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Laboratory Techniques in Fibrinolysis Testing

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Recanalization rates with the administration of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator in acute ischemic stroke are low. Adjuvant endovascular techniques that achieve recanalization by direct intra-arterial (IA) delivery of thrombolytics, mechanical clot retrieval, clot aspiration, and stenting may complement intravenous pharmacotherapy. IA thrombolytics can be administered within 6 hours of. All currently approved thrombolytic drugs are biologics, either derived from Streptococcus species, or, more recently, using recombinant biotechnology whereby tPA is manufactured using cell culture, resulting in a recombinant tissue plasminogen activator or rtPA. Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is a thrombolytic agent that breaks down blood clots to restore blood flow to the ischemic region of the brain and is the only FDA-approved drug available to treat ischemic stroke. From: Estrogen Effects on Traumatic Brain Injury, 2015. Standard Treatment: tPA to Dissolve the Blood Clot The technique for treating blood clots causing stroke is called intravenous thrombolysis—in lay terms, “clot-busting.” Thrombolysis is the combination of two Greek words, “thrombus,” meaning blood clot, and “lysis,” meaning to dissolve or break apart.

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Wayne L. Chandler MD, inTransfusion Medicine and Hemostasis (Third Edition), 2019

Tissue Plasminogen Activator

t-PA exists in two forms in plasma: (1) free t-PA capable of binding to and activating plasminogen, and (2) t-PA/PAI-1 complex an inactive form of inhibited t-PA. t-PA may be measured by either functional or antigenic assays. t-PA activity measures only the free, functional form of t-PA. t-PA in complex with PAI-1 and other inhibitors is not measured. Free t-PA in blood must be stabilized by drawing the sample into an acidified citrate solution to prevent inactivation of free t-PA by active PAI-1 in blood. t-PA activity is measured by capturing t-PA on a microtiter plate using monoclonal antibodies, washing off PAI-1 and antiplasmin inhibitors, and then measuring activity by adding plasminogen, a fibrinlike activator that enhances plasminogen activation by t-PA and a plasmin sensitive chromogenic substrate. t-PA converts plasminogen to plasmin, and the plasmin cleaves the substrate. Total t-PA antigen representing both active and inactive fractions can be measured using an enzyme immunoassay.

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