Factor Xlla Inhibitor

Factor Xlla converts prekallikrein to kallikrein and kallikrein cleaves HK to generate bradykinin. There is also an important positive feedback in the system in which the kallikrein generated rapidly converts unactivated factor XII to activated factor XII, and the rate of this reaction is hundreds of times faster than the rate of autoactivation [11]. Therefore, much of the unactivated factor XII can be cleaved and activated by kallikrein. Cl inhibitor inhibits all functions of factor Xlla and it is one of two major plasma kallikrein inhibitors. Thus all functions of kallikrein are also inhibited, including the feedback activation of factor XII, the cleavage of HK, and the activation of plasma pro-urokinase [66] to lead to plasmin formation. Cl inhibitor also inhibits the fibrinolytic enzyme plasmin, although it is a relatively minor inhibitor compared to a2-antiplasmin or a2-macroglobulin. 

Pixley R, Schapira M, Colman R The regulation of 63 human factor Xlla by plasma proteinase inhibitors. 

N9. Nuijens, J. H., Huijbregts, C. C., Eerenberg-Belmer, A. J., Abbink, J. J Strack Van Schijndel, R. J., Felt-Bersma, R. J., Thijs, L. G., and Hack, C. E Quantification of plasma factor Xlla-Cl-inhibitor and kallikrein-C-inhibitor complexes in sepsis. Blood 72, 1841-1848 (1988). 

Tincture of the dried seed, on agar plate at a concentration of 30 p,L/disc, was inactive on Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Staphylococcus aureus. Extract of 10 g plant material in 100 mL ethanol was used b Anticoagulation activity. Serpin BSZx (an inhibitor of trypsin and chemotrypsin) inhibited thrombin, plasma kallikrein, factor Vlla/tissue factor, and factor Xa at heparin-independent association rates. Only factor Xa turned a significant fraction of BSZx over as substrate. Activated protein C and leukocyte elastase were slowly inhibited by BSZx, whereas factor Xlla, urokinase and tissue type plasminogen activator, plasmin and pancreas kallikrein, and elastase were not or only weakly affected. Trypsin from Fusarium was not inhibited, while interaction with subtilisin Carlsberg and Novo was rapid, but most BSZx was cleaved as a substrate L... 

The cereal dual function a-amylase/trypsin inhibitor proteins are cysteine-rich, disulphide-rich, double-headed, 13-16 kDa, dual function inhibitor proteins that inhibit both of the digestion enzymes a-amylase and trypsin [290-325] (Table 11). Thus the Zea (com) member of this family, com Hageman factor inhibitor (CHFI), is a double-headed 14 kDa protein that inhibits a-amylase and the serine proteases trypsin and blood clotting Factor Xlla [323-324] (Table 11). The structures of the bifunctional a-amylase/trypsin inhibitor proteins from Eleusine (ragi) (RBI) [292-295] and Zea (com) (CHFI) [325] have been determined. These proteins are structurally similar to the lipid transfer proteins, being composed of a bundle of 4 a-helices together with a short [3-sheet element connected by loops, the a-amylase- and protease-inhibitory domains being separately located [325]. 

Several proteinase inhibitors inactivate the proteinases of the contact phase. Among the SERPINS are C-1 inactivator, O 1-proteinase inhibitor, and antithrombin. The target proteinases for these inhibitors are factor Xlla, kallikrein, and factor XIa. The molecular mechanisms are the same as those described for the procoagulant and fibrinolytic system proteinases. 

Zea mays (corn) (Poaceae) Com Hageman Factor inhibitor (CHFI)(127aa 14 kDa 10 Cys) Trypsin, Factor Xlla (Hageman Factor) (inhibits a-Amylase) [323- 325]... 

The major plasma inhibitor of Factor XIa is Uj-antitrypsin while antithrombin III, in the presence or absence of heparin, plays a minor role in controlling this enzyme (S5). Interestingly, plant inhibitors like soybean, com, and lima bean trypsin inhibitors are able to block Factor Xlla and kallikrein but only mildly inhibit Factor XI. Thus, one can use these agents to minimize cross-reactivity in an indirect s)mthetic substrate assay for Factor XIa. 

Four naturally occurring thrombin inhibitors exist in normal plasma. The most important is antithrombin III (often called simply antithrombin), which contributes approximately 75% of the antithrombin activity. Antithrombin III can also inhibit the activities of factors IXa, Xa, XIa, Xlla, and Vila complexed with tissue factor. a2-Macroglobulin contributes most of the remainder of the antithrombin activity, with heparin cofactor II and aj-antitrypsin acting as minor inhibitors under physiologic conditions. 

Heparin has been found to bind a large number of proteins (Table 3). The biological activity of heparin and related polysaccharides is usually ascribed to their interaction with heparin-binding proteins. These proteins can be classified into classes including (1) enzymes, (2) protease inhibitors, (3) lipoproteins, (4) growth factors, (5) chemokines, (6) selectins, (7) extracellular matrix proteins, (8) receptor proteins, (9) viral coat proteins, (10) nuclear proteins, and (11) other proteins (1). Many heparin-binding proteins are enzymes and enzyme inhibitors. For example, proteases in the coagulation cascade, such as factors Ha, IXa, Xa, Xlla, and Villa, are heparin-... 

The mustard family (Brassicaceae) PIPs are 7 kDa proteins with 8 cysteines in highly conserved positions that form 4 disulphide linkages in a particular pattern of connectivity. The mustard PIPs are variously potent inhibitors of serine proteases such as trypsin, chymotrypsin, thrombin, plasmin and blood clotting factors Xa and Xlla [515, 520] (Table 15). 

Antithrombin. A serine protease inhibitor (serpin) that degrades the serine proteases of thrombin, factors IXa, Xa, XIa and Xlla. It is constantly active, but its adhesion to these factors is increased by the presence of heparin sulphate (a glycosaminoglycan) or the administration of heparins (different heparinoids increase affinity to factor Xa, thrombin, or both). Deficiency of antithrombin (inborn or acquired, e.g. in proteinuria) leads to thrombophilia. 

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