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THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS
Volume 103, Issue 5, Pages 1005-1015Publisher
GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG
DOI: 10.1160/TH09-11-0761
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Venous thrombosis; glycosaminoglycans; heparins; serpins; thrombosis
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- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento do Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES)
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ)
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Increasing reports of bleeding and perk or post-operative blood dyscrasias in Brazil were possibly associated with the use of heparin from bovine instead of porcine intestine. These two pharmaceutical grade heparins were analysed for potential differences. NMR analyses confirmed that porcine heparin is composed of mainly trisulfated disaccharides -> 4-alpha-IdoA2S-1 -> 4-alpha-GlcNS6S-1 ->. Heparin from bovine intestine is also composed of highly 2-sulfated alpha-iduronic acid residues, but the sulfation of the alpha-glucosamine units vary significantly: similar to 50% are 6- and N-disulfated, as in porcine heparin, while similar to 36% are 6-desulfated and similar to 14% N-acetylated. These heparins differ significantly in their effects on coagulation, thrombosis and bleeding. Bovine heparin acts mostly through factor Xa. Compared to porcine heparin on a weight basis, bovine heparin exhibited approximately half of the anticoagulant and antithrombotic effects, but similar effect on bleeding. These two heparins also differ in their protamine neutralisation curves. The doses of heparin from bovine intestine required for effective antithrombotic protection and the production of adverse bleeding effects are closer than those for porcine heparin. This observation may explain the increasing bleeding observed among Brazilian patients. Our results suggest that these two types of heparin are not equivalent drugs.
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