Thromb Haemost 1993; 69(01): 041-044
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1651545
Original Article
Coagulation
Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Effect of Heparin on Thrombin Inhibition in the Microcirculation

S Nydahl
The Departments of Surgery and Experimental Surgery, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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S Frebelius
The Departments of Surgery and Experimental Surgery, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
,
J Swedenborg
The Departments of Surgery and Experimental Surgery, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Received 10. April 1992

Accepted after revision 07. September 1992

Publikationsdatum:
04. Juli 2018 (online)

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Summary

Disappearance of thrombin enzymatic activity was measured during recirculation through the microvasculature in a rat Langendorff heart preparation. This resulted in a 50% loss of thrombin from the recirculating solution. No increased loss of thrombin could be demonstrated if a mixture of antithrombin III and thrombin was recirculated, compared to thrombin alone. If, however, a heparin/thrombin mixture was recirculated, a 90% loss of thrombin could be demonstrated. Pretreating the microvasculature with large amounts of heparin resulted in recovery of antithrombin III in the recirculated heparin solution. At a subsequent recirculation with a heparin/thrombin mixture the loss of thrombin was decreased to the control level, as seen when recirculation with thrombin alone was performed. It is concluded that disappearance of thrombin enzymatic activity from a solution when recirculated through the microcirculation can be considerably increased if recirculated together with heparin, which probably reacts with endogenous antithrombin III on the vessel wall. The disappearance of thrombin in the absence of heparin was, however, unaffected by antithrombin III. The latter finding is compatible with the hypothesis that, in the microcirculation, antithrombin III/glycosaminoglycans play only a minor role for inhibition of thrombin coagulant activity and that thrombin binds mainly to thrombomodulin.

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