[Possibility of application of extracellular protease of micromycet Aspergillus ochraceus VKM F-4104D for determination of protein C content in human blood plasma]. / Vozmozhnost' primeneniia vnekletochnoi proteazy mikromitseta Aspergillus ochraceus VKM F-4104D dlia opredeleniia soderzhaniia proteina S v plazme krovi cheloveka.

It was shown that the activator activity of protein C, determined in normal plasma using Aspergillus ochraceus protease, is comparable with the activity of commercial protease analogue from the South American copperhead venom (ProtacÒ). It was found that protease of A. ochraceus can be used to determine protein C in plasma with its reduced content similar to ProtacÒ. Comparison of the activator protein C activity of A. ochraceus protease and the commercial analogue showed some excess of the activator activity of the fungal preparation, which may make it a promising substitute for the snake activator in diagnostical kits for determining the protein C content in clinical laboratories.

[Morphological and Physiological Properties of the Micromycete Arthrobotrys longa, a Producer of Longolytin, a Proteolytic Complex with a Thrombolytic Effect].

Production of proteinases with plasmin-like and plasminogen-activating activities by a micromycete Arthrobotrys longa 1 was studied. Polycyclic growth of the producer in submerged cultures was observed, with an endogenous rhythm of the periods of intense microconidia formation alternating with the phases of drastic increase in the content of producing mycelium. The highest plasminogen-like and plasminogen-activating activities (up to 1000 and 500 cond. U/mL, respectively) were found to correlate with the polycyclic growth of the producer, coinciding with the stage of microconidia germination. Enhanced secretion of proteinases with plasminogen-like and plasminogen-activating activity was found to be associated with increased specific growth rate of A. longa l.

[Screening of Producers of Proteinases with Fibrinolytic and Collagenolytic Activities among Micromycetes].

Screening for producers of proteinases with fibrinolytic (plasmin-like and plasminogen-activating) and collagenolytic activities-was carried out among 83 strains of microscopic fungi belonging to various ecological groups. Entomopathogenic micromycetes secreted proteinases with higher fibrinolytic and collagenolytic activity than saprotrophic, potentially phytopathogenic, and epiphytic strains. Micromycete strains possessing proteolytic enzymes with collagenase activity were revealed, as well as the strains producing proteinases with plasmin-like activity. None of the strains studied secreted proteinases possessing only plasminogen-activating activity. Tolypocladium inflatum k1 was found to be a producer of extracellular proteinases with high plasminogen-activating, plasmin-like, and collagenolytic activities. The specific plasminogen-activating activity of T. inflatum k1 was shown to be 20% higher than its plasmin-like activity.

[Identification of Target Extracellular Proteases--Activators of Proteins of Haemostasis System Produced by Micromycetes Aspergillus ochraceus and Aspergillus terreus].

Effects of extracellular proteases of Aspergillus ochraceus and Aspergillus terreus on plasma hemostasis proteins, consist of initiating the activation of prothrombin complex proteins, was detected. Was discovered, that A. ochraceus proteases have a direct influence on protein C and coagulation factor X, and A. terreus proteases causes their activation indirectly through kallikrein system stimulation. The ability of extracellular proteases of micromycetes activate prekallikrein in human blood plasma on the example of A. terreus was first demonstrated.