Thrombolytic effects of Douchi Fibrinolytic enzyme from Bacillus subtilis LD-8547 in vitro and in vivo

BMC Biotechnology

Research Article

Jing Yang¹  Ling Lin¹  Yanling Yang¹  Zhenhong Zhuang²  Shihua Wang²  Jun Yuan² 

[1] College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, 350002, Fuzhou, China;Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, 350002, Fuzhou, China;College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, 350002, Fuzhou, China;

关键词: Thrombolytic effects;    Douchi;    in vitro;    in vivo;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1472-6750-12-36

 received in 2012-04-03, accepted in 2012-07-02,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundToday, thrombosis is one of the most widely occurring diseases in modern life. Drugs with thrombolytic functions are the most effective methods in the treatment of thrombosis. Among them, Douchi fibrinolytic enzyme (DFE) is a promising agent. DFE was isolated from Douchi, a typical and popular soybean-fermented food in China, and it can dissolve fibrin directly and efficiently. A strain, Bacillus subtilis LD-8547 produced DFE with high fibrinolytic activity has been isolated in our lab previously.ResultsIn the study, thrombolytic effect of DFE from Bacillus subtilis LD-8547 was studied in vitro and in vivo systematically. The results showed that DFE played a significant role in thrombolysis and anticoagulation in vitro. And the thrombolytic effects correlated with DFE in a dose-dependent manner. In vivo, the acute toxicity assay showed that DFE had no obvious acute toxicity to mice. Test of carrageenan-induced thrombosis in mice indicated that the DFE significantly prevented tail thrombosis, and arterial thrombosis model test indicated that Douchi fibrinolytic enzyme DFE had thrombolytic effect on carotid thrombosis of rabbits in vivo. Other results in vivo indicated that DFE could increase bleeding and clotting time obviously.ConclusionsThe DFE isolated from Bacillus subtilis LD-8547 has obvious thrombolytic effects in vitro and in vivo. This function demonstrates that this enzyme can be a useful tool for preventing and treating clinical thrombus.

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