正相关， LDL-C与uPAR呈正相关且是uPAR主要影响因素。 结论: MMP-3和uPAR与2型糖尿病大血管病变发生密切相关，MMP-3可作为2型糖尿病血管病变的循环标志物。     

新生鼠缺氧缺血时脑TPA活性与微血管基膜的相关性研究

为了探讨缺氧缺血时脑内组织型纤溶酶原激活物 (TPA)与脑微血管基膜降解的相关性 ,本研究采用了下述二种方法 :第一组是将一日龄 SD大鼠分为五组 :(1)空白对照组 ,(2 )假手术组 ,(3 )缺氧缺血组 ,(4 )缺氧缺血后复氧 2 4h组 ,(5 )缺氧缺血后复氧 48h组 ,每组 12只。每组取 4例测 TPA活性和 8例鼠脑用抗 型胶原、层粘连蛋白和纤维粘连蛋白抗体标记。第二组是脑微血管内皮细胞和星形胶质细胞体外培养 :分为 (1)空白对照组 ,在常规条件下培养的细胞 ;(2 )缺氧组 ,在培养液表面覆盖无菌医用液体石蜡 ,形成缺氧环境 ,每组取 8例培养液测 TPA活性。结果证明 ,在三个实验组中以缺氧缺血组的 TPA活性最高 ,而后随着复氧时间的增加而下降。培养的内皮细胞缺氧组 TPA活性比对照组高 ,而星形胶质细胞缺氧组 TPA活性与对照组无差别。三个实验组的 型胶原、层粘连蛋白和纤维粘连蛋白阳性染色平均单位面积较两对照组者小。三个实验组阳性产物呈不连续线状的微血管数较两对照组多。以上结果显示 ,缺氧缺血可激发新生大鼠脑内 TPA活性增高 ,主要是脑微血管内皮分泌的 TPA活性增高 ,然后通过一系列酶促反应 ,使微血管基膜的细胞外基质成分— 型胶原、层粘连蛋白和纤维粘连蛋白等降解 ,血脑屏障受损 ,微血管的渗透性增?     

大鼠实验性心肌梗塞时血浆蛋白C,纤溶活性变化及人参皂甙作用的研究

通过观察实验性大鼠急性心肌梗塞（ＡＭＩ）时血浆蛋白Ｃ（ＰＣ）活性和组织型纤溶酶原激活剂（ｔ－ＰＡ）及纤溶酶原激活剂的特异性抑制因子（ＰＡＩ）活性的变化，初步探讨了心肌缺血时ＰＣ活性变化与纤溶系统的关系以及人参皂甙对其变化的影响。结果表明，１．ＡＭＩ时血浆ＰＣ活性显著低于正常对照组，且与缺血程度呈负相关。２．ＡＭＩ时ｔ－ＰＡ活性降低，ＰＡＩ活性增高。３．人参皂甙可提高ＡＭＩ时血浆ＰＣ活性，降低ＰＡＩ     

Acute changes of coagulation and fibrinolysis parameters after experimental thromboembolic stroke and thrombolytic therapy

Thrombolysis is the only effective pharmaceutical therapy in acute ischemic stroke in humans but has a high risk of intracerebral hemorrhage. We aimed to establish an animal model to study changes of coagulation and fibrinolytic parameters during thromboembolic ischemic stroke and thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA). We used a thromboembolic stroke model in the rat. Animals were treated with rt-PA thrombolysis (n = 10) and compared with untreated (n = 10), sham operated (n = 10) and control animals (n = 20). Coagulation parameters (APTT, PT, TT, fibrinogen, AT III, TAT) and fibrinolytic parameters (t-PA antigen concentration, t-PA activity, PAI-1 concentration, PAI activity, plasminogen, antiplasmin) were measured at two time points (2.5 and 5 h after stroke induction) with a battery of commercially available test kits. We observed an (1) initiation of coagulation and inhibition of fibrinolysis by the operation procedure itself, (2) simultaneous activation of fibrinolysis and its inhibitors after stroke induction and (3) potent initiation of fibrinolysis and consumption of fibrinolysis inhibitors after rt-PA therapy of stroke. We established a model system to monitor coagulation and fibrinolysis during thrombolytic therapy of stroke in the rat. This model may be used to study the influence of these parameters on hemorrhagic stroke transformation and outcome in experimental stroke in future.     

急慢性乙型肝炎患者血浆uPA和uPAR的检测及意义

目的研究急慢性乙型肝炎uPA和uPAR的表达，探讨肝炎发病时血液纤溶的变化及意义。方法应用酶联免疫吸附试验（ELISA）测定血浆uPA和uPAR的水平。结果急慢性乙型肝炎血浆uPA和uPAR水平与对照组比较均有意义地高于对照组（P〈0．01）；慢性乙型肝炎重度组血浆uPA和uPAR水平显著高于急性乙型肝炎组（P〈0．05），亦显著高于慢性乙型肝炎中轻度组（P〈0．05和P〈0．01）；急性乙型肝炎血浆中uPAR水平显著高于慢性乙型肝炎中轻度组（P〈0．01）；乙型肝炎急性期血浆中uPA和uPAR水平显著升高，恢复期明显回落（P〈0．05和P〈0．01），但仍明显高于正常对照组（P〈0．01）；急慢性乙型肝炎血浆中uPAR水平与凝血酶原时间（PT）（r=0．605，P〈0．01）和国际标准化比率INR（r=0．603，P〈0．01）、胆红素（TB）（r=0．649P〈0．01）呈正相关。结论急慢性乙型肝炎uPA和uPAR水平的升高，与炎症的严重程度有关，与肝细胞损伤程度有关，是肝炎发病时血液凝血和纤溶系统失衡的重要原因之一。