Issue 5, 2013

Antithrombin stabilisation by sulfated carbohydrates correlates with anticoagulant activity

Abstract

Thermal stabilisation of native antithrombin-III (AT), determined using differential scanning fluorimetry, correlated with the anticoagulant activity of heparin and heparin-related saccharides. Similar conformational changes were induced in native AT by a variety of active and inactive heparin-related sulfated carbohydrates, measured in solution using synchrotron radiation circular dichroism, and their anticoagulant activities. Measurement of native AT stabilisation provides a convenient assay for prospective anticoagulants and represents an additional parameter by which to compare biosimilar heparins.

Graphical abstract: Antithrombin stabilisation by sulfated carbohydrates correlates with anticoagulant activity

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Article information

Article type
Concise Article
Submitted
12 Feb 2013
Accepted
03 Apr 2013
First published
04 Apr 2013

Med. Chem. Commun., 2013,4, 870-873

Antithrombin stabilisation by sulfated carbohydrates correlates with anticoagulant activity

M. A. Lima, A. J. Hughes, N. Veraldi, T. R. Rudd, R. Hussain, A. S. Brito, S. F. Chavante, I. I. Tersariol, G. Siligardi, H. B. Nader and E. A. Yates, Med. Chem. Commun., 2013, 4, 870 DOI: 10.1039/C3MD00048F

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