Wendt - AntiCoag Flashcards
role of plasmin?
degrades fibrin – and dissolves clot
all thromboembolytics work to increase the conversion of ______ to ______?
plasminogen; plasmin
What activates plasminogen to plasmin
t-PA
t-PA cleaves a ______ bond to activate plasmin
arg-val bond
Thrombolytics:
______ cleaves a arg-val bond to activate plasmin
t-PA
t-PA is inhibited by what things?
PAI-1 and PAI-2
plasmin is a ________ that digests fibrin and fibrinogen
proteolytic enzyme
Plasminogen is an anticoagulant protein that circulates in _______ form and is deposited on to a growing clot.
inactive
t-PA is known as a _______ protease
serine
plasmin is inactivated by _________
a2-antiplasmin
indications for thrombolytic therapy:
acute or chronic?
acute!
indications for thrombolytic therapy:
3 things
- acute MI
- acute ischemic thrombotic stroke
- PE
what are the 5 options of thrombolytic drugs
- Alteplase
- Reteplase
- Tenecteplase
- Streptokinase
- Urokinase
which thrombolytic drugs are known to be recombinant t-PA drugs
- Alteplase
- Reteplase
- Tenecteplase
Thrombolytic drug:
Streptokinase makes a complex with _______
plasminogen
Thrombolytic drug:
Streptokinase promotes ________ by the _________ molecule
promotes plasminogen activation; by adjacent plasminogen molecule
T or F: Streptokinase has intrinsic enzyme activity
FALSE! it does not directly degrade clots — it makes a complex that catalyzes conversion of inactive plasminogen to active plasmin
Anti-Fibrolytic Agents are?
- Lysine
- Tranexamic acid
- Aminocaproic acid (EACA)
plasmin binds to fibrin through a ______ binding site to activate fibrinolysis
lysine
anti-fibrinolytic agents are used to stop _____ caused by _______ drugs
stop bleeding; caused by thrombolytic drugs
how does plasminogen get converted to plasmin?
t-PA
how does Alteplase work?
its a thrombolytic drug that is a recombiant human t-PA
binds to fibrin
how does Reteplase work?
recombinant human t-PA
LESS FIBRIN specific/lacks fibrin binding domain
is Reteplase more or less fibrin specific than Alteplase?
less fibrin specific