A novel interaction between extracellular vimentin and fibrinogen in fibrin formation.
Thromb Res
; 221: 97-104, 2023 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2150682
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Thrombosis is frequently manifested in critically ill patients with systemic inflammation, including sepsis and COVID-19. The coagulopathy in systemic inflammation is often associated with increased levels of fibrinogen and D-dimer. Because elevated levels of vimentin have been detected in sepsis, we sought to investigate the relationship between vimentin and the increased fibrin formation potential observed in these patients. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
This hypothesis was examined by using recombinant human vimentin, anti-vimentin antibodies, plasma derived from healthy and critically ill patients, confocal microscopy, co-immunoprecipitation assays, and size exclusion chromatography.RESULTS:
The level of vimentin in plasma derived from critically ill subjects with systemic inflammation was on average two-fold higher than that of healthy volunteers. We determined that vimentin directly interacts with fibrinogen and enhances fibrin formation. Anti-vimentin antibody effectively blocked fibrin formation ex vivo and caused changes in the fibrin structure in plasma. Additionally, confocal imaging demonstrated plasma vimentin enmeshed in the fibrin fibrils. Size exclusion chromatography column and co-immunoprecipitation assays demonstrated a direct interaction between extracellular vimentin and fibrinogen in plasma from critically ill patients but not in healthy plasma.CONCLUSIONS:
The results describe that extracellular vimentin engages fibrinogen in fibrin formation. In addition, the data suggest that elevated levels of an apparent aberrant extracellular vimentin potentiate fibrin clot formation in critically ill patients with systemic inflammation; consistent with the notion that plasma vimentin contributes to the pathogenesis of thrombosis.Keywords
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Main subject:
Thrombosis
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Hemostatics
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Etiology study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Thromb Res
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.thromres.2022.11.028
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