Isolation and characterization of an anticoagulant protein from human placenta |
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Authors: | H Yoshizaki K Arai T Mizoguchi M Shiratsuchi Y Hattori T Nagoya Y Shidara M Maki |
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Institution: | Tokyo Research Laboratories, Kowa Co., Ltd. |
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Abstract: | An anticoagulant protein was purified from the EDTA extract of human placental tissue. The purified protein had a molecular weight of 73,000 on sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis under both reducing and non-reducing conditions. Because this protein had the ability to bind phospholipids such as phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylinositol, and cardiolipin in the presence of Ca2+, this protein was designated as calphobindin II (CPB-II). CPB-II prolonged the clotting time of normal plasma when coagulation was induced by tissue factor, cephalin and ellagic acid or recalcification, but did not affect thrombin-initiated fibrin formation. CPB-II also inhibited the activation of prothrombin by the complete prothrombinase complex or factor Xa-phospholipid-Ca2+ but not that by phospholipid-free factor Xa. In addition, CPB-II had an inhibitory activity against phospholipase A2. |
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