BACKGROUND: Microsurgical operation might fail due to trauma-induced hypercoagulability.OBJECTIVE: To observe the changes of polymerization of fibrin monomer after the treatment of trauma so as to explore an effective means for assisting the prediction of post-traumatic hypercoagulability and thrombosis.DESIGN: Case-control observation and self-control study.SETTING: Institute of Thrombus and Hemostasis, the Union Hospital affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.PARTICIPANTS: Totally 34 traumatic patients were included from those who were admitted to the Union Hospital affiliated to Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, between May 2001 and January 2002. There were 18 males and 16 females aged 8-65 years old. Another 96 healthy people, 50 males and 46 females aged 21-68 years old, who came for routine physical examination were enrolled as normal controls. The history of coagulation impairment, and general and coagulation-related diseases were excluded in all the subjects.METHODS: Polymerization of plasmic fibrin monomer was detected. Fibrinogen would transform into fibrin monomers and display polymerization induced by acutobin. The accompanied changes of the turbidity were dynamically monitored using spectrophotometer at 340 nm; the obtained electrical signals were then input into the computer for statistical analysis. Venous blood samples were collected from traumatic patients immediately after hospitalization and on the 3rd day after the treatment with clinical debridement, surgery, sutures, liquid supplement and administration of antibiotics to determine polymerization of fibrin monomer. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: ① The rate of polymerization of fibrin monomer (taken as the comprehensive predictor for the concentration and function of plasmic fibrinogens). ② Maximum absorbency (reflecting the amount of coagulable plasmic fibrinogen in blood specimen). ③ The ratio between the rate of polymerization of fibrin monomer and maximum ab sorbency (reflecting the polymerization of plasmic fibrinogen molecules). RESULTS: All participants completed the corresponding examinations and were brought into data analysis. ① In traumatic group, the rate of fibrin monomer polymerization, the content of fibrinogen, the ratio of polymerization rate to maximum absorbency were all significantly higher than those in normal control group [traumatic group: 0.87±0.31, (5.81±3.22) g/L,4.61±0.97; normal control group: 0.61±0.15, (3.36±1.02) g/L, 3.93±0.68,P ＜ 0.01]. ② At treatment of 3 days, although the rate of polymerization and the content of fibrinogen were found slightly declined, they were still higher than those in normal group [3.93±0.68, (4.21±1.93) g/L]; however,the ratio of polymerization rate to maximum absorbency did not change after treatment (4.68± 1.19).CONCLUSION: The content and function of fibrinogen would increase in traumatic patients. Traumatic patients display hypercoagulability characteristics and have thrombosis tendency. Determining the polymerization of fibrin monomer can be taken as an effective means for assisting the prediction of posttraumatic hypercoagulability and thrombosis.

Objective To study the role of focal adhesion kinase in the breast carcinoma cell adhesion and migration mediated by coagulation factor Ⅶa combined with tissue factor to explore the mechanism of tissue factor promoting metastasis. Methods The count of adherent cells were detected by using colorimetric assay,cell migration was detected with modified Bodyen chamber,and the FAK and the tyrosine phosphorylation of FAK were detected by immunoprecipitation and Western blot.Results Factor Ⅶa combinaed with tissue factor induced the tyrosine phosphorylation of FAK,which took part in the cancer cell's migration.Conclusion FAK is an important message of the breast carcinoma's adhesion and migration mediated by TF.

BACKGROUND: The elevation of plasma fibrinogen(Fbg) is a key risk factor of cerebrovascular diseases. The evaluation of the monomer polymerization function of fibrin has even more important clinical merit than the detection of Fbg level.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical significance of the monomer polymerization function of fibrin in patients with isehemie cerebrovascular diseases and its impacts on rehabilitative intervention.DESIGN: A case control study employing patients and healthy individual as subjects.SETTING: An Institute of Hematology and Department of Neurology of one university.PARTICIPANTS: Totally 110 patients with different ischemic cerebrovascular disease selected from the Department of Neurology, Union Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong Science and Technology University from September 2001 to March 2002, and 50 healthy individuals were included in the study.METHODS: Rehabilitative intervention was performed in 31 randomly selected cerebral infarct patients, and the parameters indicating the monomer polymerization functions of fibrin in the plasma were detected by the measurement system for the monomer polymerization function of fibrin.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Abnormal condition of monomer polymerization function of fibrin in each parameter.RESULTS: Each parameter indicating the monomer polymerization functions of fibrin in plasma was significantly increased in ischemic cerebrovascular diseases patients than healthy individuals( P ＜ 0.01 ) . The abnormal rate of Fbg leveland fibrin monomer polymerization velocity (FMPV) was significantly elevated in ischemic cerebrovascular disease patients than healthy individuals ( P ＜ 0. 01 ) . The relative risk(RR) of ischemic cerebrovascular diseases in patients with abnormal FMP functions was 4 to 31 times more than healthy control group. In cerebral infarct group, FMPV of anterior circulation infarct subgroup was significantly elevated than that of posterior circulation infarct and lacunar cerebral infarct subgroups( P ＜ 0.05). The FMP function of anterior cerebral infarct patients was significantly higher than that of healthy group before rehabilitative intervention. Although each FMP parameter reduced after rehabilitative intervention, the difference between was not significant compared with that of before therapy.CONCLUSION: FMP function analysis can completely and objectively reflect the coagulation status of the patients with ischemic cerebrovascular diseases, and it can also reflect the range and severity of infarct to some extent. Although common rehabilitative intervention cannot effectively improve the high-coagulation of the blood, the impacts of specific rehabilitative intervention on the coagulation mechanism deserve further investigation.

The plasma levels of inflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) and anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-10 (IL-10) in the patients with unstable angina or stable angina were determined and compared. In 30 patients with unstable angina and 22 patients with stable angina, plasma levels of IL-10 and IL-6 were detected by ELISA and plasma lipid parameters by lipid research clinical methods respectively. The results showed plasma levels of IL-10 were significantly lower in unstable angina group than in stable angina group (P = 0.005), while those of IL-6 were significantly increased in unstable angina group as compared with those in stable angina group (P = 0.039). There was a significantly negative correlation between IL-10 and IL-6 in patients with unstable angina (r = -0.41, P = 0.003). In the unstable angina group, IL-6 levels were obviously positively correlated with TC (r = 0.314, P = 0.023), but not with TG and HDL. There were no significant correlations between IL-10 and plasma lipid parameters. It was suggested that the decreased IL-10 and increased IL-6 might be associated with the atheromatous plaque stability and progression of coronary heart diseases. IL-10 may play an important role in preventing coronary vascular lesions.
Angina, Unstable/*blood ; Interleukin-10/*blood ; Interleukin-6/*blood

A new, convenient, and rapid method for kinetic measurement of human fibrinolysis was established. The alteration of absorbance (A) in the process of blood coagulation and lyses was automatically scanned and recorded using a UV2000 spectrophotometer connected to a computer. The parameters of human fibrinolysis kinetics were established. Urokinase at 20 U/mL was the optimal concentration used. There was significant difference in fibrinolysis kinetics and plasma plasminogen concentration between 22 normal subjects and 27 patients with acute myeloblastic leukemia (P<0.05 and <0.01 respectively). The coefficience of variation was (5.24+/-1.51)%. This method could also be used to measure the plasma fibrinogen concentration at the same time. It was concluded that this method was stable and was capable of providing dynamic, direct experimental data and multiparemeters for clinicians. It was also valuable in evaluating the anti-and pro-fibrinolytic capcity of patients' plasmas, allowing for monitoring of therapy, choice of drugs and adjustment of drug concentrations.

AIM: To study the expression of tissue factor (TF) in cerebral microvascular thrombosis and its dynamic changes in rats. METHODS: 50 female SD rats were randomized to control group, 2, 4, 6, and 24 hours after thrombosis groups, 10 rats in each group. The model of cerebral microvascular thrombosis was induced by photo-chemical method. ELISA and immunohistochemistry methods were used to observe the changes of TF contents in blood plasma and the expression of TF in cerebral microvascular in each group. RESULTS: Cerebral thrombosis was induced by photo-chemical method successfully. The TF content in plasma was obviously higher in 4 h and 6 h groups than that in control group (P

In order to further investigate the effect of annexin II (Ann-II) on tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA)-dependent plasminogen (PLG) activation and its interactive mechanism, recombinant native Ann-II bound t-PA, PLG and plasmin with high affinity was examined. The flow cytometric assay showed that the ann-II expression rate was higher in the human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) (87.65%) than in the HL-60 cells as controls (35.79%). Two irrelevant proteins, bovine serum albumin (BSA) and equine IgG (EIG) had no effect on the production of plasmin. Ann-II-mediated enhancement of t-PA-dependent PLG activation was inhibited by epsilon-aminocaproic acid or by pretreatment of Ann-II with carboxypeptidase B with the inhibitive rate being 77.8% and 77.0%, respectively. It was revealed that the effect of Ann-II on PLG activation was specific for t-PA. Urokinase didn't bind to Ann-II, demonstrating the role of receptor-related lysine residues on activation of PLG, showing that the Ann-II-PLG interaction was dependent upon carboxyl-terminal lysine residues. These findings suggest that annexin II-mediated co-assembly of t-PA and PLG may promote plasmin generation and play a key role in modulating fibrinolysis on the endothelial surface.
Annexin A2/*pharmacology ; Cells, Cultured ; Endothelium, Vascular/cytology ; Endothelium, Vascular/*metabolism ; Fibrinolysis ; Plasminogen/*metabolism ; Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology ; Tissue Plasminogen Activator/*metabolism ; Umbilical Veins/cytology

This study examined the changes of activities of vitamin K-dependent clotting factors (VKDCF) under various pathological conditions and explored the relationship between acquired deficiency of VKDCFs and hemorrhage. Clinical data of 35 patients who were diagnosed as having acquired deficiency of VKDCF were retrospectively analyzed. Coagulation factors involved in the intrinsic and extrinsic pathways were detected in these patients and 41 control subjects. The results showed that the average activities of VKDCFs were decreased in the patients in comparison to the control subjects and significantly increased after treatment of these patients with vitamin K and blood products. Multivariate regression analysis indicated that decreased activity of VKDCF was not an independent risk factor for bleeding disorders owing to deficiency or metabolic disturbance of vitamin K. It was concluded that acquired deficiency of VKDCF occurs under a variety of pathologic conditions and is closely associated with hemorrhagic events. Administration of vitamin K and transfusion of blood products containing high concentrations of VKDCFs helps alleviate the hemorrhagic diseases.

Objective To select the components for quality control of Fructus Lycii based on the absorption of its extract. Methods To investigate metabolism of components of Fructus Lycii, everted rat gut sacs was carried out as well as the blood was taken from abdominal aorta,.and all samples were analysised by HPLC. Results There are twelve constituents absorbed between ileum and jejunum of rat , and four constituents were detected in the blood. Compound 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11 were absorbed in prototype forms in the intestine directly,and compound 1, 7, 8, 12 were new ones. On the other hand, four compositions(3, 7, 10, 13)could be absorbed into blood through analysis serum samples obtaining from aorta abdominalis of rats. Two of them (3, 10)could be absorbed directly by intestine, while(7)was absorbed into blood in new form . Conclusion Based on the intestinal absorption experiment and analysion of compsition in blood, components (3, 10, 13) can be the quality control ingredients of Fructus Lycii.

Objective To study the multicomponent in vivo dynamic process in Chuanxiong Rhizoma;To elaborate in vivo metabolic profiling. Methods HPLC was used to establish the fingerprint of aqueous extract of Chuanxiong Rhizoma, and multicomponent changes were detected at the same time. Closed-loop intestine method was used to study the multicomponent changes of oral administration of Chuanxiong Rhizoma after stomach-intestine-liver process. Results Totally 17 components were detected in the fingerprint of aqueous extract of Chuanxiong Rhizoma and they were basically stable in the digestive juice. For in vivo metabolism, 4 components were metabolized by intestinal flora;3 components were metabolized by liver;2 new components were the metabolites of intestinal flora;1 component was the metabolite of liver. Conclusion Multicomponent sequential metabolism and closed-loop intestine method were used to clarify that multicomponent metabolic profiling was feasible, and it could provide experimental basis for the metabolism of traditional Chinese medicine.