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  • Title: Delayed release of an abnormal fibrinopeptide A from fibrinogen Manchester: effect of the A alpha 16 Arg leads to His substitution upon fibrin monomer polymerization and the immunological crossreactivity of the peptide.
    Author: Lane DA, Southan C, Ireland H, Thompson E, Kehl M, Henschen A.
    Journal: Br J Haematol; 1983 Apr; 53(4):587-97. PubMed ID: 6830702.
    Abstract:
    Fibrinogen Manchester is an abnormal fibrinogen with an impaired release of fibrinopeptide A (FPA) and a polymerization abnormality. In the accompanying article we have identified the amino acid substitution in fibrinogen Manchester as A alpha 16 Arg leads to His. When fibrinogen Manchester was digested with low thrombin concentrations approximately 40-50% of the total FPA content was release at a rate similar to FPA release from normal fibrinogen. The fibrin so formed exhibited an impaired polymerization of monomers. Digestion of fibrinogen Manchester with high concentrations of thrombin for prolonged times released the remaining FPA which had an abnormal retention time when studied by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). This fibrinopeptide has been shown previously to contain the A alpha 16 Arg leads to His substitution. fibrin resulting from this exhaustive digestion had normal polymerization of monomers. The normal and substituted FPAs were isolated by HPLC and compared in a double antibody competitive-binding assay for normal FPA. The immunological cross-reactivity of the abnormal peptide was reduced, so that approximately 5 times more abnormal peptide was required on a molar basis to displace labelled normal FPA. Normal intact fibrinogen was 10-fold less reactive (on a half molar basis) than free normal FPA and the crossreactivity of fibrinogen Manchester was measurably less than that of normal fibrinogen. It is concluded that immunological measurement alone of FPA released from abnormal fibrinogens may not give a complete description of the kinetics of peptide release if the amino acid substitution lies within the FPA sequence. The combination of radioimmunoassay and HPLC, however, provides a powerful analytical approach that should be useful in classifying and characterizing abnormal fibrinogens.
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