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Physiology

The main role of factor VII (FVII) is to initiate the process of coagulation in conjunction with tissue factor (TF/factor III). Tissue factor is found on the outside of blood vessels - normally not exposed to the bloodstream. Upon vessel injury, tissue factor is exposed to the blood and circulating factor VII. Once bound to TF, FVII is activated to FVIIa by different proteases, among which are thrombin (factor IIa), factor Xa, IXa, XIIa, and the FVIIa-TF complex itself. The complex of factor VIIa with TF catalyzes the conversion of factor IX and factor X into the active proteases, factor IXa and factor Xa, respectively.²

The action of the factor is impeded by tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI), which is released almost immediately after initiation of coagulation. Factor VII, which was discovered around 1950, is vitamin K-dependent and produced in the liver. Use of warfarin or similar anticoagulants decreases hepatic synthesis of FVII.

A coagulation enzyme cascade may begin with a few molecules of factor XII and culminate in the activation of millions of times more fibrin molecules.³

Structure

See also: Factor_IX § Domain_architecture

Factor VII shares a common domain architecture with factors IX and X.

Genetics

The gene for factor VII is located on chromosome 13 (13q34).

Role in disease

Main article: Factor VII deficiency

Factor VII deficiency (congenital proconvertin deficiency) is rare and inherited recessively. It presents as a hemophilia-like bleeding disorder. It is treated with recombinant factor VIIa (NovoSeven or AryoSeven). Gene therapy approaches for treating FVII deficiency are very promising (⁴)

Medical uses

Recombinant factor VIIa, marketed under the trade names AryoSeven and NovoSeven, is used for people with hemophilia (with Factor VIII or IX deficiency) who have developed antibodies against replacement coagulation factor.

It has also been used in the setting of uncontrollable hemorrhage,⁵⁶ but its role in this setting is controversial with insufficient evidence to support its use outside of clinical trials.⁷ The first report of its use in hemorrhage was in an Israeli soldier with uncontrollable bleeding in 1999.⁸ Risks of its use include an increase in arterial thrombosis.⁹ However, animal studies have not shown complications as seen in humans, in fact same of the studies show a better prognosis. In the military settings it is used as an off label intervention in complications related to disseminated intravascular coagulation related haemorrhage caused by penetrating trauma.¹⁰

Recombinant human factor VII while initially looking promising in intracerebral hemorrhage failed to show benefit following further study and this is no longer recommended.¹¹¹²

Interactions

Factor VII has been shown to interact with tissue factor and endothelial protein C receptor.¹³¹⁴

Further reading

• Broze GJ, Majerus PW (February 1980). "Purification and properties of human coagulation factor VII". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 255 (4): 1242–1247. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(19)86020-9. PMID 7354023.
• Versteeg HH, Peppelenbosch MP, Spek CA (December 2001). "The pleiotropic effects of tissue factor: a possible role for factor VIIa-induced intracellular signalling?". Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 86 (6): 1353–1359. doi:10.1055/s-0037-1616734. PMID 11776298. S2CID 10976556.
• Golino P (May 2002). "The inhibitors of the tissue factor:factor VII pathway". Thrombosis Research. 106 (3): V257 – V265. doi:10.1016/S0049-3848(02)00079-8. PMID 12356487.

External links

• Official website
• The MEROPS online database for peptidases and their inhibitors: S01.215 Archived 2020-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
• CHES - Comprehensive Health Education Services LLC - Factor VII treatment and awareness [1]

References

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4. Marcos-Contreras OA, Smith SM, Bellinger DA, Raymer RA, Merricks E, Faella A, et al. (February 2016). "Sustained correction of FVII deficiency in dogs using AAV-mediated expression of zymogen FVII". Blood. 127 (5): 565–571. doi:10.1182/blood-2015-09-671420. PMC 4742547. PMID 26702064. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4742547 ↩

5. Roberts HR, Monroe DM, White GC (December 2004). "The use of recombinant factor VIIa in the treatment of bleeding disorders". Blood. 104 (13): 3858–3864. doi:10.1182/blood-2004-06-2223. PMID 15328151. https://doi.org/10.1182%2Fblood-2004-06-2223 ↩

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7. Simpson E, Lin Y, Stanworth S, Birchall J, Doree C, Hyde C (March 2012). "Recombinant factor VIIa for the prevention and treatment of bleeding in patients without haemophilia". The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 3 (3): CD005011. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD005011.pub4. hdl:10871/13808. PMID 22419303. /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩

8. Kenet G, Walden R, Eldad A, Martinowitz U (November 1999). "Treatment of traumatic bleeding with recombinant factor VIIa". Lancet. 354 (9193): 1879. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(99)05155-7. PMID 10584732. S2CID 23159895. /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩

9. Simpson E, Lin Y, Stanworth S, Birchall J, Doree C, Hyde C (March 2012). "Recombinant factor VIIa for the prevention and treatment of bleeding in patients without haemophilia". The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 3 (3): CD005011. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD005011.pub4. hdl:10871/13808. PMID 22419303. /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩

10. Hodgetts TJ, Kirkman E, Mahoney PF, Russell R, Thomas R, Midwinter M (December 2007). "UK defence medical services guidance for the use of recombinant factor VIIa (rFVIIa) in the deployed military setting". Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps. 153 (4): 307–309. doi:10.1136/jramc-153-04-18. PMID 18619169. S2CID 10776054. /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩

11. Mayer SA, Brun NC, Begtrup K, Broderick J, Davis S, Diringer MN, et al. (February 2005). "Recombinant activated factor VII for acute intracerebral hemorrhage". The New England Journal of Medicine. 352 (8): 777–785. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa042991. PMID 15728810. /wiki/Stephan_A._Mayer ↩

12. Mayer SA, Brun NC, Begtrup K, Broderick J, Davis S, Diringer MN, et al. (May 2008). "Efficacy and safety of recombinant activated factor VII for acute intracerebral hemorrhage". The New England Journal of Medicine. 358 (20): 2127–2137. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa0707534. hdl:10067/688040151162165141. PMID 18480205. /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩

13. Carlsson K, Freskgård PO, Persson E, Carlsson U, Svensson M (June 2003). "Probing the interface between factor Xa and tissue factor in the quaternary complex tissue factor-factor VIIa-factor Xa-tissue factor pathway inhibitor". European Journal of Biochemistry. 270 (12): 2576–2582. doi:10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03625.x. PMID 12787023. https://doi.org/10.1046%2Fj.1432-1033.2003.03625.x ↩

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