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Qin Y, Xu Y, Yi H, Shi L, Wang X, Wang W, Li F. Unique structural characteristics and biological activities of heparan sulfate isolated from the mantle of the scallop Chlamys farreri. Carbohydr Polym 2024; 324:121431. [PMID: 37985034 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.121431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 09/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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Marine animals are a huge resource of various glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) with specific structures and functions. A large number of byproducts, such as low-edible mantle, are produced during the processing of Chlamys farreri, which is one of the most cultured scallops in China. In this study, a major GAG component was isolated from the mantle of C. farreri, and its structural characteristics and biological activities were determined in detail. Preliminary analysis by agarose electrophoresis combined with specific enzymatic degradation evaluations showed that this component was heparan sulfate and was named CMHS. Further analysis by HPLC and NMR revealed that CMHS has an average molecular weight of 35.9 kDa and contains a high proportion (80%) of 6-O-sulfated N-acetyl-D-glucosamine/N-sulfated-D-glucosamine (6-O-sulfated GlcNAc/GlcNS) residues and rare 3-O-sulfated β-D-glucuronic acid residues. Bioactivity analysis showed that CMHS has much lower anticoagulant activity than heparin and it can interact with various growth factors with high affinity. Moreover, CMHS binds strongly to the morphogen Wnt 3a to inhibit glypican-3-stimulated Wnt 3a signaling. Thus, the identification of CMHS with unique structural and bioactive features will provide a promising candidate for the development of GAG-type pharmaceutical products and promote the high-value utilization of C. farreri mantle.
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- Yong Qin
- National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology and State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 72 Binhai Rd, Qingdao 266237, People's Republic of China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology and State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 72 Binhai Rd, Qingdao 266237, People's Republic of China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology and State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 72 Binhai Rd, Qingdao 266237, People's Republic of China
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- CSPC Megalith Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Shijiazhuang 050000, People's Republic of China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology and State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 72 Binhai Rd, Qingdao 266237, People's Republic of China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology and State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 72 Binhai Rd, Qingdao 266237, People's Republic of China.
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology and State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 72 Binhai Rd, Qingdao 266237, People's Republic of China.
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Onishi S, Shionoya K, Sato K, Mubuchi A, Maruyama S, Nakajima T, Komeno M, Miyata S, Yoshizawa K, Wada T, Linhardt RJ, Toida T, Higashi K. Fucosylated heparan sulfate from the midgut gland of Patinopecten yessoensis. Carbohydr Polym 2023; 313:120847. [PMID: 37182947 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.120847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 03/28/2023]
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The structural and functional relationships of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) derived from marine organisms have been investigated, suggesting that marine invertebrates, particularly Bivalvia, are abundant sources of highly sulfated or branched GAGs. In this study, we identified a novel fucosylated heparan sulfate (Fuc-HS) from the midgut gland of the Japanese scallop, Patinopecten yessoensis. Scallop HS showed resistance to GAG-degrading enzymes, including chondroitinases and heparinases, and susceptibility to heparinases increased when scallop HS was treated with mild acid hydrolysis, which removes the fucosyl group. Moreover, 1H NMR detected significant signals near 1.2-1.3 ppm corresponding to the H-6 methyl proton of fucose residues and small H-3 (3.59 ppm) or H-2 (3.39 ppm) signals of glucuronate (GlcA) were detected, suggesting that the fucose moiety is attached to the C-3 position of GlcA in scallop HS. GC-MS detected peaks corresponding to 1, 3, 5-tri-O-acetyl-2, 4-di-O-methyl-L-fucitol and 1, 4, 5-tri-O-acetyl-2, 3-di-O-methyl-L-fucitol, suggesting that the fucose moiety is 3-O- or 4-O-sulfated. Furthermore, scallop HS showed anti-coagulant and neurite outgrowth-promoting (NOP) activities. These results suggest that the midgut gland of scallops is a valuable source of Fuc-HS with biological activities.
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Meneghetti MCZ, Gesteira Ferreira T, Tashima AK, Chavante SF, Yates EA, Liu J, Nader HB, Lima MA. Insights into the role of 3-O-sulfotransferase in heparan sulfate biosynthesis. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 15:6792-6799. [PMID: 28770943 DOI: 10.1039/c7ob01533j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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3-O-Sulfotransferase enzyme (sHS) from Litopenaeus vannamei was cloned and its substrate specificity was investigated against a number of GAG structures, including modified heparin polysaccharides and model oligosaccharides. For the heparin polysaccharides, derived from porcine intestinal mucosa heparin, sulfate groups were incorporated into glucosamine residues containing both N-sulfated and N-acetylated substitution within the regions of the predominant repeating disaccharide, either I-ANS or I-ANAc. However, the resulting polysaccharides did not stabilize antithrombin, which is correlated with anticoagulant activity. It was also shown that the enzyme was able to sulfate disaccharides, I2S-ANS and G-ANAc. The results further illustrate that 3-O-sulfation can be induced outside of the classical heparin-binding pentasaccharide sequence, show that 3-O-sulfation of glucosamine is not a sufficient condition for antithrombin stabilization and suggest that the use of this enzyme during HS biosynthesis may not occur as the final enzymatic step.
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Wang LC, Di LQ, Li JS, Hu LH, Cheng JM, Wu H. Elaboration in type, primary structure, and bioactivity of polysaccharides derived from mollusks. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2017; 59:1091-1114. [DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2017.1392289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Ling Chong Wang
- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, P.R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Research and Development in Marine Bio-resource Pharmaceutics, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing, P.R. China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, P.R. China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, P.R. China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, P.R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Functional Substance of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, P.R. China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, P.R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Research and Development in Marine Bio-resource Pharmaceutics, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing, P.R. China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, P.R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Research and Development in Marine Bio-resource Pharmaceutics, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing, P.R. China
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Valcarcel J, Novoa-Carballal R, Pérez-Martín RI, Reis RL, Vázquez JA. Glycosaminoglycans from marine sources as therapeutic agents. Biotechnol Adv 2017; 35:711-725. [PMID: 28739506 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2017.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2017] [Revised: 07/14/2017] [Accepted: 07/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) in marine animals are different to those of terrestrial organisms, mainly in terms of molecular weight and sulfation. The therapeutic properties of GAGs are related to their ability to interact with proteins, which is very much influenced by sulfation position and patterns. Since currently GAGs cannot be chemically synthesized, they are sourced from natural products, with high intra- but also inter-species variability, in terms of chain length, disaccharide composition and sulfation pattern. Consequently, sulfated GAGs are the most interesting molecules in the marine environment and constitute the focus of the present review. In particular, chondroitin sulfate (CS) appears as the most promising compound. CS-E chains [GlcA-GalNAc(4S,6S)] extracted from squid possess antiviral and anti-metastatic activities and seem to impart signalling properties and improve the mechanical performance of cartilage engineering constructs; Squid CS-E and octopus CS-K [GlcA(3S)-GalNAc(4S)], dermatan sulfate (DS) from sea squirts [-iK units, IdoA(3S)-GalNAc(4S)] and sea urchins [-iE units, IdoA-GalNAc(4S,6S)] and hybrids CS/DS from sharks (-B/iB [GlcA/IdoA(2S)-GalNAc(4S)], -D/iD [GlcA/IdoA(2S)-GalNAc(6S)] and -E/iE units [GlcA/IdoA-GalNAc(4S,6S)]) promote neurite outgrowth and could be valuable materials for nerve regeneration. Also displaying antiviral and anti-metastatic properties, a rare CS with fucosylated branches isolated from sea cucumbers is an anticoagulant and anti-inflammatory agent. In this same line, marine heparin extracted from shrimp and sea squirt has proven anti-inflammatory properties, with the added advantage of decreased risk of bleeding because of its low anticoagulant activity.
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- Jesus Valcarcel
- Group of Recycling and Valorisation of Waste Materials (REVAL), Marine Research Institute (IIM-CSIC), R/Eduardo Cabello, 6, CP 36208, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain; Group of Food Biochemistry, Marine Research Institute (IIM-CSIC), R/Eduardo Cabello, 6, CP 36208, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain.
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- 3B's Research Group - Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Ave Park, 4805-017, Barco, Guimarães, Portugal; ICVS/3B's - PT, Government Associate Laboratory, Braga, Guimarães, Portugal
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- Group of Food Biochemistry, Marine Research Institute (IIM-CSIC), R/Eduardo Cabello, 6, CP 36208, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain
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- 3B's Research Group - Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Ave Park, 4805-017, Barco, Guimarães, Portugal; ICVS/3B's - PT, Government Associate Laboratory, Braga, Guimarães, Portugal
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- Group of Recycling and Valorisation of Waste Materials (REVAL), Marine Research Institute (IIM-CSIC), R/Eduardo Cabello, 6, CP 36208, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain.
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Vidhyanandhini R, Saravanan R, Vairamani S, Shanmugam A. THE ANTICOAGULANT ACTIVITY AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF FRACTIONATED AND PURIFIED GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS FROM VENERID CLAM MERETRIX CASTA (CHEMNITZ). J LIQ CHROMATOGR R T 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/10826076.2013.765448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- R. Vidhyanandhini
- a Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences , Annamalai University , Parangipettai , Tamil Nadu , India
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- a Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences , Annamalai University , Parangipettai , Tamil Nadu , India
- b Department of Pharmacology , Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute , Kelambakkam , Tamil Nadu , India
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- a Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences , Annamalai University , Parangipettai , Tamil Nadu , India
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- a Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences , Annamalai University , Parangipettai , Tamil Nadu , India
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Heparan sulfate was isolated from two bivalve mollusks such as Tridacna maxima and Perna viridis. The isolated heparin was quantified in crude as well as purified samples and they were estimated as 2.72 and 2.2g/kg (crude) and 260 and 248 mg/g (purified) in T. maxima and P. viridis, respectively. Both the bivalves showed the anticoagulant activity of the crude and purified sample as 20,128 USP units/kg and 7.4 USP units/mg, 39,000 USP units/kg and 75 USP units/mg, 9460 USP units/kg and 4.3 USP units/mg, and 13,392 USP units/kg and 54 USP units/mg correspondingly in T. maxima and P. viridis. The antiproliferative activity that was studied with pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells using RPMI media reported that the result is in a dose-dependent manner. Among the two clams, P. viridis showed more antiproliferative activity than that of T. maxima.
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- Muthuvel Arumugam
- Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu, India
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A non-hemorrhagic hybrid heparin/heparan sulfate with anticoagulant potential. Carbohydr Polym 2014; 99:372-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2013.08.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2013] [Revised: 08/20/2013] [Accepted: 08/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Karthikeyan V, Gopalakrishnan A, Vijayakumar R, Bharathirajan P. Anticoagulant activity of marine bivalve Donax incarnates Lin, 1758 Collected from Thazhanguda, Southeast coast of India. Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s2221-1691(12)60497-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Gesteira TF, Coulson-Thomas VJ, Ogata FT, Farias EHC, Cavalheiro RP, de Lima MA, Cunha GLA, Nakayasu ES, Almeida IC, Toma L, Nader HB. A novel approach for the characterisation of proteoglycans and biosynthetic enzymes in a snail model. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2011; 1814:1862-9. [PMID: 21854878 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2011.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2011] [Revised: 07/13/2011] [Accepted: 07/29/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Proteoglycans encompass a heterogeneous group of glycoconjugates where proteins are substituted with linear, highly negatively charged glycosaminoglycan chains. Sulphated glycosaminoglycans are ubiquitous to the animal kingdom of the Eukarya domain. Information on the distribution and characterisation of proteoglycans in invertebrate tissues is limited and restricted to a few species. By the use of multidimensional protein identification technology and immunohistochemistry, this study shows for the first time the presence and tissue localisation of different proteoglycans, such as perlecan, aggrecan, and heparan sulphate proteoglycan, amongst others, in organs of the gastropoda Achatina fulica. Through a proteomic analysis of Golgi proteins and immunohistochemistry of tissue sections, we detected the machinery involved in glycosaminoglycan biosynthesis, related to polymer formation (polymerases), as well as secondary modifications (sulphation and uronic acid epimerization). Therefore, this work not only identifies both the proteoglycan core proteins and glycosaminoglycan biosynthetic enzymes in invertebrates but also provides a novel method for the study of glycosaminoglycan and proteoglycan evolution.
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- Tarsis F Gesteira
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Is isolation and characterization of heparan sulfate from marine scallop Amussium pleuronectus (Linne.) an alternative source of heparin? Carbohydr Polym 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2011.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Yamada S, Sugahara K, Ozbek S. Evolution of glycosaminoglycans: Comparative biochemical study. Commun Integr Biol 2011; 4:150-8. [PMID: 21655428 DOI: 10.4161/cib.4.2.14547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2010] [Accepted: 12/20/2010] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Glycosaminoglycans, a major component of the extracellular matrix molecules in animal tissues, play important roles in various physiological events. Glycosaminoglycans are found in not only vertebrates but also many invertebrates, implying a conserved function in the animal kingdom. Here, we discuss the analysis of glycosaminoglycans in 11 invertebrate phyla focusing on structure as well as physiological functions elucidated in model organisms. Various sulfated structures of heparan sulfate are widely distributed from very primitive organisms to humans, indicating an involvement in fundamental biological processes. By contrast, chondroitin/dermatan sulfate from lower organisms is limited in its structural complexity and often associated with a particular function. The presence of hyaluronic acid outside of vertebrates has been reported only in a mollusk.
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- Shuhei Yamada
- Laboratory of Proteoglycan Signaling and Therapeutics; Faculty of Advanced Life Science; Graduate School of Life Science; Hokkaido University; Sapporo, Japan
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Gomes AM, Kozlowski EO, Pomin VH, de Barros CM, Zaganeli JL, Pavão MSG. Unique extracellular matrix heparan sulfate from the bivalve Nodipecten nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758) safely inhibits arterial thrombosis after photochemically induced endothelial lesion. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:7312-23. [PMID: 20053999 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.091546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Heparin-like glycans with diverse disaccharide composition and high anticoagulant activity have been described in several families of marine mollusks. The present work focused on the structural characterization of a new heparan sulfate (HS)-like polymer isolated from the mollusk Nodipecten nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758) and on its anticoagulant and antithrombotic properties. Total glycans were extracted from the mollusk and fractionated by ethanol precipitation. The main component (>90%) was identified as HS-like glycosaminoglycan, representing approximately 4.6 mg g(-1) of dry tissue. The mollusk HS resists degradation with heparinase I but is cleaved by nitrous acid. Analysis of the mollusk glycan by one-dimensional (1)H, two-dimensional correlated spectroscopy, and heteronuclear single quantum coherence nuclear magnetic resonance revealed characteristic signals of glucuronic acid and glucosamine residues. Signals corresponding to anomeric protons of nonsulfated, 3- or 2-sulfated glucuronic acid as well as N-sulfated and/or 6-sulfated glucosamine were also observed. The mollusk HS has an anticoagulant activity of 36 IU mg(-1), 5-fold lower than porcine heparin (180 IU mg(-1)), as measured by the activated partial thromboplastin time assay. It also inhibits factor Xa (IC(50) = 0.835 microg ml(-1)) and thrombin (IC(50) = 9.3 microg ml(-1)) in the presence of antithrombin. In vivo assays demonstrated that at the dose of 1 mg kg(-1), the mollusk HS inhibited thrombus growth in photochemically injured arteries. No bleeding effect, factor XIIa-mediated kallikrein activity, or toxic effect on fibroblast cells was induced by the invertebrate HS at the antithrombotic dose.
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- Angélica M Gomes
- Laboratório de Tecido Conjuntivo, Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Programa de Glicobiologia and Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro CEP 21941-590, Brasil
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Isolation and Characterization of Low Molecular Weight Glycosaminoglycans from Marine Mollusc Amussium pleuronectus (Linne) using Chromatography. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2009; 160:791-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-008-8498-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2008] [Accepted: 12/15/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Brito AS, Arimatéia DS, Souza LR, Lima MA, Santos VO, Medeiros VP, Ferreira PA, Silva RA, Ferreira CV, Justo GZ, Leite EL, Andrade GPV, Oliveira FW, Nader HB, Chavante SF. Anti-inflammatory properties of a heparin-like glycosaminoglycan with reduced anti-coagulant activity isolated from a marine shrimp. Bioorg Med Chem 2008; 16:9588-95. [PMID: 18835720 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2008.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2008] [Revised: 09/06/2008] [Accepted: 09/09/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The anti-inflammatory properties of a heparin-like compound from the shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei are related. Besides reducing significantly (p<0.001) the influx of inflammatory cells to injury site in a model of acute inflammation, shrimp heparin-like compound was able to reduce the matrix metalloproteinase (MMPs) activity in the peritoneal lavage of inflamed animals. Moreover, this compound also reduced almost 90% the activity of MMP-9 secreted by human activated leukocytes. Negligible anti-coagulant activities in aPPT assay and a poor bleeding potential make this compound a better alternative than mammalian heparin as a possible anti-inflammatory drug.
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- Adriana S Brito
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, UFRN, Campus Universitario, Natal, RN, Brazil
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Santos JC, Mesquita JMF, Belmiro CLR, da Silveira CBM, Viskov C, Mourier PA, Pavão MSG. Isolation and characterization of a heparin with low antithrombin activity from the body of Styela plicata (Chordata-Tunicata). Distinct effects on venous and arterial models of thrombosis. Thromb Res 2007; 121:213-23. [PMID: 17482241 PMCID: PMC2211419 DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2007.03.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2006] [Revised: 12/22/2006] [Accepted: 03/30/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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INTRODUCTION A heparin preparation with low antithrombin activity and different disaccharide composition than mammalian heparin was isolated from the body of the ascidian Styela plicata (Chordata-Tunicata). The disaccharide composition and the effect of the invertebrate glycan on venous and arterial models of thrombosis was investigated. METHODS AND RESULTS High performance liquid chromatography of the products formed by a mixture of heparin lyases showed that the ascidian heparin is composed mainly by delta UA(2SO4)-1-->4-beta-d-GlcN(SO4) (47.5%), delta UA(2SO4)-1-->4-beta-d-GlcN(SO4)(6SO4) (38.3%) disaccharides and smaller amounts of the disaccharides delta UA(2SO4)-1-->4-beta-d-GlcN(SO4)(3SO4)(6SO4) (2.8%) and delta UA(2SO4)-1-->4-beta-d-GlcN(SO4)(3SO4) (8.0%). The invertebrate heparin has an aPTT activity of 18 IU/mg and an antithrombin-mediated antithrombin and anti-factor Xa activities 10-fold lower than that of mammalian heparin. In a venous model of thrombosis in the vena cava, S. plicata heparin inhibits only 80% of thrombosis at a dose 10-fold higher than that of the mammalian heparin that inhibits 100% of thrombosis. However, in an arterio-shunt model of arterial thrombosis, both S. plicata and mammalian heparin possess equivalent antithrombotic activities. It is also shown that at equivalent doses, ascidian heparin has a lower bleeding effect than mammalian heparin. CONCLUSION The antithrombin-mediated anticoagulant activity of heparin polymers is not directly related to antithrombotic potency in the arterio-venous shunt. The results of the present work suggest that heparin preparations obtained from the body of S. plicata may have a safer therapeutic action in the treatment of arterial thrombosis than mammalian heparin.
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- Joana C Santos
- Laboratório de Tecido Conjuntivo, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, CEP 21941-590, Brazil
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de Barros CM, Andrade LR, Allodi S, Viskov C, Mourier PA, Cavalcante MCM, Straus AH, Takahashi HK, Pomin VH, Carvalho VF, Martins MA, Pavão MSG. The Hemolymph of the Ascidian Styela plicata (Chordata-Tunicata) Contains Heparin inside Basophil-like Cells and a Unique Sulfated Galactoglucan in the Plasma. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:1615-26. [PMID: 17114184 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m604056200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The hemolymph of ascidians (Chordata-Tunicata) contains different types of hemocytes embedded in a liquid plasma. In the present study, heparin and a sulfated heteropolysaccharide were purified from the hemolymph of the ascidian Styela plicata. The heteropolysaccharide occurs free in the plasma, is composed of glucose ( approximately 60%) and galactose ( approximately 40%), and is highly sulfated. Heparin, on the other hand, occurs in the hemocytes, and high performance liquid chromatography of the products formed by degradation with specific lyases revealed that it is composed mainly by the disaccharides DeltaUA(2SO(4))-1-->4-beta-d-GlcN(SO(4)) (39.7%) and DeltaUA(2SO(4))-1-->4-beta-d-GlcN(SO(4))(6SO(4)) (38.2%). Small amounts of the 3-O-sulfated disaccharides DeltaUA(2SO(4))-1-->4-beta-d-GlcN(SO(4))(3SO(4)) (9.8%) and DeltaUA(2SO(4))-1-->4-beta-d-GlcN(SO(4))(3SO(4))(6SO(4)) (3.8%) were also detected. These 3-O-sulfated disaccharides were demonstrated to be essential for the binding of the hemocyte heparin to antithrombin III. Electron microscopy techniques were used to characterize the ultrastructure of the hemocytes and to localize heparin and histamine in these cells. At least five cell types were recognized and classified as univacuolated and multivacuolated cells, amebocytes, hemoblasts, and granulocytes. Immunocytochemistry showed that heparin and histamine co-localize in intracellular granules of only one type of hemocyte, the granulocyte. These results show for the first time that in ascidians, a sulfated galactoglucan circulates free in the plasma, and heparin occurs as an intracellular product of a circulating basophil-like cell.
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- Cintia M de Barros
- Laboratório de Tecido Conjuntivo, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho and Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universitária, RJ, Brasil
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Sulfated polysaccharides are capable of binding with proteins at several levels of specificity. As highly acidic macromolecules, they can bind non-specifically to any basic patch on a protein surface at low ionic strength, and such interactions are not likely to be physiologically significant. On the other hand, several systems have been identified in which very specific substructures of sulfated polysaccharides confer high affinity for particular proteins; the best-known example of this is the pentasaccharide in heparin with high affinity for antithrombin, but other examples may be taken from the study of marine invertebrates: the importance of the fine structure of dermatan sulfate (DS) to its interaction with heparin cofactor II (HCII), and the involvement of sea urchin egg-jelly fucans in species specific fertilization. A third, intermediate, kind of specific interaction is described for the cell-surface glycosaminoglycan heparan sulfate (HS), in which patterns of sulfate substitution can show differential affinities for cytokines, growth factors, and morphogens at cell surfaces and in the intracellular matrix. This complex interplay of proteins and glycans is capable of influencing the diffusion of such proteins through tissue, as well as modulating cellular responses to them.
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- Barbara Mulloy
- Laboratory for Molecular Structure, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, South Mimms, Potter's Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 3QG, UK.
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Santos EA, Rocha LRM, Pereira NML, Andrade GPV, Nader HB, Dietrich CP. Mast cells are present in epithelial layers of different tissues of the mollusc Anomalocardia brasiliana. In situ characterization of heparin and a correlation of heparin and histamine concentration. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 34:553-8. [PMID: 14626345 DOI: 10.1023/a:1026020930902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Heparin, other sulphated glycosaminoglycans and histamine were extracted from various dissected organs of Anomalocardia brasiliana, a mollusc from the South Atlantic, and quantified. A good correlation between heparin and histamine content was found in the labial palp, intestine, ctenidium, mantle and foot tissues. The tissue location of metachromatic cells, putatively containing heparin, was identified histologically with Alcian Blue, Toluidine Blue, Masson trichrome, Haematoxylin-Eosin and PAS. Except for the foot, cells containing metachromatic granules were found in the epithelium surfaces of all the organs analysed. An in situ identification of heparin using nitrous acid and heparinase degradation has established unequivocally the presence of this compound in the metachromatic cells. The location of 'mast-like' cells at the epithelium surface of mollusc tissues exposed to the environment are very similar to the distribution of mammalian and other vertebrate mast cells and gives support to the suggestion for a role of mast cells in defense mechanisms.
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- Elizeu A Santos
- Departamento de Bioquimica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil
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Demir M, Iqbal O, Dietrich CP, Hoppensteadt DA, Ahmad S, Daud AN, Fareed J. Anticoagulant and antiprotease effects of a novel heparinlike compound from shrimp (Penaeus brasiliensis) and its neutralization by heparinase I. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost 2001; 7:44-52. [PMID: 11190904 DOI: 10.1177/107602960100700110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Heparin is usually obtained from mammalian organs, such as beef lung, beef mucosa, porcine mucosa, and sheep intestinal mucosa. Because of the increased use of heparin in the production of low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH), there is a growing shortage of the raw material needed to produce LMWHs. A previous report described the structural features of a novel LMWH from the shrimp (Penaeus brasiliensis). In order to compare anticoagulant and antiprotease effects of this heparin, global anticoagulant tests, such as the prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, thrombin time, and Heptest, were used. Amidolytic anti-Xa and anti-IIa activities were also measured. The relative susceptibility of this heparin to flavobacterial heparinase was also evaluated. The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) potency of shrimp heparin (SH) was found to be 28 U/mg. SH produced a concentration-dependent prolongation of all of the clotting tests and exhibited marked inhibition of FXa and FIIa. Heparinase treatment resulted in a marked decrease of the anticoagulant effects and neutralized the in vitro anti-IIa actions. However, the anti-Xa activities were only partially neutralized. Protamine sulfate was only partially effective in neutralizing the anticoagulant and antithrombin effects of SH. SH also produced marked prolongation of activated clotting time, which was neutralized by heparinase but not by protamine sulfate. These results suggest that SH is a strong anticoagulant with comparable properties to mammalian heparins and can be used in the development of clinically useful antithrombotic-anticoagulant drugs.
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- M Demir
- Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA
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Chavante SF, Santos EA, Oliveira FW, Guerrini M, Torri G, Casu B, Dietrich CP, Nader HB. A novel heparan sulphate with high degree of N-sulphation and high heparin cofactor-II activity from the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana. Int J Biol Macromol 2000; 27:49-57. [PMID: 10704986 DOI: 10.1016/s0141-8130(99)00114-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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With the aid of heparinase and heparitinases from Flavobacterium heparinum and 13C and IH NMR spectroscopy it was shown that the heparan sulphate isolated from the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana exhibits structural features intermediate between those of mammalian heparins and heparan sulphates. These include an unusually high degree of N-sulphation (with corresponding very low degree of N-acetylation), a relatively high content of iduronic acid residues (both unsulphated and 2-O-sulphated) and a relatively low degree of 6-O-sulphation of the glucosamine residues. The major sequences (glucuronic acid-->N-sulphated glucosamine and glucuronic acid-->N, 6-disulphated glucosamine) are most probably arranged in blocks. Although exhibiting negligible anticlotting activity in the APTT and anti-factor Xa assays the A. franciscana heparan sulphate has a high heparin cofactor-II activity (about 1/3 that of heparin).
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- S F Chavante
- Departamento de Bioquimica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
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Dietrich CP, Paiva JF, Castro RA, Chavante SF, Jeske W, Fareed J, Gorin PA, Mendes A, Nader HB. Structural features and anticoagulant activities of a novel natural low molecular weight heparin from the shrimp Penaeus brasiliensis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1999; 1428:273-83. [PMID: 10434045 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4165(99)00087-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A natural low molecular weight heparin (8.5 kDa), with an anticoagulant activity of 95 IU/mg by the USP assay, was isolated from the shrimp Penaeus brasiliensis. The crustacean heparin was susceptible to both heparinase and heparitinase II from Flavobacterium heparinum forming tri- and di-sulfated disaccharides as the mammalian heparins. (13)C and (1)H NMR spectroscopy revealed that the shrimp heparin was enriched in both glucuronic and non-sulfated iduronic acid residues. The in vitro anticlotting activities in different steps of the coagulation cascade have shown that its anticoagulant action is mainly exerted through the inhibition of factor Xa and heparin cofactor II-mediated inhibition of thrombin. The shrimp heparin has also a potent in vivo antithrombotic activity comparable to the mammalian low molecular weight heparins.
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- C P Dietrich
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Escola Paulista de Medicine, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua 3 de Maio 100, 4degrees andar, CEP 04044-020, São Paulo, S.P., Brazil.
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Nader HB, Kobayashi EY, Chavante SF, Tersariol IL, Castro RA, Shinjo SK, Naggi A, Torri G, Casu B, Dietrich CP. New insights on the specificity of heparin and heparan sulfate lyases from Flavobacterium heparinum revealed by the use of synthetic derivatives of K5 polysaccharide from E. coli and 2-O-desulfated heparin. Glycoconj J 1999; 16:265-70. [PMID: 10579695 DOI: 10.1023/a:1007057826179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The capsular polysaccharide from E. Coli, strain K5 composed of ...-->4)beta-D-GlcA(1-->4)alpha-D-GlcNAc(1-->4)beta-D-GlcA (1-->..., chemically modified K5 polysaccharides, bearing sulfates at C-2 and C-6 of the hexosamine moiety and at the C-2 of the glucuronic acid residues as well as 2-O desulfated heparin were used as substrates to study the specificity of heparitinases I and II and heparinase from Flavobacterium heparinum. The natural K5 polysaccharide was susceptible only to heparitinase I forming deltaU-GlcNAc. N-deacetylated, N-sulfated K5 became susceptible to both heparitinases I and II producing deltaU-GlcNS. The K5 polysaccharides containing sulfate at the C-2 and C-6 positions of the hexosamine moiety and C-2 position of the glucuronic acid residues were susceptible only to heparitinase II producing deltaU-GlcNS,6S and deltaU,2S-GlcNS,6S respectively. These combined results led to the conclusion that the sulfate at C-6 position of the glucosamine is impeditive for the action of heparitinase I and that heparitinase II requires at least a C-2 or a C-6 sulfate in the glucosamine residues of the substrate for its activity. Iduronic acid-2-O-desulfated heparin was susceptible only to heparitinase II producing deltaU-GlcNS,6S. All the modified K5 polysaccharides as well as the desulfated heparin were not substrates for heparinase. This led to the conclusion that heparitinase II acts upon linkages containing non-sulfated iduronic acid residues and that heparinase requires C-2 sulfated iduronic acid residues for its activity.
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- H B Nader
- Departamento de Bioquimica, Escoloa Paulista de Medicina, UNIFESP, São Paulo, S.P., Brazil.
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Nader HB, Chavante SF, dos-Santos EA, Oliveira TW, de-Paiva JF, Jerônimo SM, Medeiros GF, de-Abreu LR, Leite EL, de-Sousa-Filho JF, Castro RA, Toma L, Tersariol IL, Porcionatto MA, Dietrich CP. Heparan sulfates and heparins: similar compounds performing the same functions in vertebrates and invertebrates? Braz J Med Biol Res 1999; 32:529-38. [PMID: 10412563 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x1999000500005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The distribution and structure of heparan sulfate and heparin are briefly reviewed. Heparan sulfate is a ubiquitous compound of animal cells whose structure has been maintained throughout evolution, showing an enormous variability regarding the relative amounts of its disaccharide units. Heparin, on the other hand, is present only in a few tissues and species of the animal kingdom and in the form of granules inside organelles in the cytoplasm of special cells. Thus, the distribution as well as the main structural features of the molecule, including its main disaccharide unit, have been maintained through evolution. These and other studies led to the proposal that heparan sulfate may be involved in the cell-cell recognition phenomena and control of cell growth, whereas heparin may be involved in defense mechanisms against bacteria and other foreign materials. All indications obtained thus far suggest that these molecules perform the same functions in vertebrates and invertebrates.
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- H B Nader
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brasil
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Paiva JF, Santos EA, Jeske W, Fareed J, Nader HB, Dietrich CP. A comparative study on the mechanism of the anticoagulant action of mollusc and mammalian heparins. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. PART A, PHYSIOLOGY 1995; 111:495-9. [PMID: 7614042 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(94)00021-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The anticlotting activities on some steps of the coagulation cascade of mollusc and mammalian heparins were studied. AT III-high affinity heparin is a more potent inhibitor than unfractionated heparin and mollusc heparin in the intrinsic and extrinsic pathways of thrombin and factor Xa generation. Mollusan heparin has about the same activity as the AT III high affinity-heparin on the inhibition of factor Xa and thrombin in the presence of antithrombin III and four times more inhibitory activity than unfractionated heparin on the heparin cofactor II mediated inhibition of thrombin.
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- J F Paiva
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, R.N., Brazil
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