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Purification and characterization of recombinant antistasin: a leech-derived inhibitor of coagulation factor Xa. 1991

E M Nutt, and D Jain, and A B Lenny, and L Schaffer, and P K Siegl, and C T Dunwiddie
Department of Biological Chemistry, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, West Point, Pennsylvania 19486.

Antistasin (ATS) is a selective, tight-binding inhibitor of blood coagulation Factor Xa originally isolated from the salivary glands of the Mexican leech Haementeria officinalis. In order to provide sufficient quantities of ATS to further investigate the role of Factor Xa in blood coagulation, a recombinant version of ATS has been produced in an insect baculovirus host-vector system. In this study, we describe the purification and in vitro and in vivo characterization of a single recombinant antistasin (rATS) isoform. The purified protein constitutes a minor isoform relative to the more abundant ATS isoforms present in leech salivary gland extracts. In vitro, rATS inhibits purified human Factor Xa stoichiometrically, prolongs plasma-based clotting assays at nanomolar concentrations, and like native ATS, is cleaved at a single position by Factor Xa during the course of inhibition. An initial evaluation of the in vivo efficacy of rATS was addressed utilizing a rhesus monkey model of mild disseminated intravascular coagulation. rATS was shown to fully suppress thromboplastin-induced fibrinopeptide A generation in a dose-dependent fashion. The availability of rATS should provide a valuable tool for the critical evaluation of the specific role played by Factor Xa in coagulation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007447 Invertebrate Hormones Hormones produced by invertebrates, usually insects, mollusks, annelids, and helminths. Hormones, Invertebrate
D007536 Isomerism The phenomenon whereby certain chemical compounds have structures that are different although the compounds possess the same elemental composition. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed) Isomerisms
D007865 Leeches Annelids of the class Hirudinea. Some species, the bloodsuckers, may become temporarily parasitic upon animals, including man. Medicinal leeches (HIRUDO MEDICINALIS) have been used therapeutically for drawing blood since ancient times. Hirudinea,Hirudineas,Leeche
D008253 Macaca mulatta A species of the genus MACACA inhabiting India, China, and other parts of Asia. The species is used extensively in biomedical research and adapts very well to living with humans. Chinese Rhesus Macaques,Macaca mulatta lasiota,Monkey, Rhesus,Rhesus Monkey,Rhesus Macaque,Chinese Rhesus Macaque,Macaca mulatta lasiotas,Macaque, Rhesus,Rhesus Macaque, Chinese,Rhesus Macaques,Rhesus Macaques, Chinese,Rhesus Monkeys
D008969 Molecular Sequence Data Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories. Sequence Data, Molecular,Molecular Sequencing Data,Data, Molecular Sequence,Data, Molecular Sequencing,Sequencing Data, Molecular
D011994 Recombinant Proteins Proteins prepared by recombinant DNA technology. Biosynthetic Protein,Biosynthetic Proteins,DNA Recombinant Proteins,Recombinant Protein,Proteins, Biosynthetic,Proteins, Recombinant DNA,DNA Proteins, Recombinant,Protein, Biosynthetic,Protein, Recombinant,Proteins, DNA Recombinant,Proteins, Recombinant,Recombinant DNA Proteins,Recombinant Proteins, DNA
D001777 Blood Coagulation The process of the interaction of BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS that results in an insoluble FIBRIN clot. Blood Clotting,Coagulation, Blood,Blood Clottings,Clotting, Blood
D002851 Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid Liquid chromatographic techniques which feature high inlet pressures, high sensitivity, and high speed. Chromatography, High Performance Liquid,Chromatography, High Speed Liquid,Chromatography, Liquid, High Pressure,HPLC,High Performance Liquid Chromatography,High-Performance Liquid Chromatography,UPLC,Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography,Chromatography, High-Performance Liquid,High-Performance Liquid Chromatographies,Liquid Chromatography, High-Performance
D002852 Chromatography, Ion Exchange Separation technique in which the stationary phase consists of ion exchange resins. The resins contain loosely held small ions that easily exchange places with other small ions of like charge present in solutions washed over the resins. Chromatography, Ion-Exchange,Ion-Exchange Chromatography,Chromatographies, Ion Exchange,Chromatographies, Ion-Exchange,Ion Exchange Chromatographies,Ion Exchange Chromatography,Ion-Exchange Chromatographies
D004591 Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis in which a polyacrylamide gel is used as the diffusion medium. Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis,SDS-PAGE,Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-PAGE,Gel Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide,SDS PAGE,Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate PAGE,Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-PAGEs

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