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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 264: C1302-C1307, 1993;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 264, Issue 5 C1302-C1307, Copyright © 1993 by American Physiological Society

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Thrombin promotes angiogenesis by a mechanism independent of fibrin formation

N. E. Tsopanoglou, E. Pipili-Synetos and M. E. Maragoudakis
Department of Pharmacology, University of Patras Medical School, Greece.

The role of thrombin in angiogenesis was investigated in the chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) system. alpha-Thrombin promoted angiogenesis in a dose-dependent fashion and at 8.4 pmol/disk reached a maximum of 78% above the control. At a higher dose of alpha-thrombin (25 pmol/disk) the angiogenic effect declines and this can be explained by desensitization of the thrombin receptor. The promotion of angiogenesis by alpha-thrombin is specific as evidenced by the reversal of this effect by hirudin, which binds both the catalytic and the anion-binding exosite of thrombin or by heparin, which binds thrombin and accelerates its inactivation by antithrombin III. gamma-Thrombin, which is catalytically active but lacks the anion-binding exosite required for clotting activity, promotes angiogenesis in the CAM in the same fashion and to the same extent as alpha-thrombin, at doses up to 130 pmol/disk. Phenylalanyl-propyl-arginine chloromethyl ketone (P-PACK)-thrombin, the catalytically inactive analogue of alpha-thrombin that retains the anion-binding exosite, had no significant effect on angiogenesis in the CAM. When combined with alpha-thrombin, P-PACK-thrombin abolished the angiogenesis-promoting effect of alpha-thrombin. These results suggest that alpha-thrombin can promote angiogenesis in the CAM through interaction with its catalytic site without the requirement for fibrin formation.


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