Open AccessIdentification and characterization of novel salivary thrombin inhibitors from the ixodidae tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis
Author(s) -
Iwanaga Shiroh,
Okada Masakazu,
Isawa Haruhiko,
Morita Akihiro,
Yuda Masao,
Chinzei Yasuo
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
european journal of biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1432-1033
pISSN - 0014-2956
DOI - 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03560.x
Subject(s) - thrombin , haemaphysalis longicornis , fibrinogen , fibrin , biochemistry , coagulation , prothrombinase , platelet , chemistry , antithrombin , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , ixodidae , immunology , tick , medicine , heparin , ecology
Novel antithrombin molecules were identified from the ixodidae tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis . These molecules, named madanin 1 and 2, are 7‐kDa proteins and show no significant similarities to any previously identified proteins. Assays using human plasma showed that madanin 1 and 2 dose‐dependently prolonged both activated partial thromboplastin time and prothrombin time, indicating that they inhibit both the intrinsic and extrinsic pathways. Direct binding assay by surface plasmon resonance measurement demonstrated that madanin 1 and 2 specifically interacted with thrombin. Furthermore, it was clearly shown that madanin 1 and 2 inhibited conversion of fibrinogen into fibrin by thrombin, thrombin‐catalyzed activation of factor V and factor VIII, and thrombin‐induced aggregation of platelets without affecting thrombin amidolytic activity. These results suggest that madanin 1 and 2 bind to the anion‐binding exosite 1 on the thrombin molecule, but not to the active cleft, and interfere with the association of fibrinogen, factor V, factor VIII and thrombin receptor on platelets with an anion‐binding exosite 1. They appear to be exosite 1‐directed competitive inhibitors.