PMID- 35445541 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220628 LR - 20230829 IS - 1538-7836 (Electronic) IS - 1538-7836 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 7 DP - 2022 Jul TI - Antithrombotic potential of a single-domain antibody enhancing the activated protein C-cofactor activity of protein S. PG - 1653-1664 LID - 10.1111/jth.15736 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Protein S (PS) is a natural anticoagulant acting as a cofactor for activated protein C (APC) in the proteolytic inactivation of activated factors V (FVa) and VIII (FVIIIa), but also for tissue factor pathway inhibitor alpha (TFPIalpha) in the inhibition of activated factor X (FXa). OBJECTIVE: For therapeutic purposes, we aimed at generating single-domain antibodies (sdAbs) that could specifically modulate the APC-cofactor activity of PS in vivo. METHODS: A llama-derived immune library of sdAbs was generated and screened on recombinant human PS by phage display. PS binders were tested in a global activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT)-based APC-cofactor activity assay. RESULTS: A PS-specific sdAb (PS003) was found to enhance the APC-cofactor activity of PS in our APTT-based assay, and this enhancing effect was greater for a bivalent form of PS003 (PS003biv). Further characterization of PS003biv demonstrated that PS003biv also enhanced the APC-cofactor activity of PS in a tissue factor (TF)-induced thrombin generation assay and stimulated APC in the inactivation of FVa, but not FVIIIa, in plasma-based assays. Furthermore, PS003biv was directed against the sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG)-like domain but did not inhibit the binding of PS to C4b-binding protein (C4BP) and did not interfere with the TFPIalpha-cofactor activity of PS. In mice, PS003biv exerted an antithrombotic effect in a FeCl(3) -induced thrombosis model, while not affecting physiological hemostasis in a tail-clip bleeding model. DISCUSSION: Altogether, these results showed that pharmacological enhancement of the APC-cofactor activity of PS through an original anti-PS sdAb might constitute a promising and safe antithrombotic strategy. CI - (c) 2022 International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis. FAU - Sedzro, Josepha C AU - Sedzro JC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6577-3029 AD - Hemostase, Inflammation, Thrombose (HITh), UMR-S1176, INSERM, Universite Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France. FAU - Adam, Frederic AU - Adam F AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6603-2687 AD - Hemostase, Inflammation, Thrombose (HITh), UMR-S1176, INSERM, Universite Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France. FAU - Auditeau, Claire AU - Auditeau C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8499-1862 AD - Hemostase, Inflammation, Thrombose (HITh), UMR-S1176, INSERM, Universite Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France. AD - Service d'Hematologie Biologique, Hopital Necker Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France. FAU - Bianchini, Elsa AU - Bianchini E AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1370-5312 AD - Hemostase, Inflammation, Thrombose (HITh), UMR-S1176, INSERM, Universite Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France. FAU - De Carvalho, Allan AU - De Carvalho A AD - Hemostase, Inflammation, Thrombose (HITh), UMR-S1176, INSERM, Universite Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France. FAU - Peyron, Ivan AU - Peyron I AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3843-642X AD - Hemostase, Inflammation, Thrombose (HITh), UMR-S1176, INSERM, Universite Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France. FAU - Darame, Sadyo AU - Darame S AD - Hemostase, Inflammation, Thrombose (HITh), UMR-S1176, INSERM, Universite Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France. FAU - Gandrille, Sophie AU - Gandrille S AD - Innovations Therapeutiques en Hemostase, UMR-S1140, INSERM, Universite de Paris, Paris, France. AD - Service d'Hematologie Biologique, Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France. FAU - Thomassen, Stella AU - Thomassen S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9686-6364 AD - Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), University Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands. FAU - Hackeng, Tilman M AU - Hackeng TM AD - Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), University Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands. FAU - Christophe, Olivier D AU - Christophe OD AD - Hemostase, Inflammation, Thrombose (HITh), UMR-S1176, INSERM, Universite Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France. FAU - Lenting, Peter J AU - Lenting PJ AD - Hemostase, Inflammation, Thrombose (HITh), UMR-S1176, INSERM, Universite Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France. FAU - Denis, Cecile V AU - Denis CV AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5152-9156 AD - Hemostase, Inflammation, Thrombose (HITh), UMR-S1176, INSERM, Universite Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France. FAU - Borgel, Delphine AU - Borgel D AD - Hemostase, Inflammation, Thrombose (HITh), UMR-S1176, INSERM, Universite Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France. AD - Service d'Hematologie Biologique, Hopital Necker Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France. FAU - Saller, Francois AU - Saller F AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5255-2630 AD - Hemostase, Inflammation, Thrombose (HITh), UMR-S1176, INSERM, Universite Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220502 PL - England TA - J Thromb Haemost JT - Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH JID - 101170508 RN - 0 (Fibrinolytic Agents) RN - 0 (Protein C) RN - 0 (Protein S) RN - 0 (Single-Domain Antibodies) RN - 72175-66-7 (Factor VIIIa) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Factor VIIIa/chemistry MH - Fibrinolytic Agents/pharmacology MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Protein C/metabolism MH - *Protein S/metabolism MH - *Single-Domain Antibodies OTO - NOTNLM OT - blood coagulation OT - protein C OT - protein S OT - single-domain antibodies OT - thrombosis EDAT- 2022/04/22 06:00 MHDA- 2022/06/29 06:00 CRDT- 2022/04/21 05:49 PHST- 2022/04/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/11/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/04/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/04/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/06/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/04/21 05:49 [entrez] AID - S1538-7836(22)01927-4 [pii] AID - 10.1111/jth.15736 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Thromb Haemost. 2022 Jul;20(7):1653-1664. doi: 10.1111/jth.15736. Epub 2022 May 2.