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  • Title: Fibrinogen Cleveland II. An abnormal fibrinogen with defective release of fibrinopeptide A.
    Author: Crum ED, Shainoff JR, Graham RC, Ratnoff OD.
    Journal: J Clin Invest; 1974 May; 53(5):1308-19. PubMed ID: 4856883.
    Abstract:
    An abnormal fibrinogen (fibrinogen Cleveland II) was detected in the plasma of a 23-yr-old white man with a mild bleeding diathesis. The one-stage prothrombin time, thrombin time, and Reptilase time were all prolonged. 16 of 24 tested relatives had the defect, which appeared to be transmitted as an autosomal dominant characteristic. The thrombin time of normal plasma was slightly inhibited by the proband's plasma. The abnormally long thrombin time of fibrinogen Cleveland II was partially corrected by addition of calcium ions. Fibrinogen Cleveland II was indistinguishable from normal fibrinogen by immunoelectrophoresis, DEAE-cellulose column chromatography, or polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of reduced fibrinogen in sodium dodecyl sulfate. The major defect detected appeared to be impaired release of fibrinopeptide A when fibrinogen Cleveland II was incubated with thrombin. This defect was localized to the NH(2)-terminal disulfide knot portion of the molecule. An abnormality of polymerization of fibrin monomers was also present, but the abnormal fibrin demonstrated relatively normal crosslinking. Despite these defects, fibrinogen Cleveland II achieved a degree of coagulability similar to normal fibrinogen and appeared to incorporate some molecules of fibrin with intact fibrinopeptide A into the clot. The fibrin clot that was formed appeared to be abnormal by electron microscopy. These functional defects and other descriptive characteristics appear to distinguish fibrinogen Cleveland II from other inherited abnormal fibrinogens.
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