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  • Title: Construction and characterization of a recombinant plasminogen activator composed of an anti-fibrin single-chain antibody and low-molecular-weight urokinase.
    Author: Hagemeyer CE, Tomic I, Weirich U, Graeber J, Nordt T, Runge MS, Bode C, Peter K.
    Journal: J Thromb Haemost; 2004 May; 2(5):797-803. PubMed ID: 15099287.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Targeting of plasminogen activators to the fibrin component of a thrombus by antibodies directed against human fibrin can enhance their thrombolytic potency and clot specificity. OBJECTIVES: To overcome the disadvantages of chemical conjugation, we investigated whether the recombinant fusion of a single-chain antibody and a plasminogen activator results in an active bifunctional molecule that might be useful as a therapeutic agent. METHODS: The cDNA of low-molecular-weight single-chain urokinase-type plasminogen activator, comprising amino acids Leu144-Leu411 (scuPA(LMW)), was cloned from human endothelial cells and fused to a single-chain antibody specific for the 7 N-terminal amino acids (beta(15-22)) in the beta-chain of human fibrin (scFv(59D8)). The fusion protein was purified using affinity chromatography with the beta(15-22)-peptide of human fibrin. RESULTS: Purified scFv(59D8)-scuPA(LMW) migrated as a 60-kDa band, which is consistent with a molecule composed of one scFv(59D8) and one scuPA(LMW) moiety. Both functions of the fusion molecule, fibrin-specific binding and plasminogen activation, were fully preserved. In human plasma clots, thrombolysis by scFv(59D8)-scuPA(LMW) is significantly faster and more potent compared with the clinically used urokinase. CONCLUSIONS: ScFv(59D8)-scuPA(LMW) constitutes a new recombinant chimeric plasminogen activator with a significantly enhanced thrombolytic potency and relative fibrin selectivity, that can be produced with modern methods at low cost, large quantities and reproducible activity in Escherichia coli.
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