Nakajima Y, Nogami K. The role of proteolytic cleavage at Arg
336 and Arg
372 of the A1 domain in factor VIIa/tissue factor-catalyzed reactions of B domain-deleted factor VIII.
Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2024;
1868:130501. [PMID:
37925034 DOI:
10.1016/j.bbagen.2023.130501]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
We previously demonstrated that factor (F)VIII was rapidly activated through proteolytic cleavage at Arg372 and Arg740 by activated FVII (FVIIa)/tissue factor (TF) in very early coagulation phase, followed by inactivation by cleavage at Arg336. The influence of the absence of FVIII B domain in this series of FVIIa/TF-catalyzed reaction remains unclear, however.
AIM
To examine the FVIIa/TF-catalyzed reaction of B domain-deleted (BDD-)FVIII.
METHODS AND RESULTS
The FVIII activity (FVIII:C) of commercial full-length (FL-)FVIII and BDD-FVIII increased by ∼1.7-fold within 0.5 min after addition of FVIIa/TF (1 nM/0.1 nM).
FVIII
C decreased to initial levels with inactivation rate constant (k; ∼0.035) within 15 min of FL-FVIII activation, but decreased gradually to initial levels (k; ∼0.017) within 30 min of BDD-FVIII activation. SDS-PAGE analyses demonstrated that the FVIIa/TF-catalyzed cleavage of BDD-FVIII occurred at Arg336 within 0.5 min in parallel with elevation of FVIII:C, but cleavage at Arg372 was not evident. FVIIa/TF-catalyzed activation of both recombinant BDD-FVIII R336A and R372A mutants that were prepared, were similar to that of wild-type (WT) BDD-FVIII. However, FVIII:C returned to initial levels (k; ∼0.046) within 30 min of R336A mutant activation, but little reduction of FVIII:C was observed with R372A mutant (k; ∼0.0046). SDS-PAGE analysis indicated that FVIIa/TF-catalyzed cleavage of WT and R372A mutant was predominant at Arg336, whereas that of R336A mutant was observed at Arg372.
CONCLUSIONS
FVIIa/TF-catalyzed activation of BDD-FVIII was initiated by cleavage at Arg336, and the FVIII B domain appeared to control FVIIa/TF-catalyzed reactions by altering pattern of cleavage at Arg336 and Arg372.
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