Summary
The infusion of thrombin and the proteolytic inhibitors EACA, AMCHA, PAMBA, Trasylol,
Soya and Lima bean trypsin inhibitor as well as ovomucoid, resulted in fibrin deposition
in the glomerulus of the rabbit. The distribution is similar in may respects to that
observed in the GSP. Renal cortical necrosis did not occur and the fibrin was apparently
lysed 24 hrs after infusion. At that time the inhibitors have disappeared from the
tissues. It is assumed that the inhibition of the fibrinolytic enzyme system due to
these substances, produces a potentiation of thrombin and, therefore, intravascular
coagulation. The animals were partly defibrinated without significant alteration in
circulating platelets. If several inhibitors were used together, the action was additive
and not synergistic was observed. The experiments indicate that the mechanism of fibrin
deposition in the rabbit is related to the fibrinolytic capacity of the organism in
addition to other factor and is not merely a function of RES blockade (32).