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应用天然产物 ›› 2023, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (6): 48-48.DOI: 10.1007/s13659-023-00413-z

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l-Palmitoylcarnitine potentiates plasmin and tPA to inhibit thrombosis

Juan Yang1, Lina Cha2, Yepeng Wang3, Quan Zhang4, Xiaopeng Tang5, Jianlin Shao1, Zilei Duan4   

  1. 1. Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, 650032, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203, China;
    3. College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China;
    4. Small Molecule Drugs Sichuan Key Laboratory, Institute of Materia Medica, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, 610500, China;
    5. School of Basic Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, Shandong, China
  • 收稿日期:2023-09-18 出版日期:2023-12-24 发布日期:2023-12-26
  • 通讯作者: Jianlin Shao,E-mail:shaojl@ydyy.cn;Zilei Duan,E-mail:duanzileikiz@126.com
  • 基金资助:
    This work was supported by Priority Union Foundation of Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Department and Kunming Medical University (202101AC070461).

l-Palmitoylcarnitine potentiates plasmin and tPA to inhibit thrombosis

Juan Yang1, Lina Cha2, Yepeng Wang3, Quan Zhang4, Xiaopeng Tang5, Jianlin Shao1, Zilei Duan4   

  1. 1. Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, 650032, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203, China;
    3. College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China;
    4. Small Molecule Drugs Sichuan Key Laboratory, Institute of Materia Medica, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, 610500, China;
    5. School of Basic Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, Shandong, China
  • Received:2023-09-18 Online:2023-12-24 Published:2023-12-26
  • Contact: Jianlin Shao,E-mail:shaojl@ydyy.cn;Zilei Duan,E-mail:duanzileikiz@126.com
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by Priority Union Foundation of Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Department and Kunming Medical University (202101AC070461).

摘要: l-Palmitoylcarnitine (L-PC) is an important endogenous fatty acid metabolite. Its classical biological functions are involved in the regulations of membrane molecular dynamics and the β-oxidation of fatty acids. Decreased plasma long-chain acylcarnitines showed the association of venous thrombosis, implying anticoagulant activity of the metabolites and inspiring us to investigate if and how L-PC, a long-chain acylcarnitine, takes part in coagulation. Here we show that L-PC exerted anti-coagulant effects by potentiating the enzymatic activities of plasmin and tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). L-PC directly interacts with plasmin and tPA with an equilibrium dissociation constant (KD) of 6.47×10–9 and 4.46×10–9 M, respectively, showing high affinities. In mouse model, L-PC administration significantly inhibited FeCl3-induced arterial thrombosis. It also mitigated intracerebral thrombosis and inflammation in a transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (tMCAO) mouse model. L-PC induced little bleeding complications. The results show that L-PC has anti-thrombotic function by potentiating plasmin and tPA.

关键词: l-palmitoylcarnitine, Coagulation, Plasmin, Tissue-type plasminogen activator, Thrombosis

Abstract: l-Palmitoylcarnitine (L-PC) is an important endogenous fatty acid metabolite. Its classical biological functions are involved in the regulations of membrane molecular dynamics and the β-oxidation of fatty acids. Decreased plasma long-chain acylcarnitines showed the association of venous thrombosis, implying anticoagulant activity of the metabolites and inspiring us to investigate if and how L-PC, a long-chain acylcarnitine, takes part in coagulation. Here we show that L-PC exerted anti-coagulant effects by potentiating the enzymatic activities of plasmin and tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). L-PC directly interacts with plasmin and tPA with an equilibrium dissociation constant (KD) of 6.47×10–9 and 4.46×10–9 M, respectively, showing high affinities. In mouse model, L-PC administration significantly inhibited FeCl3-induced arterial thrombosis. It also mitigated intracerebral thrombosis and inflammation in a transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (tMCAO) mouse model. L-PC induced little bleeding complications. The results show that L-PC has anti-thrombotic function by potentiating plasmin and tPA.

Key words: l-palmitoylcarnitine, Coagulation, Plasmin, Tissue-type plasminogen activator, Thrombosis