A comparison of phospholipid and platelets in the activation of human factor VIII by thrombin and factor Xa, and in the activation of factor X.

Two aspects of the activation of factor X by the intrinsic clotting pathway have been studied in purified human systems, in the presence of either purified phosphatidylserine:phosphatidylcholine vesicles (PS:PC) or platelets activated with ionophore A23187: (1) the activation of factor VIII by factor Xa and by thrombin, and (2) the activation of factor X by the factor IXa/VIIIa complex. Factor VIII activation by thrombin was unaffected in either rate or extent by the presence of PS:PC or activated platelets. In contrast, factor VIII activation by factor Xa required either PS:PC or platelets. The products of optimal factor VIII activation by the two enzymes, designated factor VIIIa(T) and factor VIIIa(Xa), are kinetically different in the activation of factor X by factor IXa, factor VIIIa(T) being approximately twice as active (in factor X activation) as factor VIIIa(Xa) in the presence of PS:PC or platelets. Factor VIIIa(Xa) can be converted to the more active VIIIa(T) by thrombin treatment, but the activity of factor VIIIa(T) is unchanged by factor Xa treatment. Factor X activation was also studied with optimally activated factor VIIIa(T), in the presence of PS:PC or activated platelets, as a function of factor IXa concentration in order to determine the apparent dissociation constant for the factor IXa-VIIIa interaction in the two cases. Activated platelets increased the apparent affinity more than fivefold.

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