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Anticoagulant Activities of High and Low Molecular Weight Heparin Fractions
Author(s) -
Barrowcliffe Trevor W.,
Johnson Edward A.,
Eggleton C. Anne,
KemballCook Geoffry,
Thomas Duncan P.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
british journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.907
H-Index - 186
eISSN - 1365-2141
pISSN - 0007-1048
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1979.tb05894.x
Subject(s) - chemistry , heparin , antithrombin , protamine , in vitro , clotting time , chromatography , low molecular weight heparin , neutralization , biochemistry , coagulation , pharmacology , immunology , antibody , medicine
S ummary . The anticoagulant activities of high and low molecular weight heparin fractions were measured by three assay methods, both in vitro , and after intravenous injection in volunteers. The low molecular weight (LMW) fraction had similar anti‐Xa activity in vitro to the high molecular weight (HMW) fraction, but in APTT assays the HMW fraction was about twice as potent. After intravenous injection, the two fractions gave equal heparin levels by anti‐Xa assays, but in APTT assays the LMW fraction had only half the activity of the HMW fraction. Anti‐Xa assays using synthetic substrate S‐222 gave about 20% lower levels than anti‐Xa clotting assays for both heparins. Complete protamine neutralization of the post‐injection heparin activity was found in APTT and synthetic substrate assays, but about 20% of the clotting anti‐Xa effect could not be neutralized. Complete neutralization of the fractions by protamine was shown by all three in vitro . This non‐neutralizable activity probably accounts for the difference between the anti‐Xa clotting and synthetic substrate assays. Studies by crossed immunoclectrophoresis and affinity chromatography indicated that the antithrombin III binding properties of the two fractions were similar.