| Literature DB >> 152655 |
L Holmberg, I Lecander, B Persson, B Astedt.
Abstract
An inhibitor present in placenta and released in placental tissue culture forms specific complexes with each of two molecular forms of urokinase. Autoradiography demonstrated that the inhibitor shifted the electrophoretic position of 125I-labelled urokinase. It did not change the migration of diisopropyl-fluorophosphate-inactivated 125I-labelled urokinase, thereby indicating complex formation dependent on active serine site in urokinase. The inhibitor had a strong neutralizing effect on the plasminogen activators released from human ovarian carcinoma in tissue culture. The placental inhibitor might prove useful in inhibiting the fibrinolytic process necessary for proliferation of tumour vessels.Entities:
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Year: 1978 PMID: 152655 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4165(78)90216-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta ISSN: 0006-3002