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Activation of human factor V by factor Xa and thrombin.

The activation of human factor V by factor Xa and thrombin was studied by functional assessment of cofactor activity and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis followed by either autoradiography of 125I-labeled factor V activation products or Western blot analyses of unlabeled factor V activation products. Cofactor activity was measured by the ability of the factor V/Va peptides to support the activation of prothrombin. The factor Xa catalyzed cleavage of factor V was observed to be time, phospholipid, and calcium ion dependent, yielding a cofactor with activity equal to that of thrombin-activated factor V (factor Va). The cleavage pattern differed markedly from the one observed in the bovine system. The factor Xa activated factor V subunits expressing cofactor activity were isolated and found to consist of peptides of Mr 220,000 and 105,000. Although thrombin cleaved the Mr 220,000 peptide to yield peptides previously shown to be products of thrombin activation, cofactor activity did not increase. N-Terminal sequence analysis confirmed that both factor Xa and thrombin cleave factor V at the same bond to generate the Mr 220,000 peptide. The factor Xa dependent functional assessment of 125I-labeled factor V coupled with densitometric analyses of the cleavage products indicated that the cofactor activity of factor Xa activated factor V closely paralleled the appearance of the Mr 220,000 peptide. This observation facilitated the study of the kinetics of factor V activation by allowing the activation of factor V to be monitored by the appearance of the Mr 220,000 peptide (factor Xa activation) or the Mr 105,000 peptide (thrombin activation). Factor Xa catalyzed activation of factor V obeyed Michaelis-Menten kinetics and was characterized by a Km of 10.4 nM, a kcat of 2.6 min-1, and a catalytic efficiency (kcat/Km) of 4.14 X 10(6) M-1 s-1. The thrombin-catalyzed activation of factor V was characterized by a Km of 71.7 nM, a kcat of 14.0 min-1, and a catalytic efficiency of 3.26 X 10(6) M-1 s-1. This indicates that factor Xa is as efficient an enzyme toward factor V as thrombin.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

The activation of factor V by factor Xa or alpha-chymotrypsin and comparison with thrombin and RVV-V action. An improved factor V isolation procedure.

Bovine plasma factor V has been isolated by a preparative procedure involving barium sulfate adsorption, QAEC extraction, poly(ethylene glycol) precipitation, and finally chromatography on a desulfated Sepharose 6B column. Factor V was recovered as a single peak in yields of 35-40% with a specific activity of 50-70 representing a purification of 1000-2000-fold relative to the starting plasma. The apparent molecular weight of the purified factor V was 439,000 +/- 5000. On sodium dodecyl sulfate gel and analytical gel electrophoresis, this factor V preparation showed multiple bands, but results are inconclusive with regard to a possible subunit structure for this factor. The purified factor V was stable for at least 1-2 weeks when stored at 4 degrees C in 0.2 M Tris-acetate, 50 mM CaCl2, 10% glycerol, pH 7.5. When stored at -20 degrees C in 50% glycerol, this preparation was stable for several months. Treatment of the purified factor V with bovine factor Xa, RVV-V, thrombin, or chymotrypsin (but not trypsin) led to a seven- to ten-fold increase in clotting activity and a concomitant decrease in apparent molecular weight. The latter was comparable for each activation system yielding the following average molecular weight values: factor VaSa, 246,000-, factor Va RVV-V, 251,500; Factor Vathr, 239,000; alpha-chymotrypsin, but not trypsin, can activate plasma factor V yielding a product similar to that observed with the above activators. The molar quantities of each of the activators required varied considerably with thrombin having the highest specific activity and factor Xa the lowest. Activation by factor Xa was greatly facilitated by the addition of phospholipid. In the presence of a mixture of phosphatidylcholine/phosphatidylserine (1:1, w/w), the activation of factor V by factor Xa plus Ca2+ required one-third the amount of factor Xa protein as that required in the absence of phospholipid. Even though each of these activators appears to act in an enzymatic manner, the chemical nature of the conversion is unknown at this time.

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Phospholipid-binding properties of bovine factor V and factor Va.

Factor V and factor Va binding to single bilayer phospholipid vesicles was investigated by light-scattering intensity measurements. This technique allows the measurement of free and phospholipid-bound protein concentrations from which equilibrium constants can be obtained. As controls, the Ca2+-dependent phospholipid binding of prothrombin and factor X were also studied. The average values obtained for the dissociation constants (Kd) and lipid to protein ratio at saturation, moles/mole (n), for prothrombin (Kd = 2.3 X 10(-6) M, n = 104) and factor X (Kd = 2.5 X 10(-6) M, n = 46) binding to vesicles containing 25% Folch fraction III and 75% phosphatidylcholine in the presence of 2 mM Ca2+ were in agreement with those reported in the literature. The average factor V and factor Va values for the dissociation constants and lipid to protein ratio at saturation (moles/mole) were Kd = 7.2 X 10(-8) M and n = 270 for factor V and Kd = 4.4 X 10(-7) M and n = 76 for factor Va. In contrast to prothrombin and factor X, factor V and factor Va demonstrated Ca2+-independent lipid binding. In addition, the number of factor V and factor Va molecules bound per vesicle was found to be dependent both on the phosphatidylserine content of the vesicle and the ionic strength of the buffer.

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Immunological studies in combined factor V and factor VIII deficiency.

Plasma samples from patients with inherited combined factor V and factor VIII deficiency were examined by immunological methods for the presence of factor V and Factor VIII-related antigens. A factor V-related antigen was consistently demonstrated in all plasma samples by inhibitor neutralization assay using a non-precipitating rabbit antibody. Factor VIII-related antigens were detected by inhibitor neutralization using human antibody and by electroimmunoassay using a precipitating rabbit antibody. The amounts of factor V and factor VIII-related antigens present in the patient's samples were similar to those found in normal human plasma. The findings confirm the presence of normal levels of factor VIII-related antigen in the plasma of these patients and suggest that inactive antigenic determinants of procoagulant factor V and procoagulant factor VIII are also present. The results are consistent with the possibility that a common precursor of porcoagulant factor V and factor VIII is defective in these patients.

Antigens↗

The interaction of bovine factor V and factor V-derived peptides with phospholipid vesicles.

The binding of bovine Factor V, isolated Factor Va, and isolated activation intermediates to single bilayer phospholipid vesicles was studied by light scattering. The vesicles composed of 25% phosphatidylserine and 75% phosphatidylcholine had a mean radius of approximately 163 A as determined by quasi-elastic light scattering. When these vesicles were saturated with Factor V, the radii increased by approximately 120 A in both 0.15 and 1 M NaCl. At saturation, about 35 molecules of Factor V and 141 molecules of Factor Va were bound to each vesicle. Studies of the binding of Factor V and Factor Va at various ionic strengths showed little change in either Kd or n, suggesting that the binding is not electrostatic. The dissociation constants (Kd) and the lipid to protein ratios at saturation, moles/mol (n), obtained by relative light scattering intensities were: Factor V (Kd = 4.3 X 10(-8) M, n = 214); isolated Factor Va (Kd = 1.7 X 10(-7) M, n = 57); component B, Mr = 205,000 (Kd = 1.8 X 10(-7) M, n = 140); component C, Mr = 150,000 (Kd = 7.0 X 10(-7) M, n = 136); component D, Mr = 94,000 (no binding could be demonstrated); component E, Mr = 74,000 (Kd = 3.8 X 10(-7) M, n = 42). The results presented here indicate that the lower Kd exhibited by Factor V compared to Factor Va (components D and E) is primarily due to the interaction present within the component C portion of the molecule which is destroyed when component C is further cleaved to give component D. The interactions responsible for the binding of Factor Va are expressed in component E as well as in its precursor peptide component B. Dissociation of components D and E by the addition of EDTA indicate that component E alone is responsible for the interaction of bovine Factor Va with phospholipid.

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Combined deficiency of factor V and factor VIII. A report of another case.

A patient with combined factor V and factor VIII deficiency is presented. The bleeding manifestations were: easy bruising, post-traumatic bleeding, bleeding after tooth extractions. The main laboratory feature was a prolonged partial thromboplastin time which was corrected by the addition of adsorbed normal plasma but not by the addition of normal serum, hemophilia A plasma of another patient with combined factor V and factor VIII deficiency. The thromboplastin generation test was clearly abnormal and was corrected by the addition of adsorbed normal plasma but not by addition of normal serum. Prothrombin consumption was also defective. Prothrombin time was slightly prolonged too, Thrombin time, platelet and vascular tests were within normal limits and there was no hyperfibrinolysis. Factor VIII was 8% of normal, whereas factor V was 14% of normal. Factor VIII associated antigen was normal. All other clotting factors were within normal limits. The parents of the propositus were consanguineous (first cousins) but had normal factor V and factor VIII activity and normal factor VIII antigen. The same was true for other family members. The hereditary transmission of the condition appears autosomal recessive.

Blood Coagulation Tests↗

Combined factor V and factor VII deficiency due to an independent segregation of the two defects.

A patient with combined factor V and factor VII deficiency is described together with a family study. The propositus appeared to be double heterozygous for factor V and factor VII deficiency. Since the patient showed a parallel decrease of activity and antigen, he appeared to be double heterozygous for a true deficiency. The patient had inherited the factor V defect from the mother and the factor VII defect from the father. The parents of the propositus were not consanguineous. Other family members were found to have isolated factor V or factor VII deficiency. This is the third family so far described with this peculiar combined defect but the first to be investigated by clotting and immunologic assays.

Adolescent↗

Monoclonal antibodies to human coagulation factor V and factor Va.

BALB/c mice were immunized with human factor V. The immunogen was a mixture of procofactor (factor V) and thrombin-activated cofactor (factor Va). Spleen cells were obtained from an immunized animal and fused with NS-1 murine myeloma cells. Hybrid cell cultures were assayed for the production of antibodies to human factor V and factor Va by a solid-phase radioimmunoassay. Factor V and/or factor-Va-specific antibodies were detected in 38 of the 96 cultures assayed. The cells from 10 of these positive cultures were subcloned by limiting dilution and grown as ascites tumors in BALB/c mice. Ascitic fluids were obtained and characterized with respect to their binding interaction with human factor V and factor Va. Three hybridoma cell lines produce monoclonal antibodies that react equally well with factor V and factor Va. Another antibody reacts with both antigens, but the reactivity with factor V is better than with factor Va. An additional two antibodies react with factor Va better than factor V in the radioimmunoassay (RIA). The remaining four antibodies react exclusively with factor V. A previously described murine monoclonal antibody to human factor V (alpha HFV-1) has been used to study the peptides produced during the thrombin-catalyzed activation of human factor V. This antibody binds both factor V and factor Va, releases them at high ionic strength, and has an apparent dissociation constant for factor Va of 3 x 10(-9)M. When human factor V (mol wt 330,000) is activated by thrombin and passed over an alpha HFV-1-Sepharose affinity resin, factor Va binds and subsequently can be eluted. The eluate in 1.2 M NaCl contains two fragments of apparent mol wt 93,000 and 70,000. EDTA, which inactivates factor Va, promotes release of the mol wt 93,000 fragment from factor Va bound to the antibody. Subsequent elution with 1.2 M NaCl releases the mol wt 70,000 fragment. These observations indicate that human factor Va is a two subunit protein and that the epitope for alpha HFV-1 is on the mol wt 70,000 fragment.

Antibodies, Monoclonal↗

Combined congenital deficiency of factor V and factor VIII. Report of a further case with some considerations on the hetereditary transmission of this disorder.

A patient with combined factor V and factor VIII deficiency is presented. The bleeding manifestations were mild. The main laboratory feature was a prolonged partial thromboplastin time which was corrected by the addition of adsorbed normal plasma but not by the addition of normal serum, hemophilia A plasma or plasma of another patient with combined factor V and factor VIII deficiency. TGT was also clearly abnormal and was corrected by the addition of adsorbed normal plasma but not by the addition of normal serum. Prothrombin consumption was mildly defective. The prothrombin time was slightly prolonged. Facotr VIII was 12% and factor V 55% of normal. Factor-VIII-associated antigen was normal. The father and a sister of the propositus revealed mild factor V deficiency but normal factor VIII activity and antigen. The parents were not consanguineous. A tentative classification of combined deficiency of factors V and VIII in two groups is proposed. The hereditary transmission of the two types of deficiencies is discussed.

Adult↗

Bleeding due to an acquired inhibitor of platelet associated factor V.

Factor V inhibitors are uncommon, bleeding manifestations variable and recommendations for management are unclear. We present a patient with non-Hodgkins lymphoma who developed gastrointestinal bleeding and was found to have a Factor V inhibitor. The inhibitor was active against both plasma Factor V and platelet associated Factor V, and was associated with a five-fold increase in platelet associated IgG. Fresh frozen plasma was ineffective in preventing bleeding. Resolution of bleeding was associated with a fall in the levels of the inhibitor and of platelet associated IgG. The patient had no further bleeding episodes nor evidence of progression of his lymphoma, but six months later died as a result of metastatic adenocarcinoma.

Adenocarcinoma↗

Monoclonal antibodies selective for the functional states of bovine factor V and factor Va.

Hybridoma technology has been used for the production of murine monoclonal antibodies to bovine coagulation Factor V and its thrombin-activated product, Factor Va. Hybrid cell cultures were assayed for the production of anti-Factor V and anti-Factor Va antibodies by a solid-phase radioimmunoassay. Antibody-producing cell lines were selected, cloned and grown as ascites tumors. Gel filtration chromatography (Ultrogel AcA34) and affinity chromatography (protein A-Sepharose) were used to isolate the monoclonal immunoglobulins from the ascites fluids. Thirteen monoclonal antibodies have been characterized with respect to their binding to Factor V and Factor Va and their effect on cofactor bioactivity. Six of these thirteen antibodies react with both Factor V and Factor Va. One of these antibodies is strongly inhibitory, while a second antibody is only moderately inhibitory. The antibody produced by another cell line binds Factor V but not Factor Va and is not inhibitory. The remaining six cell lines each produce an antibody that reacts preferentially with Factor Va, and each of these antibodies is inhibitory to some extent. Both a radioimmunoassay and light scattering have been used to study the interaction of the immunoglobulins with Factor V and Factor Va. The light scattering technique has proven useful to study the interaction of isolated antibodies and antigens and permits the determination of interaction stoichiometries. Each of the interactions studied was characterized by a stoichiometry of two antigens per antibody. These monospecific immunochemical reagents will be useful in the study of structure and function relationships of Factor V, Factor Va and activation fragments.

Animals↗

Involvement of thrombin anion-binding exosites 1 and 2 in the activation of factor V and factor VIII.

The role of anion-binding exosites of thrombin in the activation of factor V and factor VIII was studied using thrombin Arg93 --> Ala, Arg97 --> Ala, and Arg101 --> Ala (thrombin RA), a recombinant exosite 2 defective mutant, and a synthetic N-acetylated dodecapeptide, Ac-Asn-Gly-Asp-Phe-Glu-Glu-Ile-Pro-Glu-Glu-Tyr-O-SO4Leu (hirugen), which competitively inhibits binding of macromolecules to exosite 1. The catalytic efficiency of the activation of factor VIII or of the first step of factor V activation by thrombin RA was approximately 10% that of wild-type thrombin. The overall rate of conversion to factor Va was not influenced by the mutation. In contrast to factor V, the slow activation of factor VIII by thrombin RA was associated with a decreased rate of cleavage at all three proteolytic sites (Arg372, Arg740, and Arg1689). Hirugen inhibited factor V and factor VIII activation. These results indicate that both anion-binding exosites of thrombin are involved in the recognition of factor V and factor VIII.

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Post-translational requirements for functional factor V and factor VIII secretion in mammalian cells.

Coagulation factors V and VIII are homologous glycosylated plasma proteins that provide essential functions for hemostasis. Factor V is secreted as a single chain polypeptide, whereas factor VIII is processed intracellularly to yield a metal-ion-associated heterodimer that is stabilized through interaction with von Willebrand factor. In transfected mammalian cells, factor V is more efficiently secreted than factor VIII. To provide insight into the different secretion efficiencies, we compared the post-translational processing requirements for factor V and factor VIII expressed in mammalian cells. In contrast to factor VIII, factor V was not detected in association with the immunoglobulin-binding protein (BiP), a chaperonin protein of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Depletion of intracellular ATP levels by treatment of cells with low concentrations of carbonyl cyanide 3-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP), protonophore that uncouples oxidative phosphorylation, inhibited secretion of factor VIII but had no effect on the secretion of factor V. Inhibition of N-linked oligosaccharide addition by treatment with tunicamycin prevented secretion of both factor V and factor VIII, whereas treatment with an inhibitor of complex oligosaccharide addition, deoxymannojirimycin, did not affect secretion, although the specific activities of both factor V and factor VIII were slightly increased. Thus, complex oligosaccharide addition was not required for secretion or functional activity of either factor V or factor VIII. Depletion of intralumenal calcium with the ionophore A23187 did not affect secretion of either factor V or factor VIII. In the presence of A23187, the secreted factor V was fully functional, whereas the factor VIII heavy and light chains were not associated and the secreted molecule was inactive. In addition, A23187 treatment inhibited addition of serine/threonine (O)-linked oligosaccharides to factor V and factor VIII. The differences between factor V and factor VIII were further evaluated by characterization of a single chain mutant factor VIII. The single chain factor VIII was secreted with an efficiency similar to wild-type factor VIII and also required von Willebrand factor for stabilization. In addition, the activity of single chain factor VIII was also inhibited by A23187 treatment, suggesting a unique metal-ion requirement within the secretory pathway for functional factor VIII folding. The differences identified in BiP association, ATP requirements, and metal-ion dependence for effective functional secretion of these two molecules may underlie mechanisms accounting for their different secretion efficiencies.

Adenosine Triphosphate↗

Isolation and partial characterization of human factor V.

Factor V was isolated from human citrate plasma by very mild purification steps. Cryoprecipitation, fractionation with polyethylene glycol 6000, gel filtration of AcA 44 and adsorption of haptoglobin to immobilized hemoglobin were applied successively, resulting in factor V preparations with a specific activity of 14.5 unit/mg. The yield was 28 percent. A molecular weight of 296 000 was determined by gel filtration and the apparent sedimentation constant found by ultracentrifugation in a sucrose gradient was 7.8 S. Parallel experiments with citrate plasma resulted in the same molecular weight and sedimentation constant. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of factor V in the presence or absence of sodium dodecyl sulfate showed a single protein band. Incubation with human thrombin resulted in an 8-fold activation of the purified factor V.

Chemical Precipitation↗

Normal titer of functional and immunoreactive protein-C inhibitor in plasma of patients with congenital combined deficiency of factor V and factor VIII.

Protein-C inhibitor (PCI) is a newly described plasma inhibitor directed against a vitamin-K-dependent serine protease, activated protein-C, which is involved in the inactivation of factor V and factor VIII. Marlar and Griffin have reported that PCI activity is absent in the plasma of patients with congenital combined factor V/VIII deficiency. We have measured the levels of PCI in the plasma of seven unrelated patients with this disorder using both functional and immunologic methods. The rate at which the amidolytic activity of activated protein-C was neutralized in the patients' plasma was essentially identical to that observed in normal plasma. The titer of PCI antigen, as measured by an electroimmunoassay using a monospecific anti-PCI serum, was 5.3 +/- 1.6 micrograms/ml in the patients' plasma and was not significantly different from that of normal plasma (5.3 +/- 2.7 micrograms/ml, n = 30). The levels of factor-V-related antigen, factor V coagulant antigen, and factor VIII coagulant antigen were low in all patient plasma and were in good agreement with their respective coagulant activity. Our results do not appear to support the hypothesis that combined factor V/VIII defect is due to a lack of PCI.

Antigens↗