The sequence A alpha-(148-160) in fibrin, but not in fibrinogen, is accessible to monoclonal antibodies.
- 1 November 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 86 (22) , 8951-8954
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.86.22.8951
Abstract
Fibrin, but not fibrinogen, accelerates the activation of plasminogen catalyzed by tissue-type plasminogen activator. Previous work showed that essential information for this accelerating capacity of fibrin resides in the sequence corresponding to residues 148-160 of the A.alpha. chain of fibrinogen [A.alpha.-(148-160)]. Our working hypothesis, based on those findings, is that A.alpha.-(148-160) is buried in fibrinogen and becomes accessible to proteins such as plasminogen and/or tissue-type plasminogen activator when fibrinogen is converted to fibrin. To test this hypothesis we have raised a monoclonal antibody against synthetic A.alpha.-(148-160) and found that this antibody reacts with fibrin and not with fibrinogen. This finding shows that A.alpha.(148-160) becomes accessible when fibrinogen is converted to fibrin and that A.alpha.-(148-160) is a fibrin-specific neoantigenic determinant.This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
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