Plasma Kallikrein as a Forgotten Clotting Factor.

Autor: Kearney KJ; Department of Discovery and Translational Science, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom., Spronk HMH; Laboratory for Clinical Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Departments of Biochemistry and Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, The Netherlands., Emsley J; Biodiscovery Institute, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom., Key NS; Division of Hematology and UNC Blood Research Center, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina., Philippou H; Department of Discovery and Translational Science, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis [Semin Thromb Hemost] 2024 Oct; Vol. 50 (7), pp. 953-961. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Apr 18.
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-57034
Abstrakt: For decades, it was considered that plasma kallikrein's (PKa) sole function within the coagulation cascade is the activation of factor (F)XII. Until recently, the two key known activators of FIX within the coagulation cascade were activated FXI(a) and the tissue factor-FVII(a) complex. Simultaneously, and using independent experimental approaches, three groups identified a new branch of the coagulation cascade, whereby PKa can directly activate FIX. These key studies identified that (1) FIX or FIXa can bind with high affinity to either prekallikrein (PK) or PKa; (2) in human plasma, PKa can dose dependently trigger thrombin generation and clot formation independent of FXI; (3) in FXI knockout murine models treated with intrinsic pathway agonists, PKa activity results in increased formation of FIXa:AT complexes, indicating direct activation of FIX by PKa in vivo . These findings suggest that there is both a canonical (FXIa-dependent) and non-canonical (PKa-dependent) pathway of FIX activation. These three recent studies are described within this review, alongside historical data that hinted at the existence of this novel role of PKa as a coagulation clotting factor. The implications of direct PKa cleavage of FIX remain to be determined physiologically, pathophysiologically, and in the context of next-generation anticoagulants in development.
Competing Interests: None declared.
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Databáze: MEDLINE