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Haematologica 2004;89: supplement no. 8 - Supplements ...

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XVIII Congress of the Italian Society for Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research, Rome, Sept. 30-Oct. 3, <strong>2004</strong>59CO-076THE PROTHROMBIN G20210A MUTATION ATTENUATES THEANTICOAGULANT BUT NOT THE FIBRINOLYTIC ACTIVITY OFACTIVATED PROTEIN CBinetti BM,* Asti D,° Tripodi A,° Semeraro N,*Colucci M**Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sezione diPatologia Generale, Università di Bari, °Centro diEmofilia e Trombosi A. Bianchi Bo<strong>no</strong>mi, Dipartimentodi Medicina Interna, Università di Mila<strong>no</strong>, ItalyHyperprothrombinemia associated with the prothrombingene mutation G20210A is a common riskfactor for thrombosis and has been reported to causeAPC resistance. The inhibition of thrombin formationby APC, however, <strong>no</strong>t only limits fibrin formation butalso stimulates fibri<strong>no</strong>lysis by reducing TAFI (thrombinactivatable fibri<strong>no</strong>lysis inhibitor) activation. Weevaluated the influence of prothrombin G20210Amutation on the anticoagulant and fibri<strong>no</strong>lytic activitiesof APC. Thirty-two heterozygous carriers and 32<strong>no</strong>n carriers were studied. APC anticoagulant activitywas assessed by aPTT prolongation whereas APCfibri<strong>no</strong>lytic activity was determined by a microplateclot lysis assay. APC-induced aPTT prolongation wasmarkedly less pro<strong>no</strong>unced in carriers than in <strong>no</strong>n carriers,resulting in APC sensitivity ratios of 2.11±0.41and 3.15±1.37, respectively (p

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