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  • Title: Inhibition of urokinase by protein C-inhibitor (PCI). Evidence for identity of PCI and plasminogen activator inhibitor 3.
    Author: Stief TW, Radtke KP, Heimburger N.
    Journal: Biol Chem Hoppe Seyler; 1987 Oct; 368(10):1427-33. PubMed ID: 3501295.
    Abstract:
    Human protein C-inhibitor (PCI) was isolated from human citrated plasma by combining rivanol precipitation, ammonium sulfate precipitation, ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-Sephacel and affinity chromatography on dextran sulfate Sepharose. The purified PCI migrated with the beta-globulins and was free from protein contaminations as judged by immunoelectrophoresis. In SDS-PAGE under reducing and unreducing conditions PCI showed a single band at Mr = 57,000. The specific activity of the inhibitor was 226 units/mg. Surprisingly, the isolated PCI inhibited the amidolytic activity of urokinase (u-PA) on Glu-Gly-Arg-pNA (S-2444) in a time-dependent manner. Heparin, dextran sulfate and pentosanpolysulfate accelerated the reaction catalytically. PCI revealed itself as a non-competitive inhibitor of u-PA. The Ki-value was determined to be 7.9 x 10(-8)M. Inhibition of amidolytic activity was found to be associated with the formation of an 1:1 equimolar complex with a Mr of 110,000 as demonstrated by means of polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and following Western blotting technique using polyclonal antibodies against u-PA and PCI. The specific activity of the isolated PCI of 226 units/mg, which approximates the theoretical value of pure PCI, indicates a highly purified preparation of PCI. The heparin-dependent inhibition of urokinase by this highly purified protein as well as comparison of the kinetic data and amino-acid composition of both PCI and the recently described plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI) 3 give high evidence of identity of PCI and PAI-3.
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