Background: Immunoglobulin G (IgG) is a major immunoglobulin (Ig) in blood that accumulates to a greater extent in the bloodstream of patients impacted by neuroimmunological disorders such as multiple sclerosis (MS). The aim of this study was to determine the effect of IgG obtained from MS patients on the amidolytic activity of coagulation and on anticoagulation factors, and to compare those effects to the effects of IgG from healthy donors. Methods: Spectrophotometric hydrolysis of specific chromogenic substrate by key haemostasis factors was examined. Results: Our study shows that unlike healthy individuals, patients suffering from MS express IgG which enhances the amidolytic activity of thrombin and protein C, but inhibits the activity of factor Xa. Conclusion: Our study shows that IgG and coagulation factors, indeed, interact with each other. IgG may be key mediators of neuroinflammation and, therefore, may serve as a potential target for therapeutic strategies for MS and other neuroimmunological diseases.
It was shown that atherothrombotic and cardioembolic subtypes of ischemic stroke in acute phase of the disease accompanied with the appearance of the high concentrated soluble fibrin monomer complexes in blood plasma. But the concentration returned to the norm one year post ischemic stroke attack. Instead the concentration, the qualitative content of the year post stroke SFMC fraction was characterized by the higher diversity in comparison with acute fraction both subtypes of ischemic stroke as well as the healthy donors. The different qualitative content of the SFMC fraction was observed for the both tested subtypes of ischemic stroke. The higher diversity of SFMC fractions was showed for the cardioembolic subtypes of ischemic stroke.
Ischemic stroke is among the top diseases leading to mortality and disability in the world. The detailed investigation of the mechanisms underlying this pathology and especially mediating the tendency to relapse during the first year after stroke incident undoubtedly belongs to important tasks of modern medicine and biology. The current study aims to analyze the influence of IgG derived from the blood serum of ischemic stroke patients on some hemostasis factors. In total, 123 participants with IS, 62 with atherothrombotic ischemic stroke, 61 with cardioembolic ischemic stroke, and 57 subjects as control have been examined. The same patients have participated in the research a year after stroke. IgG from serum was isolated by affinity chromatography on protein A Sepharose column. The activity of key hemostasis factors under the influence of IgG was analyzed. Obtained results revealed that IgG of stroke patients but not healthy subjects caused the inhibition of the amidolytic activity of endogenously generated thrombin, protein C, factor Xa, and led to an increase in the degree of ADP-induced platelet aggregation. The reduction of clotting time in the test "Thrombin time" by IgG of patients at the acute phase of disease was also observed; IgG of healthy subjects mediated the opposite effect. In contrast to acute ischemic stroke IgG, IgG of patients one year after both atherothrombotic and cardioembolic ischemic stroke influenced only the activity of endogenously generated thrombin and factor Xa resulting in inhibition of their activities. It was also established that IgG of ischemic stroke patients, as well as healthy subjects, stimulated the secretion of tissue plasminogen activator by endotheliocytes.
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