ENZYME CATALYSIS AND REGULATION
Surface-dependent Coagulation Enzymes: FLOW KINETICS OF FACTOR Xa GENERATION ON LIVE CELL MEMBRANES*

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The initial surface reactions of the extrinsic coagulation pathway on live cell membranes were examined under flow conditions. Generation of activated coagulation factor X (fXa) was measured on spherical monolayers of epithelial cells with a total surface area of 41–47 cm2 expressing tissue factor (TF) at >25 fmol/cm2. Concentrations of reactants and product were monitored as a function of time with radiolabeled proteins and a chromogenic substrate at resolutions of 2–8 s. At physiological concentrations of fVIIa and fX, the reaction rate was 3.05 ± 0.75 fmol fXa/s/cm2, independent of flux, and 10 times slower than that expected for collision-limited reactions. Rates were also independent of surface fVIIa concentrations within the range 0.6–25 fmol/cm2. The transit time of fX activated on the reaction chamber was prolonged relative to transit times of nonreacting tracers or preformed fXa. Membrane reactions were modeled using a set of nonlinear kinetic equations and a lagged normal density curve to track the expected surface concentration of reactants for various hypothetical reaction mechanisms. The experimental results were theoretically predicted only when the models used a slow intermediate reaction step, consistent with surface diffusion. These results provide evidence that the transfer of substrate within the membrane is rate-limiting in the kinetic mechanisms leading to initiation of blood coagulation by the TF pathway.

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Published, JBC Papers in Press, December 6, 2000, DOI 10.1074/jbc.M003275200

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This work was supported by National Science Foundation Grants MCB-9601411, DMS-9804370, and NIH-HL57936.The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. The article must therefore be hereby marked “advertisement” in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.