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ArticleScientific reports2021

Human endothelial cells and fibroblasts express and produce the coagulation proteins necessary for thrombin generation.

Clay T Cohen, Nancy A Turner, Joel L Moake

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Clay T CohenDepartment of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology-Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA. ctcohen@texaschildrens.org.
Nancy A TurnerDepartment of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Joel L MoakeDepartment of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Rice University · USBaylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Society Mentored Research AwardTexas Children's Hospital Pediatric Pilot Award
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In a previous study, we reported that human endothelial cells (ECs) express and produce their own coagulation factors (F) that can activate cell surface FX without the additions of external proteins or phospholipids. We now describe experiments that detail the expression and production in ECs and fibroblasts of the clotting proteins necessary for formation of active prothrombinase (FV-FX) complexes to produce thrombin on EC and fibroblast surfaces. EC and fibroblast thrombin generation was identified by measuring: thrombin activity; thrombin-antithrombin complexes; and the prothrombin fragment 1.2 (PF1.2), which is produced by the prothrombinase cleavage of prothrombin (FII) to thrombin. In ECs, the prothrombinase complex uses surface-attached FV and γ-carboxyl-glutamate residues of FX and FII to attach to EC surfaces. FV is also on fibroblast surfaces; however, lower fibroblast expression of the gene for γ-glutamyl carboxylase (GGCX) results in production of vitamin K-dependent coagulation proteins (FII and FX) with reduced surface binding. This is evident by the minimal surface binding of PF1.2, following FII activation, of fibroblasts compared to ECs. We conclude that human ECs and fibroblasts both generate thrombin without exogenous addition of coagulation proteins or phospholipids. The two cell types assemble distinct forms of prothrombinase to generate thrombin.

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Antithrombin IIIBlood Coagulation FactorsCarbohydrate EpimerasesCarboxy-LyasesCell LineEndothelial CellsFactor VFactor XaFibroblastsGene ExpressionHumansHuman Umbilical Vein Endothelial CellsKetone OxidoreductasesModels, BiologicalPeptide FragmentsProteolysisAntithrombin IIIBlood Coagulation FactorsCarbohydrate EpimerasesCarboxy-LyasesFactor VFactor XaGGCX protein, humanKetone OxidoreductasesPeptide FragmentsProthrombinprothrombinase complexprothrombin fragment 1.2SERPINC1 protein, humanTHBD protein, humanThrombinThrombomodulinTSTA3 protein, humanVitamin K Epoxide ReductasesVKORC1 protein, human

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PMID34750441
PMCPMC8575941
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