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  • Title: Aurintricarboxylic acid upregulates the thrombomodulin expression of endothelial cells and peripheral blood monocytes.
    Author: Kim HK, Kim JE, Park CM, Kim YT, Han KS, Cho HI.
    Journal: Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis; 2008 Sep; 19(6):489-94. PubMed ID: 18685431.
    Abstract:
    Thrombomodulin has a central role in the regulation of coagulation through its ability to promote generation of the potent anticoagulant, activated protein C. Aurintricarboxylic acid (ATA) has been reported to inhibit platelet function by blocking von Willebrand factor binding to platelet glycoprotein Ib and to impede thrombosis development in vivo. In the present study, we demonstrated a novel antithrombotic effect of ATA. The surface thrombomodulin expression of endothelial cells and peripheral blood monocytes was upregulated by ATA in a dose-dependent and time-dependent manner. ATA also increased the mRNA level of endothelial thrombomodulin in a dose-dependent manner. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha (50 ng/ml) or lipopolysaccharide (20 microg/ml) downregulated the expression of endothelial thrombomodulin. Blocking of nuclear factor-kappaB by parthenolide effectively inhibited the TNF-alpha-induced thrombomodulin downregulation of endothelial cells. ATA increased endothelial thrombomodulin expression that was downregulated by TNF-alpha or lipopolysaccharide, in a dose-dependent manner. The inhibition of small G proteins of the Rho family by the Clostridium difficile toxin B-1,0643 did not increase thrombomodulin expression of endothelial cells, and ATA did not activate Rac1 in endothelial cells. These findings provide, at least in part, a novel platelet-independent mechanism of ATA that may explain the demonstrated antithrombotic efficacy of ATA.
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