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Antithrombotic and Anticoagulant Activity of Depolymerized Fragment of the Glycosaminoglycan Extracted from Stichopus japonicus Selenka

1991; Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany); Volume: 65; Issue: 04 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1055/s-0038-1648154

2567-689X

Norihiko Suzuki, Kenji Kitazato, Junki Takamatsu, Hidehiko Saito,

Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds

The antithrombotic and anticoagulant activities of depolymerized fragment (DHG-1) of glycosaminoglycan extracted from Stichopus japonicus Selenka (FGAG) were compared with those of unfractionated heparin (UFH) or low molecular weight heparin (LMWH). DHG-1 at more than 0.3 mg/kg i.v. significantly prevented death of mice treated with thrombin (800 U/kg i.v.). Under the same conditions, FGAG, UFH and LMWH significantly prevented death of mice at more than 0.3, 0.3 and 0.6 mg/kg i.v., respectively. In normal plasma, the concentration required to double the activated partial thromboplastin time (doubling APTT) of DHG-1, FGAG, LMWH and UFH were 12.0, 2.4, 5.8, and 1.2 micrograms/ml, respectively. In antithrombin III (AT III)-depleted plasma, doubling APTT of DHG-1, FGAG, and UFH were 11.3, 2.1, and 18.5 micrograms/ml, respectively. Prothrombin activation in contact-activated plasma was inhibited completely for 60 s at doubling APTT by all glycosaminoglycans used in this study. DHG-1, however, showed much less antithrombin activity than UFH as tested by thrombin clotting time in plasma and chromogenic assay in the presence of AT III. Moreover, DHG-1 showed much less inhibitory activity on factor Xa, factor IXa, and glass surface-induced factor IXa generation than UFH. These results suggested that DHG-1 is one of the promising antithrombotic agents with quite different anticoagulant property from UFH or LMWH.