Intrinsic Coagulation Pathway: An Activation Threshold

The activation threshold for the intrinsic pathway of coagulation was experimentally determined in stirred recalcified plasma from the dependence of plasma clotting time after activation by celite. Concentration of factor XIa was used as a measure of activation. At free calcium concentrations below...

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Published in:Thrombosis research 2000-08, Vol.99 (3), p.285-293
Main Author: Pokhilko, Alexandra V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activation threshold
Adult
Blood coagulation
Blood Coagulation - drug effects
Blood Coagulation - physiology
Blood Coagulation Tests
Calcium - blood
Diatomaceous Earth - pharmacology
Factor XIa - analysis
Humans
Hydrolysis
Intrinsic pathway
Motion
Plant Proteins - pharmacology
Plastics
Surface Properties
Trypsin Inhibitor, Kunitz Soybean - pharmacology
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Summary:The activation threshold for the intrinsic pathway of coagulation was experimentally determined in stirred recalcified plasma from the dependence of plasma clotting time after activation by celite. Concentration of factor XIa was used as a measure of activation. At free calcium concentrations below 0.45 mM, plasma clotting time depended nonlinearly on the factor XIa concentration: with decreasing concentration of factor XIa (or celite), the clotting time dramatically increased until no coagulation was observed at concentrations of factor XIa below the threshold. As the free calcium concentration increased, the threshold concentration of factor XIa sharply decreased, from 30 pM at 0.35 mM free calcium to less than 3 pM at 0.45 mM. In the range of free calcium concentrations from 0.45 mM to physiologic ones, plasma coagulated even in the absence of celite in plastic cuvettes. This fact and extremely low threshold concentrations of factor XI (on the order of 0.5 pM) preclude determining the factor XI threshold at physiologic free calcium. As factor XIa is localized to the activating surfaces, observing the local surface concentrations of factor XIa and the dynamics of fibrin formation in systems without stirring may solve the problem.
ISSN:0049-3848
1879-2472
DOI:10.1016/S0049-3848(00)00252-8