Identification and characterization of a novel factor XIIa inhibitor in the hematophagous insect, Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)
- 2 November 2004
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 577 (3), 512-516
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2004.10.052
Abstract
Recently, we have cloned several Kazal‐type serine protease inhibitors from the midgut of the Triatoma infestans bug. A single gene composed of multi Kazal‐type domains, in tandem, encodes these inhibitors. In this work, we describe the purification and characterization of recombinant infestins 3‐4 and 4, which are potent factor XIIa inhibitors (K i=67 pM and 128 pM, respectively). We also identified the first native factor XIIa inhibitor from a hematophagous insect. The factor XIIa inhibitory activity of infestin 4 demonstrates extremely efficient anticoagulant activity, prolonging activated partial thromboplastin time by approximately 3 times. Our results suggest that infestins perform a very important role in the T. infestans midgut during meal acquisition and digestion by controlling blood coagulation by means of inhibiting thrombin and factor XIIa.Keywords
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