Failure to Lyse Venous Thrombi Because of Elevated Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) and 4G Polymorphism of Its Promotor Genome (The PAI-1/4G Syndrome)

Abstract

Plasminogen activator Inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) inhibits plasminogen activators leading to decreased fibrinolysis and increased risk of thromboembolic disease (TED). Shifts in PAI-1 promoter genome from normal 5G>5G to 4G>5G or 4G>4G alleles are associated with overexpression of PAI-1. In this study patients with residual venous thrombi were observed to have increased PAI-1 levels and more frequent shifts to 4G alleles. Of the 26, 20 (76.9%) patients with unresolved thrombus had elevated PAI-1 values. 4G genomic shifts were found in 92.9% patients studied. Normal PAI-1 levels were found in 5 patients with 4G polymorphisms. Thus, PAI-1 is often elevated among patients with residual thrombus, with an unexpectedly high prevalence of the 4G polymorphism of the promoter genome. Patients with persistent thrombus should be considered at risk of having constituently increased PAI-1 due to genomic changes in the PAI-1 promoter genome. Hypotheses are proposed to explain those with normal PAI-1, despite having 4G polymorphisms.

Keywords

thrombosis fibrinolysis deep vein thrombosis plasminogen plasminogen activator inhibitor 4G>5G genome promoter genome

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