Attenuation of Thrombin-Mediated Fibrin Formation Via Changes in Fibrinogen Conformation Induced by Reaction with Nitroso--acetylpenicillamine, but Not Nitrosoglutathione

Overview

Journal J Mater Chem B

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2019 Aug 3

PMID 31372222

Authors

Terry C Major

Elizabeth J Brisbois

Mark E Meyerhoff

Robert H Bartlett

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Abstract

Previous work in a 4 h rabbit thrombogenicity model has shown that a nitric oxide- (NO) generating polymer extracorporeal circuits (ECC) with infusion of nitroso--acetyl-penicillamine (SNAP) preserved platelets eventhough platelets were activated as shown by an increase in the glycoprotein, p-selectin. The platelet preservation mechanism was shown to be due to a changing fibrinogen structure leading to attenuation of platelet aggregation. Understanding the effects that SNAP, another RSNO, nitroso-glutathione (GSNO) as well as the non-RSNO, sodium nitroprusside (SNP), may have on human fibrinogen polymerization, this study evaluated the released NO effects on the thrombin-mediated fibrin formation and fibrinogen structure. Thrombin-induced fibrin formation at 300 μM SNAP (50 + 11% of baseline) was significantly reduced compared to SNAP's parent, N-acetyl-penicillamine (NAP) (95 + 13%) after 1 h of RSNO exposure. GSNO, its parent, glutathione (GSH) and 1000 ppm NO gas did not attenuate the thrombin-mediated fibrin formation. SNAP, NAP and SNP exposure for 1 h, however, did not decrease thrombin activity by directly inhibiting thrombin itself. Changes in fibrinogen conformation as measured by intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence significantly decreased in the 300 μM SNAP (38057 + 1196 mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) and SNP (368617 + 541 MFI) groups versus the NAP control (47937 + 1196 MFI). However, infused 1000 ppm NO gas had no direct effect on the ITF after 1 h incubation at 37°C. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) showed that fibrinogen degradation by 0.03 U/ml thrombin was concentration-dependently reduced after 1 h with SNAP but not with NAP or SNP. Western blotting showed RSNOs, SNAP, NAP and the non-RSNO, SNP-incubated fibrinogen solutions showed that the percent level of the Aγ dimer to total Aγ dimer + γ monomer was significantly reduced in the case of the SNAP group when compared to SNP group. These results suggest that NO donors such as SNAP and SNP induce fibrinogen conformational changes by potentially nitrosating fibrinogen tyrosine residues. These NO-mediated fibrinogen changes induced via NO donors may provide another mechanism of NO for improving thromboresistance in ECC.

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