Autoactivatability of human Hageman factor (factor XII) |
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Authors: | Geraldine Miller Michael Silverberg Allen P Kaplan |
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Institution: | Division of Allergy, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Health Sciences Center State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, New York 11794 USA |
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Abstract: | Purified Hageman factor was found to autodigest upon binding to a negatively charged surface such as kaolin. Assessment by incorporation of tritiated diisopropylfluorophosphate indicated that this cleavage was accompanied by activation and that the two known forms of activated Hageman factor result. Cleavage within a critical disulfide bridge generated activated Hageman factor, a two-chain enzyme of molecular weight 80,000 as well as the active Hageman factor fragment, a 28,000 molecular weight cleavage product. The autocleavage seen was dependent upon the percentage of activated Hageman factor in the starting material and was independent of HMW-kininogen. This result suggest that initiation of the intrinsic coagulation cascade may, in part, depend upon the autoactivatability of Hageman factor described herein. This observation may in turn, account for the ability of prekallikrein deficient plasma to gradually autoactivate as a function of the time of contact with initiating surfaces. |
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