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  1. Book ; Online: Recent Advances in Thrombosis and Hemostasis 2008

    Tanaka, Kenzo / Davie, Earl W. / Ikeda, Yasuo / Iwanaga, Sadaaki / Saito, Hidehiko / Sueishi, Katsuo

    2008  

    Author's details edited by Kenzo Tanaka, Earl W. Davie, Yasuo Ikeda, Sadaaki Iwanaga, Hidehiko Saito, Katsuo Sueishi
    Keywords Cytology ; Hematology ; Internal medicine ; Medicine
    Language English
    Publisher Springer Japan
    Publishing place Tokyo
    Document type Book ; Online
    HBZ-ID TT050387888
    ISBN 978-4-431-78846-1 ; 978-4-431-78847-8 ; 4-431-78846-8 ; 4-431-78847-6
    DOI 10.1007/978-4-431-78847-8
    Database ZB MED Catalogue: Medicine, Health, Nutrition, Environment, Agriculture

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  2. Article: Biochemical principle of Limulus test for detecting bacterial endotoxins.

    Iwanaga, Sadaaki

    Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and biological sciences

    2013  Volume 83, Issue 4, Page(s) 110–119

    Abstract: A hemocyte lysate from horseshoe crab (Limulus) produced a gel, when exposed to Gram-negative bacterial endotoxins, lipopolysaccharides (LPS). This gelation reaction of the lysate, so-called Limulus test, has been widely employed as a simple and very ... ...

    Abstract A hemocyte lysate from horseshoe crab (Limulus) produced a gel, when exposed to Gram-negative bacterial endotoxins, lipopolysaccharides (LPS). This gelation reaction of the lysate, so-called Limulus test, has been widely employed as a simple and very sensitive assay method for endotoxins. Recent biochemical studies on the principle of Limulus test indicate that the hemocytes contain several serine protease zymogens, which constitute a coagulation cascade triggered by endotoxins, and that there is a (1,3)-β-D-glucan-mediated coagulation pathway which also results in the formation of gel. Up to now, six protein components, designated coagulogen, proclotting enzyme, factor B, factor C, and factor G, all of which are closely associated with the endotoxin-mediated coagulation pathway, have been purified and biochemically characterized. The molecular structures of these proteins have also been elucidated. Moreover, the reconstitution experiments using the isolated clotting factors, factor C, factor B, proclotting enzyme and coagulogen in the presence of endotoxin, leads to the formation of coagulin gel. Here, I will focus on the biochemical principle of Limulus test for detecting bacterial endotoxins, and its activation and regulation mechanism on the LPS-mediated coagulation cascade.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2013-09-09
    Publishing country Japan
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 161781-3
    ISSN 1349-2896 ; 0386-2208
    ISSN (online) 1349-2896
    ISSN 0386-2208
    DOI 10.2183/pjab.83.110
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  3. Article: The molecular basis of innate immunity in the horseshoe crab.

    Iwanaga, Sadaaki

    Current opinion in immunology

    2002  Volume 14, Issue 1, Page(s) 87–95

    Abstract: During the past two decades, the molecular structures and functions have been established for various defense molecules, using horseshoe crab (Limulus) as a model animal. These defense molecules include clotting factors, proteinase inhibitors, lectins, ... ...

    Abstract During the past two decades, the molecular structures and functions have been established for various defense molecules, using horseshoe crab (Limulus) as a model animal. These defense molecules include clotting factors, proteinase inhibitors, lectins, antimicrobial peptides and other humoral factors found mainly in the hemolymph. These components of the cellular and humoral systems, which together comprise innate immunity, defend horseshoe crab effectively from invading microbes.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Defensins/immunology ; Horseshoe Crabs/immunology ; Immunity, Innate ; Lectins/immunology
    Chemical Substances Defensins ; Lectins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2002-01-28
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1035767-1
    ISSN 1879-0372 ; 0952-7915
    ISSN (online) 1879-0372
    ISSN 0952-7915
    DOI 10.1016/s0952-7915(01)00302-8
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  4. Article: Snake venom metalloproteinases: structure, function and relevance to the mammalian ADAM/ADAMTS family proteins.

    Takeda, Soichi / Takeya, Hiroyuki / Iwanaga, Sadaaki

    Biochimica et biophysica acta

    2012  Volume 1824, Issue 1, Page(s) 164–176

    Abstract: Metalloproteinases are among the most abundant toxins in many Viperidae venoms. Snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs) are the primary factors responsible for hemorrhage and may also interfere with the hemostatic system, thus facilitating loss of blood ... ...

    Abstract Metalloproteinases are among the most abundant toxins in many Viperidae venoms. Snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs) are the primary factors responsible for hemorrhage and may also interfere with the hemostatic system, thus facilitating loss of blood from the vasculature of the prey. SVMPs are phylogenetically most closely related to mammalian ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase) and ADAMTS (ADAM with thrombospondin type-1 motif) family of proteins and, together with them, constitute the M12B clan of metalloendopeptidases. Large SVMPs, referred to as the P-III class of SVMPs, have a modular architecture with multiple non-catalytic domains. The P-III SVMPs are characterized by higher hemorrhagic and more diverse biological activities than the P-I class of SVMPs, which only have a catalytic domain. Recent crystallographic studies of P-III SVMPs and their mammalian counterparts shed new light on structure-function properties of this class of enzymes. The present review will highlight these structures, particularly the non-catalytic ancillary domains of P-III SVMPs and ADAMs that may target the enzymes to specific substrates. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Proteolysis 50years after the discovery of lysosome.
    MeSH term(s) ADAM Proteins/chemistry ; ADAM Proteins/genetics ; ADAM Proteins/metabolism ; ADAM Proteins/physiology ; Animals ; Humans ; Mammals/genetics ; Mammals/metabolism ; Metalloproteases/chemistry ; Metalloproteases/genetics ; Metalloproteases/metabolism ; Metalloproteases/physiology ; Models, Biological ; Models, Molecular ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs/genetics ; Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs/physiology ; Snake Venoms/chemistry ; Snake Venoms/enzymology ; Snake Venoms/metabolism ; Structural Homology, Protein ; Structure-Activity Relationship
    Chemical Substances Snake Venoms ; Metalloproteases (EC 3.4.-) ; ADAM Proteins (EC 3.4.24.-)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2012-01
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 60-7
    ISSN 1879-2596 ; 1879-260X ; 1872-8006 ; 1879-2642 ; 1879-2618 ; 1879-2650 ; 0006-3002 ; 0005-2728 ; 0005-2736 ; 0304-4165 ; 0167-4838 ; 1388-1981 ; 0167-4889 ; 0167-4781 ; 0304-419X ; 1570-9639 ; 0925-4439 ; 1874-9399
    ISSN (online) 1879-2596 ; 1879-260X ; 1872-8006 ; 1879-2642 ; 1879-2618 ; 1879-2650
    ISSN 0006-3002 ; 0005-2728 ; 0005-2736 ; 0304-4165 ; 0167-4838 ; 1388-1981 ; 0167-4889 ; 0167-4781 ; 0304-419X ; 1570-9639 ; 0925-4439 ; 1874-9399
    DOI 10.1016/j.bbapap.2011.04.009
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  5. Article: Recent advances in the innate immunity of invertebrate animals.

    Iwanaga, Sadaaki / Lee, Bok Luel

    Journal of biochemistry and molecular biology

    2005  Volume 38, Issue 2, Page(s) 128–150

    Abstract: Invertebrate animals, which lack adaptive immune systems, have developed other systems of biological host defense, so called innate immunity, that respond to common antigens on the cell surfaces of potential pathogens. During the past two decades, the ... ...

    Abstract Invertebrate animals, which lack adaptive immune systems, have developed other systems of biological host defense, so called innate immunity, that respond to common antigens on the cell surfaces of potential pathogens. During the past two decades, the molecular structures and functions of various defense components that participated in innate immune systems have been established in Arthropoda, such as, insects, the horseshoe crab, freshwater crayfish, and the protochordata ascidian. These defense molecules include phenoloxidases, clotting factors, complement factors, lectins, protease inhibitors, antimicrobial peptides, Toll receptors, and other humoral factors found mainly in hemolymph plasma and hemocytes. These components, which together compose the innate immune system, defend invertebrate from invading bacterial, fungal, and viral pathogens. This review describes the present status of our knowledge concerning such defensive molecules in invertebrates.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Astacoidea/immunology ; Horseshoe Crabs/immunology ; Immunity, Innate ; Immunologic Factors/chemistry ; Immunologic Factors/physiology ; Insecta/immunology ; Invertebrates/chemistry ; Invertebrates/immunology ; Invertebrates/microbiology ; Urochordata/immunology
    Chemical Substances Immunologic Factors
    Language English
    Publishing date 2005-04-07
    Publishing country Korea (South)
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1238454-9
    ISSN 0219-1024 ; 1225-8687
    ISSN (online) 0219-1024
    ISSN 1225-8687
    DOI 10.5483/bmbrep.2005.38.2.128
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  6. Article: Primitive Coagulation Systems and their Message to Modern Biology

    Iwanaga, Sadaaki

    Thrombosis and Haemostasis

    1993  Volume 70, Issue 01, Page(s) 48–55

    Language English
    Publishing date 1993-01-01
    Publisher Schattauer GmbH
    Publishing place Stuttgart ; New York
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 518294-3
    ISSN 2567-689X ; 0340-6245
    ISSN (online) 2567-689X
    ISSN 0340-6245
    DOI 10.1055/s-0038-1646158
    Database Thieme publisher's database

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  7. Article ; Online: Avathrin: a novel thrombin inhibitor derived from a multicopy precursor in the salivary glands of the ixodid tick,

    Iyer, Janaki Krishnamoorthy / Koh, Cho Yeow / Kazimirova, Maria / Roller, Ladislav / Jobichen, Chacko / Swaminathan, Kunchithapadam / Mizuguchi, Jun / Iwanaga, Sadaaki / Nuttall, Patricia A / Chan, Mark Y / Kini, R Manjunatha

    FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

    2017  Volume 31, Issue 7, Page(s) 2981–2995

    Abstract: Tick saliva is a rich source of antihemostatic compounds. We amplified a cDNA from the salivary glands of the tropical bont tick ( ...

    Abstract Tick saliva is a rich source of antihemostatic compounds. We amplified a cDNA from the salivary glands of the tropical bont tick (
    MeSH term(s) Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Carotid Artery Thrombosis/chemically induced ; Carotid Artery Thrombosis/drug therapy ; Cattle ; Chlorides/toxicity ; Cloning, Molecular ; Female ; Ferric Compounds/toxicity ; Fibrinogen/metabolism ; Humans ; Ixodidae/metabolism ; Kallikreins/metabolism ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Nymph ; Peptides/pharmacology ; Salivary Glands/chemistry ; Salivary Glands/metabolism ; Thrombin/antagonists & inhibitors ; Trypsin/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Chlorides ; Ferric Compounds ; Peptides ; avathrin, Amblyomma variegatum ; Fibrinogen (9001-32-5) ; Kallikreins (EC 3.4.21.-) ; Trypsin (EC 3.4.21.4) ; Thrombin (EC 3.4.21.5) ; ferric chloride (U38V3ZVV3V)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-07
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 639186-2
    ISSN 1530-6860 ; 0892-6638
    ISSN (online) 1530-6860
    ISSN 0892-6638
    DOI 10.1096/fj.201601216R
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  8. Book: Bitamin K

    Iwanaga, Sadaaki

    igaku seibutsugaku ryōiki ni okeru shintenkai

    1988  

    Author's details kanshū Iwanaga Sadaaki, Saitō Hidehiko, Matsuda Michio
    MeSH term(s) Vitamin K
    Language Japanese
    Size iv, 332 p. :, ill.
    Edition Dai 1-han.
    Publisher Medikaru Jānarusha
    Publishing place Tōkyō
    Document type Book
    ISBN 9784944012015 ; 4944012012
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  9. Article: Hemextin AB complex--a snake venom anticoagulant protein complex that inhibits factor VIIa activity.

    Banerjee, Yajnavalka / Mizuguchi, Jun / Iwanaga, Sadaaki / Kini, R Manjunatha

    Pathophysiology of haemostasis and thrombosis

    2005  Volume 34, Issue 4-5, Page(s) 184–187

    Abstract: Snake venom is a veritable gold mine of bioactive molecules, capable of binding to a wide variety of pharmacological targets, including the blood coagulation cascade. Here, we report the isolation and characterization of two synergistically acting ... ...

    Abstract Snake venom is a veritable gold mine of bioactive molecules, capable of binding to a wide variety of pharmacological targets, including the blood coagulation cascade. Here, we report the isolation and characterization of two synergistically acting anticoagulant three-finger proteins, hemextin A and hemextin B, from the venom of Hemachatus haemachatus (African Ringhals cobra). Hemextin A but not hemextin B exhibits mild anticoagulant activity. However, hemextin B interacts with hemextin A and forms a complex (hemextin AB complex), and synergistically enhances its anticoagulant potency. Prothrombin time assay showed that these two proteins form a 1:1 complex. Using a 'a dissection approach', we found that hemextins A and AB complex prolong clotting by inhibiting extrinsic tenase activity. Further studies showed that hemextin AB complex potently inhibits the proteolytic activity of factor VIIa (FVIIa) and its complexes. Kinetic studies showed that hemextin AB complex is a non-competitive inhibitor of FVIIa-soluble tissue factor proteolytic activity with a K(i) of 25 nM. Hemextin AB complex is the first reported natural inhibitor of FVIIa that does not require either tissue factor or factor Xa scaffold to mediate its inhibitory activity. Molecular interactions of hemextin AB complex with FVIIa/tissue factor-FVIIa may provide a new paradigm in the search for anticoagulants inhibiting the initiation of blood coagulation.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Anticoagulants ; Blood Coagulation/drug effects ; Elapid Venoms/pharmacology ; Elapid Venoms/therapeutic use ; Factor VIIa/antagonists & inhibitors ; Humans ; Kinetics ; Multiprotein Complexes/pharmacology ; Multiprotein Complexes/therapeutic use ; Thromboplastin/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Anticoagulants ; Elapid Venoms ; Multiprotein Complexes ; hemextin A protein, Hemachatus haemachatus ; hemextin B protein, Hemachatus haemachatus ; Thromboplastin (9035-58-9) ; Factor VIIa (EC 3.4.21.21)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2005
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2080537-8
    ISSN 1424-8840 ; 1424-8832
    ISSN (online) 1424-8840
    ISSN 1424-8832
    DOI 10.1159/000092420
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  10. Article: Hemextin AB complex, a unique anticoagulant protein complex from Hemachatus haemachatus (African Ringhals cobra) venom that inhibits clot initiation and factor VIIa activity.

    Banerjee, Yajnavalka / Mizuguchi, Jun / Iwanaga, Sadaaki / Kini, R Manjunatha

    The Journal of biological chemistry

    2005  Volume 280, Issue 52, Page(s) 42601–42611

    Abstract: During injury or trauma, blood coagulation is initiated by the interaction of factor VIIa (FVIIa) in the blood with freshly exposed tissue factor (TF) to form the TF.FVIIa complex. However, unwanted clot formation can lead to death and debilitation due ... ...

    Abstract During injury or trauma, blood coagulation is initiated by the interaction of factor VIIa (FVIIa) in the blood with freshly exposed tissue factor (TF) to form the TF.FVIIa complex. However, unwanted clot formation can lead to death and debilitation due to vascular occlusion, and hence, anticoagulants are important for the treatment of thromboembolic disorders. Here, we report the isolation and characterization of two synergistically acting anticoagulant proteins, hemextins A and B, from the venom of Hemachatus haemachatus (African Ringhals cobra). N-terminal sequences and CD spectra of the native proteins indicate that these proteins belong to the three-finger toxin family. Hemextin A (but not hemextin B) exhibits mild anticoagulant activity. However, hemextin B forms a complex (hemextin AB complex) with hemextin A and synergistically enhances its anticoagulant potency. Prothrombin time assay showed that these two proteins form a 1:1 complex. Complex formation was supported by size-exclusion chromatography. Using a "dissection approach," we determined that hemextin A and the hemextin AB complex prolong clotting by inhibiting TF.FVIIa activity. The site of anticoagulant effects was supported by their inhibitory effect on the reconstituted TF.FVIIa complex. Furthermore, we demonstrated their specificity of inhibition by studying their effects on 12 serine proteases; the hemextin AB complex potently inhibited the amidolytic activity of FVIIa in the presence and absence of soluble TF. Kinetic studies showed that the hemextin AB complex is a noncompetitive inhibitor of soluble TF.FVIIa amidolytic activity, with a Ki of 50 nm. Isothermal titration calorimetric studies showed that the hemextin AB complex binds directly to FVIIa with a binding constant of 1.62 x 10(5) m(-1). The hemextin AB complex is the first reported natural inhibitor of FVIIa that does not require a scaffold to mediate its inhibitory activity. Molecular interactions of the hemextin AB complex with FVIIa/TF.FVIIa will provide a new paradigm in the search for anticoagulants that inhibit the initiation of blood coagulation.
    MeSH term(s) Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Anticoagulants/pharmacology ; Binding Sites ; Blood Coagulation/drug effects ; Calorimetry ; Chromatography ; Chromatography, Gel ; Circular Dichroism ; Cysteine Endopeptidases/chemistry ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Elapid Venoms/chemistry ; Elapid Venoms/metabolism ; Elapid Venoms/pharmacology ; Elapidae ; Factor VIIa/antagonists & inhibitors ; Factor VIIa/chemistry ; Factor X/antagonists & inhibitors ; Factor Xa Inhibitors ; Humans ; Inhibitory Concentration 50 ; Kinetics ; Models, Statistical ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Neoplasm Proteins/chemistry ; Prothrombin Time ; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid ; Serine Endopeptidases/chemistry ; Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization ; Thrombin Time
    Chemical Substances Anticoagulants ; Elapid Venoms ; Factor Xa Inhibitors ; Neoplasm Proteins ; hemextin A protein, Hemachatus haemachatus ; hemextin B protein, Hemachatus haemachatus ; Factor X (9001-29-0) ; Serine Endopeptidases (EC 3.4.21.-) ; Factor VIIa (EC 3.4.21.21) ; Cysteine Endopeptidases (EC 3.4.22.-) ; cancer procoagulant (EC 3.4.22.26)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2005-10-04
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2997-x
    ISSN 1083-351X ; 0021-9258
    ISSN (online) 1083-351X
    ISSN 0021-9258
    DOI 10.1074/jbc.M508987200
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