Abstract
The inhibition equilibrium and kinetics of association and dissociation of the binding of three types of recombinant tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI), namely full-length TFPI, C-terminal-truncated TFPI, and TFPI without the third Kunitz domain (TFPI1-161), Xa have been measured. Formation and dissociation of the complexes were monitored by continuous measurement of the changes in the rate of hydrolysis of a peptidyl-p-nitroanilide substrate. Progress curves of product formation were fitted to a set of equations describing a one-step bimolecular inhibitory reaction in the presence of a competing substrate. For full-length TFPI the rate constants of association (k(on)) and association (k(off)) were (5.1+/-0.7)x10(6) M(-l.) s(-l) and (2.6+/-0.9)x10(-4) s(-1) respectively. Thus, although the inhibition constant (50 pM) is far below the plasma concentration (2.5 nM) of TFPI, the half-time for transition to equilibrium in plasma is rather long (66 s). The truncated forms of TFPI differ in that they have a 4-fold lower k(on) value but a similar dissociation rate constant. Therefore the inhibition constant, K-i, is 4-fold higher (0.2 nM) and the half-time to achieve equilibrium is prolonged to 250 s. The k(on) values of full-length and C-terminal-truncated TFPI, but not that of TFPI1-161, were found to decrease with increasing ionic strength.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 131-136 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Biochemical Journal |
Volume | 297 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 1994 |