Plasma levels of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) are elevated in obesity and correlate with body mass index. The increase in PAI-1 associated with obesity likely contributes to increased cardiovascular risk and may predict the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Although adipocytes are capable of synthesizing PAI-1, the bulk of evidence indicates that cells residing in the stroma...

We have explored the role of plasminogen activator inhibitor type 2 (PAI-2) in THP-1 monocyte–like cells. These cells possess a mutation in the PAI-2 gene and do not produce an active PAI-2 protein. Transfection of THP-1 cells with plasmids expressing active PAI-2 reduced the cells’ inherent adhesive properties and decreased the rate of cell proliferation. THP-1 cells expressing active PAI-2 al...

Recent studies suggest that plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), a major inhibitor of the fibrinolytic system, may promote the development of asthma. To further investigate the significance of PAI-1 in the pathogenesis of asthma and determine the possibility that PAI-1 could be a therapeutic target for asthma, this study was conducted. First, PAI-1 levels in induced sputum (IS) from asthm...

The intestinal hormone cholecystokinin (CCK) delays gastric emptying and inhibits food intake by actions on vagal afferent neurons. Recent studies suggest plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI)-1 suppresses the effect of CCK on food intake. In this study we asked whether PAI-1 also modulated CCK effects on gastric emptying. Five minute gastric emptying of liquid test meals was studied in conscio...

Increased expression of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) has been reported in atherosclerotic and balloon-injured vessels. Little is known regarding the factors and mechanisms that may negatively regulate PAI-1 expression. In this report, the effect of cGMP-coupled vasoactive hormones, including natriuretic factors and nitric oxide, on the regulation of PAI-1 expression in vascular smo...

Increased plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) has been linked to not only thrombosis and fibrosis but also to obesity and insulin resistance. Increased PAI-1 levels have been presumed to be consequent to obesity. We investigated the interrelationships of PAI-1, obesity, and insulin resistance in a high-fat/high-carbohydrate (HF) diet-induced obesity model in wild-type (WT) and PAI-1-defic...

Background: Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) is a glycoprotein with inhibitory effects on the formation of plasmin from plasminogen by plasminogen activator. Thus, it prevents clot lysis in vessel walls. Several evidences prove the relationship between coronary artery disease and response to fibrinolytic therapy in patients with myocardial infarction with PAI-1 level. Opium addiction i...

Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), which can be produced by host and tumor cells in the tumor microenvironment, is intimately involved in tumor progression. In the present study, to pursue the possibility that PAI-1 could be a therapeutic target in the management of malignancy, SK-216, a specific PAI-1 inhibitor, was orally administered to wild-type mice that were subcutaneously implant...

The effects of both clot-bound and circulating plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) on endogenous fibrinolysis were investigated in a rat model of pulmonary embolism. Iodine-125 fibrin(ogen)-labeled blood-clot homogenates were delivered through the left jugular vein to the lung microvasculature, and the subsequent extent of the clot lysis was monitored by measuring the release of 125I-fibr...

Human adipose tissue has been shown to produce plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1). However, the importance of adipose tissue in the regulation of the PAI-1 plasma level is not known. The aim of this study was to investigate the relation between the production of PAI-1 by adipose tissue, plasma PAI-1 level, and variables related to the insulin resistance state. The link between the p...