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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 265, Issue 29, 17539-17544, 10, 1990

Analysis of the generation and inhibition of factor Xa. Area under generation curves is independent of enzyme generation rate

J Jesty
Department of Medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794.

The activation of factor X in the presence of antithrombin has been studied in order to determine the parameters that control the area under the resulting factor Xa generation curve. Generation curves were analyzed using a model containing three parameters: the total generation of factor Xa, Emax; the rate of factor Xa generation, expressed as a first-order rate constant, kappa 1; and the rate of inhibition, expressed as another first-order rate constant, kappa 2. Using factor IXa-VIIIa to activate factor X, we found the area under the generation curve to be proportional to Emax, which was varied by varying the factor IXa concentration, and inversely proportional to kappa 2, which was varied by varying the antithrombin concentration. With this activator, however, kappa 1 varied in parallel with Emax, resulting in a correlation between integrated area and kappa 1. In order to determine whether Emax or kappa 1, or both, was a controlling parameter, similar activations were done with varying concentrations of the factor X-activating enzyme of Russell's viper venom. With this activator it was possible to vary Emax and kappa 1 independently, again at varying antithrombin concentrations. These results showed the integrated area to be proportional to Emax and inversely proportional to kappa 2, as before, but independent of the activation rate, kappa 1. In this system, therefore, the area under the factor Xa generation curve is controlled by the amount of factor Xa generated and its rate of inhibition but is independent of the rate of factor Xa generation.
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