Title : Amiloride selectively inhibits the urokinase-type plasminogen activator.

Pub. Date : 1987 Apr 6

PMID : 3106085






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1 The diuretic drug amiloride, an inhibitor of Na+ uptake, competitively inhibits the catalytic activity of the urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA), with a Ki of 7 X 10(-6) M. Generation of plasmin, cleavage of peptide substrates, and interaction of u-PA with a specific macromolecular proteinase inhibitor are all prevented in the presence of the drug. Amiloride plasminogen Homo sapiens