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SummaryBeçget syndrome is a multisystem disorder characterized by ocular, mucocutaneous, articular, gastrointestinal and neurologic abnormalities. We report here an unusual case of Beçget syndrome, characterized by the importance of the thrombotic events(7 phlebitis of both legs and resection of two toes). Additional manifestations of the Beçget syndrome occurred only 10 years after the first thrombotic episode. The oldest daugther of the propositus and his brother suffered also from thrombophlebitis; this familial history of thrombosis led to the performance of a haemostatic study. A congenital protein S deficiency was found in the propositus and in three of his children. Normal protein S levels were found in nine unrelated patients with Beçget syndrome. Thus this observation suggests that, when thrombotic manifestations are the first and major symptom of Beçget syndrom, an additional cause of thrombosis has to be investigated.
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- O Chafa
- CTS, Service de Médecine, C.H.U. Mustapha, Alger, Algérie
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- Laboratoire d’Hématologie, C.H.U. Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- CTS, Service de Médecine, C.H.U. Mustapha, Alger, Algérie
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- CTS, Service de Médecine, C.H.U. Mustapha, Alger, Algérie
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- Laboratoire d’Hématologie, C.H.U. Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- CTS, Service de Médecine, C.H.U. Mustapha, Alger, Algérie
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- CTS, Service de Médecine, C.H.U. Mustapha, Alger, Algérie
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Forestier F, Fischer AM, Daffos F, Beguin S, Diner H. Absence of Transplacental Passage of Pentosan Polysulfate During Mid Trimester of Pregnancy. Thromb Haemost 2018. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1661659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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SummaryEight women who were going to have an abortion between the 18th and 23rd week of gestation for chromosomal abnormalities or haemoglobinopathies received intravenously 50 mg of pentosan polysulfate (PSP). Maternal results of haemostasis prior and after the injection of the drug were compared. Fetal coagulation parameters were tested on samples obtained by direct puncture of the umbilical cord under ultrasound guidance, 30 min after injection. Results were compared to those of normal fetuses at the same stage of gestation, obtained in the same conditions. In mothers’ plasma, 30 min after injection, APTT was prolonged, factor Xa generation was markedly impaired, and factor V level was deeply decreased. By contrast, no modifications of these parameters were observed in fetal plasma, 30 min after the injection of PSP to their related mothers when compared to control fetuses. Thus the absence of biological modifications induced by PSP injection could demonstrate that this drug does not cross through the placenta.
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- F Forestier
- The Hôpital N. D. de Bon-Secours, Paris, France
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- The Hôpital N. D. de Bon-Secours, Paris, France
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- The Faculté Necker, Paris, France
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- The Laboratoire Clin-Midy, Paris, France
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Fischer AM, Cornu P, Sternberg C, Mériane F, Dautzenberg MD, Chafa O, Beguin S, Desnos M. Antithrombin III Alger: A New Homozygous AT III Variant. Thromb Haemost 2018. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1661525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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SummaryA qualitative abnormality of antithrombin III (AT III) was found in the plasma of a 41-year old patient. The plasmatic AT III antigen concentration was 130% and the progressive anti-F IIa and anti-F Xa activities were normal (105% and 137%). The plasma heparin cofactor activity was less than 10%, when measured by F Ila or F Xa inhibition. Crossed immunoelectrophoresis of AT III in the presence of heparin revealed in the plasma an abnormal slow-moving peak. When tested by affinity chromatography on heparin Sepharose, this abnormal AT III did not bind to heparin. Among the investigated relatives, 5 subjects had normal AT III levels, whatever the test used, the nine others having reduced levels of antithrombin heparin cofactor activity (45-61%) but normal levels of immunoreactive AT III (97-122%). Consanguinity was found in the family history. We therefore considered our patient as homozygous for an AT III molecular abnormality affecting the binding site for heparin.
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- A M Fischer
- The Département d’Hématologie, C. H. U. Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- The Département d’Hématologie, C. H. U. Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- The Département d’Hématologie, C. H. U. Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- The Laboratoire d’Hématologie, C. H. U. Mustapha, Alger, Algérie
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- The Département d’Hématologie, C. H. U. Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- The Laboratoire d’Hématologie, C. H. U. Mustapha, Alger, Algérie
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- The Département d’Hématologie, C. H. U. Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- The Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Boucicaut, Paris, France
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- A M Fischer
- Laboratoire d’Hématologie, Faculté Necker-Enfants Malades, 156 rue de Vaugirard, 75015 Paris, France
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SummaryIn order to investigate the mechanism of thrombin inactivation in the presence of both antithrombin III (AT III) and α 2-macroglobulin (α 2 M), thrombin and the inhibitors have been purified from human material and thrombin inactivation studied using purified reagents either alone or added to defibrinated plasma. Comparison of clotting and amidolytic activities of residual thrombin allowed to measure the amount of thrombin bound to α 2 M. In a purified reagent system as well as in plasma, part of exogenous thrombin is bound to α 2 M. The amount of bound thrombin is related to α 2 M concentration. Conversely, previous plasma α 2 M depletion by immunoabsorption increases the consumption of heparin-cofactor activity by exogenous thrombin. Thus AT III and α 2 M compete for thrombin inactivation. This finding could be of practical interest in clinical situations associating high plasma α 2 M levels and a decrease of AT III concentration.
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- A M Fischer
- The Department of Haematology, University Hospital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- The Department of Haematology, University Hospital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- The Department of Haematology, University Hospital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- The Department of Haematology, University Hospital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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Robinson MJF, Fischer AM, Ahuja A, Lesser EN, Maniates H. Roles of "Wanting" and "Liking" in Motivating Behavior: Gambling, Food, and Drug Addictions. Curr Top Behav Neurosci 2016; 27:105-136. [PMID: 26407959 DOI: 10.1007/7854_2015_387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The motivation to seek out and consume rewards has evolutionarily been driven by the urge to fulfill physiological needs. However in a modern society dominated more by plenty than scarcity, we tend to think of motivation as fueled by the search for pleasure. Here, we argue that two separate but interconnected subcortical and unconscious processes direct motivation: "wanting" and "liking." These two psychological and neuronal processes and their related brain structures typically work together, but can become dissociated, particularly in cases of addiction. In drug addiction, for example, repeated consumption of addictive drugs sensitizes the mesolimbic dopamine system, the primary component of the "wanting" system, resulting in excessive "wanting" for drugs and their cues. This sensitizing process is long-lasting and occurs independently of the "liking" system, which typically remains unchanged or may develop a blunted pleasure response to the drug. The result is excessive drug-taking despite minimal pleasure and intense cue-triggered craving that may promote relapse long after detoxification. Here, we describe the roles of "liking" and "wanting" in general motivation and review recent evidence for a dissociation of "liking" and "wanting" in drug addiction, known as the incentive sensitization theory (Robinson and Berridge 1993). We also make the case that sensitization of the "wanting" system and the resulting dissociation of "liking" and "wanting" occurs in both gambling disorder and food addiction.
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- M J F Robinson
- Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, 207 High Street, Judd Hall, Middletown, CT, 06459, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, 207 High Street, Judd Hall, Middletown, CT, 06459, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, 207 High Street, Judd Hall, Middletown, CT, 06459, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, 207 High Street, Judd Hall, Middletown, CT, 06459, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, 207 High Street, Judd Hall, Middletown, CT, 06459, USA
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Ben Said M, Gandrille S, Fischer AM, Darnige L. [Clinical and biological features of patients with essential thrombocythaemia according to their mutational status JAK2 or CALR: Single-center study of 40 patients and review of the literature]. Pathol Biol (Paris) 2015; 63:117-121. [PMID: 25840625 DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2015.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2014] [Accepted: 01/27/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Somatic mutations in the calreticulin gene (CALR) were recently described in essential thrombocythemia (ET) and primary myelofibrosis with non-mutated JAK2 or MPL. The aim of this single-center study was to compare the clinical and biological features of ET patients according to their mutational status. METHODS We included 40 patients with ET followed in hematology consultation. The JAK2 V617F mutation was assessed by quantitative PCR. For the detection of CALR mutations, we performed a PCR amplification of CALR exon 9 followed by direct sequencing. RESULTS Among 40 study patients, 23 (57.5%) harbored V617F JAK2, 12 of the 17 patients without JAK2 mutation harbored CALR, no patient expressed MPL mutation and 5 were negative for all three mutations. Five types of mutations were identified with predominance of 52bp deletion and 5bp insertion (7/12 and 2/12 respectively). The incidence of thrombotic events at diagnosis was significantly higher in JAK2 mutated patients (P<0.05). Biologically, patients with CALR mutation had significantly higher platelet count (P<0.01) and significantly lower hemoglobin level (P<0.05) than those with V617F JAK2 mutation. CONCLUSION JAK2 and CALR mutation screening in ET has a diagnostic value. Each mutation displays a distinct phenotype with uncertain impact on long-term outcome.
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- M Ben Said
- Service d'hématologie biologique, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, AP-HP, 20, rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris cedex 15, France.
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- Service d'hématologie biologique, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, AP-HP, 20, rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris cedex 15, France; Inserm UMR-S1140, université Paris Descartes, 75270 Paris cedex 06, France.
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- Service d'hématologie biologique, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, AP-HP, 20, rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris cedex 15, France.
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- Service d'hématologie biologique, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, AP-HP, 20, rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris cedex 15, France.
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Journois D, de Raucourt E, Fischer AM, Allanic G, Keita M, de Courcy N. The mechanism of postoperative blood loss reduction by ultrafiltration in cardiac surgery is unlikely to be only mediated by hemoconcentration of coagulation factors. Contrib Nephrol 2015; 116:150-3. [PMID: 8529369 DOI: 10.1159/000424630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- D Journois
- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Laennec Hospital, Paris, France
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Cherns D, Webster RF, Novikov SV, Foxon CT, Fischer AM, Ponce FA, Haigh SJ. Compositional variations in In(0.5)Ga(0.5)N nanorods grown by molecular beam epitaxy. Nanotechnology 2014; 25:215705. [PMID: 24785272 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/21/215705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The composition of InxGa1 - xN nanorods grown by molecular beam epitaxy with nominal x = 0.5 has been mapped by electron microscopy using Z-contrast imaging and x-ray microanalysis. This shows a coherent and highly strained core-shell structure with a near-atomically sharp boundary between a Ga-rich shell (x ∼ 0.3) and an In-rich core (x ∼ 0.7), which itself has In- and Ga-rich platelets alternating along the growth axis. It is proposed that the shell and core regions are lateral and vertical growth sectors, with the core structure determined by spinodal decomposition.
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- D Cherns
- School of Physics, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL, UK
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Robinson MJF, Anselme P, Fischer AM, Berridge KC. Initial uncertainty in Pavlovian reward prediction persistently elevates incentive salience and extends sign-tracking to normally unattractive cues. Behav Brain Res 2014; 266:119-30. [PMID: 24631397 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2013] [Revised: 01/27/2014] [Accepted: 03/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Uncertainty is a component of many gambling games and may play a role in incentive motivation and cue attraction. Uncertainty can increase the attractiveness for predictors of reward in the Pavlovian procedure of autoshaping, visible as enhanced sign-tracking (or approach and nibbles) by rats of a metal lever whose sudden appearance acts as a conditioned stimulus (CS+) to predict sucrose pellets as an unconditioned stimulus (UCS). Here we examined how reward uncertainty might enhance incentive salience as sign-tracking both in intensity and by broadening the range of attractive CS+s. We also examined whether initially induced uncertainty enhancements of CS+ attraction can endure beyond uncertainty itself, and persist even when Pavlovian prediction becomes 100% certain. Our results show that uncertainty can broaden incentive salience attribution to make CS cues attractive that would otherwise not be (either because they are too distal from reward or too risky to normally attract sign-tracking). In addition, uncertainty enhancement of CS+ incentive salience, once induced by initial exposure, persisted even when Pavlovian CS-UCS correlations later rose toward 100% certainty in prediction. Persistence suggests an enduring incentive motivation enhancement potentially relevant to gambling, which in some ways resembles incentive-sensitization. Higher motivation to uncertain CS+s leads to more potent attraction to these cues when they predict the delivery of uncertain rewards. In humans, those cues might possibly include the sights and sounds associated with gambling, which contribute a major component of the play immersion experienced by problematic gamblers.
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- Mike J F Robinson
- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 530 Church Street (East Hall), Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Judd Hall, 207 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459, USA.
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- Département de Psychologie, Cognition & Comportement, Université de Liège, 5 Boulevard du Rectorat (B32), B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 530 Church Street (East Hall), Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 530 Church Street (East Hall), Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Schwele S, Fischer AM, Brestrich G, Wlodarski MW, Wagner L, Schmueck M, Roemhild A, Thomas S, Hammer MH, Babel N, Kurtz A, Maciejewski JP, Reinke P, Volk HD. Cytomegalovirus-specific regulatory and effector T cells share TCR clonality--possible relation to repetitive CMV infections. Am J Transplant 2012; 12:669-81. [PMID: 22081907 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03842.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections have a major impact on morbidity and mortality of transplant patients. Among the complex antiviral T-cell response, CMV-IE-1 antigen-specific CD8+ cells are crucial for preventing CMV disease but do not protect from recurring/lasting CMV reactivation. Recently, we confirmed that adoptive transfer of autologous IE-1/pp65-specific T-cell lines was able to combat severe CMV disease; however, the control of CMV infection was only temporary. We hypothesized that CMV-induced regulatory T cells (iTreg) might be related to recurring/lasting CMV infection. In fact, kidney transplant patients with recurring CMV infections expressed enhanced suppression on CMV response. Analysis of in vitro expanded CD4+ epitope-specific cells revealed that CMV-specific CD4+CD25(high) Treg cells functionally suppress CD25(low) effector T cells (Teff) upon epitope-specific reactivation. Their phenotype is similar to iTreg - CD39(high) /Helios-/IL-2(low) /IFNγ(high) /IL-10±/TGFß-LAP±/FOXP3+ and methylated foxp3 locus. Remarkably, in vitro expanded CD4+CD25(high) iTreg share the same dominant TCR-Vβ-CDR3 clones with functionally distinct CD4+CD25(low) Teff. Moreover, the same clones were present in freshly isolated CD4+CD25(high) and CD4+CD25(low) T cells suggesting their in vivo generation. These findings directly demonstrate that Teff and iTreg can differentiate from one "mother" clone with specificity to the same viral epitope and indicate that peripheral iTreg generation is related to frequent antigen appearance.
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- S Schwele
- Institute of Medical Immunology, Charité- Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
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Sarlon G, Zemani F, David L, Duong Van Huyen JP, Dizier B, Grelac F, Colliec-Jouault S, Galy-Fauroux I, Bruneval P, Fischer AM, Emmerich J, Boisson-Vidal C. Therapeutic effect of fucoidan-stimulated endothelial colony-forming cells in peripheral ischemia. J Thromb Haemost 2012; 10:38-48. [PMID: 22066680 DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2011.04554.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND Fucoidan, an antithrombotic polysaccharide, can induce endothelial colony-forming cells (ECFC) to adopt an angiogenic phenotype in vitro. OBJECTIVES We evaluated the effect of fucoidan on vasculogenesis induced by ECFC in vivo. METHODS We used a murine hindlimb ischemia model to probe the synergic role of fucoidan-treatment and ECFC infusion during tissue repair. RESULTS We found that exposure of ECFC to fucoidan prior to their intravenous injection improved residual muscle blood flow and increased collateral vessel formation. Necrosis of ischemic tissue was significantly reduced on day 14, to 12.1% of the gastronecmius cross-sectional surface area compared with 40.1% in animals injected with untreated-ECFC. ECFC stimulation with fucoidan caused a rapid increase in cell adhesion to activated endothelium in flow conditions, and enhanced transendothelial extravasation. Fucoidan-stimulated ECFC were resistant to shear stresses of up to 21 dyn cm(-2). Direct binding assays showed strong interaction of fucoidan with displaceable binding sites on the ECFC membrane. Bolus intramuscular administration of fucoidan 1 day after surgery reduces rhabdomyolysis. Mice injected with fucoidan (15 mg kg(-1)) had significantly lower mean serum creatine phosphokinase (CPK) activity than control animals. This CPK reduction was correlated with muscle preservation against necrosis (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Fucoidan greatly increases ECFC-mediated angiogenesis in vivo. Its angiogenic effect would be due in part to its transportation to the ischemic site and its release after displacement by proteoglycans present in the extracellular matrix. The use of ECFC and fucoidan together, will be an efficient angiogenesis strategy to provide therapeutic neovascularization.
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- G Sarlon
- INSERM UMRS608, Marseille, France
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Benslimane-Ahmim Z, Heymann D, Dizier B, Lokajczyk A, Brion R, Laurendeau I, Bièche I, Smadja DM, Galy-Fauroux I, Colliec-Jouault S, Fischer AM, Boisson-Vidal C. Osteoprotegerin, a new actor in vasculogenesis, stimulates endothelial colony-forming cells properties. J Thromb Haemost 2011; 9:834-43. [PMID: 21255246 DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2011.04207.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Osteoprotegerin (OPG), a soluble receptor of the tumour necrosis factor family, and its ligand, the receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand (RANKL), are emerging as important regulators of vascular pathophysiology. OBJECTIVES We evaluated their effects on vasculogenesis induced by endothelial colony-forming cells (ECFC) and on neovessel formation in vivo. METHODS Effects of OPG and RANKL on in vitro angiogenesis were evaluated after ECFC incubation with OPG or RANKL (0-50 ng mL(-1)). Effects on microvessel formation were evaluated with an in vivo murin Matrigel plug assay. Vascularization was evaluated by measuring plug hemoglobin and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-R2 content 14 days after implantation. RESULTS We found that ECFC expressed OPG and RANK but not RANKL mRNA. Treatment of ECFC with VEGF or stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) upregulated OPG mRNA expression. OPG stimulated ECFC migration (P < 0.05), chemotaxis (P < 0.05) and vascular cord formation on Matrigel(®) (P < 0.01). These effects were correlated with SDF-1 mRNA overexpression, which was 30-fold higher after 4 h of OPG stimulation (P < 0.01). OPG-mediated angiogenesis involved the MAPK signaling pathway as well as Akt or mTOR cascades. RANKL also showed pro-vasculogenic effects in vitro. OPG combined with FGF-2 promoted neovessel formation in vivo, whereas RANKL had no effect. CONCLUSIONS OPG induces ECFC activation and is a positive regulator of microvessel formation in vivo. Our results suggest that the OPG/RANK/RANKL axis may be involved in vasculogenesis and strongly support a modulatory role in tissue revascularization.
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Darnige L, Helley D, Fischer AM, Emmerich J, Smadja DM, Fiessinger JN. Platelet microparticle levels: a biomarker of thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease) exacerbation. J Cell Mol Med 2010; 14:449-51. [PMID: 19818096 PMCID: PMC3837587 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2009.00928.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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- L Darnige
- AP-HP, Höopital Européen Georges Pompidou, Service d’hématologie biologiqueParis, France
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- AP-HP, Höopital Européen Georges Pompidou, Service d’hématologie biologiqueParis, France
- Université Paris DescartesParis, France
- Inserm U765, Faculté de PharmacieParis, France
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- AP-HP, Höopital Européen Georges Pompidou, Service d’hématologie biologiqueParis, France
- Université Paris DescartesParis, France
- Inserm U765, Faculté de PharmacieParis, France
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- Université Paris DescartesParis, France
- Inserm U765, Faculté de PharmacieParis, France
- AP-HP, Höopital Européen Georges Pompidou, Service de médecine vasculaire et HTA, Centre de référence des maladies rares vasculairesParis, France
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- AP-HP, Höopital Européen Georges Pompidou, Service d’hématologie biologiqueParis, France
- Université Paris DescartesParis, France
- Inserm U765, Faculté de PharmacieParis, France
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- Université Paris DescartesParis, France
- Inserm U765, Faculté de PharmacieParis, France
- AP-HP, Höopital Européen Georges Pompidou, Service de médecine vasculaire et HTA, Centre de référence des maladies rares vasculairesParis, France
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Myhajlenko S, Luby AS, Fischer AM, Ponce FA, Tracy C. SEM characterization of silicon nanostructures: can we meet the challenge? Scanning 2008; 30:310-316. [PMID: 18561254 DOI: 10.1002/sca.20115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The current semiconductor technology road map for device scaling champions a 4.5 nm gate length in production by 2022. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) as applied to critical dimensions (CD) metrology and associated characterization modes such as electron beam-induced current and cathodoluminescence (CL) has proved to be a workhorse for the semiconductor industry during the microelectronics era. We review some of the challenges facing these techniques in light of the silicon nanotechnology road map. We present some new results using voltage contrast imaging and CL spectroscopy of top-down fabricated silicon nanopillar/nanowires (<100 nm diameter), which highlight the visualization challenge. However, both techniques offer the promise of providing process characterization on the 10-20 nm scale with existing technology. Visualization at the 1 nm scale with these techniques may have to wait for aberration-corrected SEM to become more widely available. Basic secondary electron imaging and CD applications may be separately addressed by the He-ion microscope.
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- S Myhajlenko
- Center for Solid State Electronics Research, Ira. A. Fulton School of Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA.
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de Raucourt E, Fischer AM, Meyer G, de Mazancourt P. A Bbeta 14 Arg --> Cys fibrinogen variant in a patient with thrombotic complications (fibrinogen St-Germain III). J Thromb Haemost 2006; 4:2722-3. [PMID: 17002657 DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2006.02240.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Parrott D, Yang L, Shama L, Fischer AM. Senescence is accelerated, and several proteases are induced by carbon "feast" conditions in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) leaves. Planta 2005; 222:989-1000. [PMID: 16034594 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-005-0042-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2005] [Accepted: 05/30/2005] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Leaf senescence is characterized by nitrogen remobilization to developing seeds of annual plants, or surviving organs of perennial species. It has been demonstrated that high carbohydrate levels (carbon "feast") are associated with the onset of the senescence process. Therefore, the development of model systems allowing the manipulation of leaf carbohydrates constitutes a logical first step in the investigation of processes important during early phases of senescence, such as plastidial protein degradation. In this study, sugar accumulation was induced either by the incubation of excised, mature barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) leaves under relatively strong light, or by the interruption of sieve tubes at the base of the leaf lamina by "steam-girdling". Accelerated chlorophyll degradation and net proteolysis confirmed successful senescence induction in both model systems, but suggested that girdled leaves are more useful than excised leaves to study proteolysis. Activities or transcript levels of several proteolytic enzymes, including plastidial (aminopeptidases, Clp protease), cytosolic (proteasome) and vacuolar (thiol proteases, an aspartic protease and a serine carboxypeptidase) proteases were clearly induced under these conditions; some of these genes also reacted to other stimuli such as leaf excision. The most interesting finding was the specific induction of a carboxypeptidase gene (cp-mIII) in girdled leaves accumulating high carbohydrate levels. As a previous study from our laboratory, using a genetic approach, has indicated that one or several carboxypeptidases are involved in leaf N remobilization, the detailed characterization of cp-mIII (and, possibly, closely related genes) may considerably improve our understanding of whole-plant N recycling.
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- D Parrott
- Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 59717-3150, USA
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Colliec-Jouault S, Zanchetta P, Helley D, Ratiskol J, Sinquin C, Fischer AM, Guezennec J. Les polysaccharides microbiens d’origine marine et leur potentiel en thérapeutique humaine. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 52:127-30. [PMID: 15063931 DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2003.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2003] [Accepted: 05/20/2003] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Bacterial polysaccharides offer fascinating potential applications for the pharmaceutical industry. Although many known marine bacteria produce exopolysaccharides (EPS), continuation in looking for new polysaccharide-producing micro-organisms is promising. Marine bacteria, isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal vents, have demonstrated their ability to produce in aerobic conditions, unusual EPS. With the aim of discovering biological activities, EPS presenting different structural features were studied. An EPS secreted by Vibrio diabolicus was evaluated on the restoration of bone integrity in experimental model and was demonstrated to be a strong bone-healing material. Another EPS produced by Alteromonas infernus was modified in order to obtain new heparin-like compounds. Unlike the native EPS, the resulting EPS presented anticoagulant properties as heparin. These EPS could provide biochemical entities with suitable functions for obtaining new drugs. They present original structural feature that can be modified to design compounds and improve their specificity.
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- S Colliec-Jouault
- Laboratoire de biotechnologie et molécules marines (DRV/VP/BMM), Ifremer, rue de l'Ile-d'Yeu, BP 21105, 44311 Nantes cedex 3, France.
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Chabut D, Fischer AM, Helley D, Colliec S. Low molecular weight fucoidan promotes FGF-2-induced vascular tube formation by human endothelial cells, with decreased PAI-1 release and ICAM-1 downregulation. Thromb Res 2004; 113:93-5. [PMID: 15081570 DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2004.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Colliec-Jouault S, Millet J, Helley D, Sinquin C, Fischer AM. Effect of low-molecular-weight fucoidan on experimental arterial thrombosis in the rabbit and rat. J Thromb Haemost 2003; 1:1114-5. [PMID: 12871385 DOI: 10.1046/j.1538-7836.2003.t01-1-00215.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Colliec Jouault S, Chevolot L, Helley D, Ratiskol J, Bros A, Sinquin C, Roger O, Fischer AM. Characterization, chemical modifications and in vitro anticoagulant properties of an exopolysaccharide produced by Alteromonas infernus. Biochim Biophys Acta 2001; 1528:141-51. [PMID: 11687301 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4165(01)00185-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A new low-molecular-weight 'heparin-like' component was obtained from an exopolysaccharide produced by a mesophilic strain found in deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Data concerning the structure of the native high-molecular-weight exopolysaccharide (10(6) g/mol, 10% sulfate content) are reported for the first time. Two depolymerization processes were used to obtain low-molecular-weight (24-35x10(3) g/mol) oversulfated fractions (sulfate content 20 or 40%). Nuclear magnetic resonance studies indicated that after sulfation (40%), the low-molecular-weight fraction obtained by free radical depolymerization was less sulfated in the 6-O-position than the fraction depolymerized by acid hydrolysis. The free radical depolymerized product also had sulfated residues in the 4-O-position and disulfated ones in the 2,3-O-positions. Moreover, the compounds generated by the free radical process were more homogeneous with respect to molecular mass. Also for the first time, the anticoagulant activity of the low-molecular-weight exopolysaccharide fractions is reported. When the fractions obtained after sulfation and depolymerization were compared with heparins, anticoagulant activity was detected in oversulfated fractions, but not in native exopolysaccharide. The free radical depolymerized fraction inhibited thrombin generation in both contact-activated and thromboplastin-activated plasma, showing a prolonged lag phase only in the contact-activated assay. Affinity co-electrophoresis studies suggested that a single population of polysaccharide chains binds to antithrombin and that only a subpopulation strongly interacts with heparin cofactor II.
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- S Colliec Jouault
- URM2, IFREMER/CNRS (UMR 7540, CNRS/Université Paris 13), Laboratoire de Biochimie et Molécules Marines, Département Valorisation des Produits, Nantes, France.
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Fuller MA, Weichert H, Fischer AM, Feussner I, Grimes HD. Activity of soybean lipoxygenase isoforms against esterified fatty acids indicates functional specificity. Arch Biochem Biophys 2001; 388:146-54. [PMID: 11361131 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.2000.2269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In soybean (Glycine max L.) vegetative tissue at least five lipoxygenase isozymes are present. Four of these proteins have been localized to the paraveinal mesophyll, a layer of cells that is thought to function in assimilate partitioning. In order to determine the role of the lipoxygenase isozymes within the soybean plant, the leaf lipoxygenases were cloned into bacterial expression vectors and expressed in Escherichia coil. The recombinant lipoxygenases were then characterized as to substrate preference, pH profiles for the most common plant lipoxygenase substrates, linoleic acid, and alpha-linolenic acid, and the reaction products with the substrates linoleic acid, alpha-linolenic acid, arachidonic acid, gamma-linolenic acid, and the triacylglycerol trilinolein. All five enzymes were shown to be (13S)-lipoxygenases against linoleic acid. The results of these assays also indicate that two of these isozymes are highly active against esterified fatty acid groups, such as those found in triacylglycerols. Lipid analysis of leaves from plants subjected to sink limitation conditions indicates that the soybean leaf lipoxygenases are active in vivo against both free fatty acids and esterified lipids, and that the quantities of lipoxygenase products found in leaf tissue show a positive correlation with the level of lipoxygenase in the leaf. Implications for the putative role of these enzymes in the paraveinal mesophyll are discussed.
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- M A Fuller
- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-4234, USA
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Tapon-Bretaudière J, Drouet B, Matou S, Mourão PA, Bros A, Letourneur D, Fischer AM. Modulation of vascular human endothelial and rat smooth muscle cell growth by a fucosylated chondroitin sulfate from echinoderm. Thromb Haemost 2000; 84:332-7. [PMID: 10959709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Fucosylated chondroitin sulfate is a glycosaminoglycan extracted from the sea cucumber Ludwigothurea grisea. This polysaccharide has the same structure as a mammalian chondroitin sulfate but some of the glucuronic acid residues display sulfated fucose branches. Anticoagulant and antithrombotic properties of fucosylated chondroitin sulfate have already been described. In order to further investigate its potential therapeutic use as an antithrombotic agent, we studied its effect on vascular smooth muscle cell (SMC) proliferation and endothelial cell proliferation, migration and Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor (TFPI) release. The experiments were performed on SMC from rat thoracic aorta and on human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) in culture with or without added fibroblast growth factors (FGF-1 and FGF-2). Our results showed that: (i) fucosylated chondroitin sulfate had a strong inhibitory effect on SMC proliferation (IC50 =10 +/- 5 microg/ml) and (ii) no effect on HUVEC proliferation and migration assays, in the absence of exogenous FGF, while heparin had inhibitory effects; (iii) fucosylated chondroitin sulfate (10 microg/ml) enhanced FGF-1 and FGF-2 induced HUVEC proliferation by 45% (145.4 +/- 7.2%) and 27% (126.9 +/- 4.2%), respectively; (iv) on FGF-induced HUVEC migration, fucosylated chondroitin sulfate (10 microg/ml) had a strong enhancing effect with FGF-1, +122% (222.2 +/- 15.8%), three times higher than that of heparin, and a lower enhancing effect with FGF-2, +43% (142.7 +/- 4.6%), whereas heparin had no effect; (v) fucosylated chondroitin sulfate stimulated TFPI release, mainly on the free form. +98% (198.2 +/- 25%). In addition, the structural features of the polysaccharide associated with its biological activity were resolved using chemically modified fucosylated chondroitin sulfates. Sulfated fucose branches groups are essential to the potentiating effect of the polysaccharide on HUVEC proliferation and migration. Surprisingly, removal of fucose branches from the fucosylated chondroitin sulfate did not abolish TFPI release. Finally, partial reduction of the glucuronic acid carboxyl groups limited the potentiating effect on HUVEC proliferation and migration but did not affect TFPI release. In conclusion, this fucosylated chondroitin sulfate from invertebrate origin reveals useful properties for an antithrombotic agent: inhibition of SMC proliferation, enhancement of endothelium wound repair and TFPI release. These properties on vascular cells, associated with a low bleeding tendency and an antithrombotic activity, strongly suggest its potential use as a new therapeutic agent in arterial thrombosis and restenosis, with a more favorable effect than heparin.
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- J Tapon-Bretaudière
- Laboratoire d'Hématologie, CHU Necker, INSERM U428, Université Paris V, France.
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de Raucourt E, Meyer G, Landais P, Gouaref Z, Morinet P, Monge F, Sors H, Fischer AM. Markers of hemostatic system activation in pulmonary embolism. Changes during and after cessation of anticoagulant treatment. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 2000; 11:249-53. [PMID: 10870805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Plasma levels of prothrombin fragment 1+2 (Fl+2), thrombin-antithrombin complexes (TAT) and D-dimers were measured in 15 patients with pulmonary embolism during heparin therapy, oral anticoagulation, and after cessation of warfarin therapy. Each patient had a favorable outcome during anticoagulant therapy (3 months), but late venous thromboembolism occurred in six cases. The mean levels of the three markers were significantly increased on day 4 after the thrombotic event, and normalized during warfarin therapy. Nine months after the initial pulmonary embolism, mean levels of the three markers, as compared with a control population, were significantly higher in the patients with late recurrences, whereas only TAT were slightly higher in patients without recurrences as compared with controls. Only TAT levels were significantly higher in the patients with late recurrences than in those without late recurrences. Thus, the levels of the three markers 9 months after pulmonary embolism seem to be interesting to identify patients with high risk of recurrence and who might require longer anticoagulant treatment.
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- E de Raucourt
- Department of Haematology, Laennec Hospital, Paris, France
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Helley D, Chafa O, Yaker NL, Reghis A, Fischer AM. Prevalence of the prothrombin gene 20210A mutation in thrombophilic and healthy Algerian subjects. Thromb Haemost 1999; 82:1554-5. [PMID: 10595654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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Fischer AM, Dubbs WE, Baker RA, Fuller MA, Stephenson LC, Grimes HD. Protein dynamics, activity and cellular localization of soybean lipoxygenases indicate distinct functional roles for individual isoforms. Plant J 1999; 19:543-54. [PMID: 10504576 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.1999.00550.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Vegetative lipoxygenases (VLXs) in soybean are hypothesized to function in nitrogen storage and partitioning. Isoform-specific antibodies for four of the five known VLX isoenzymes were used to investigate the influence of source-sink status on protein levels, as well as to analyze the tissue and subcellular localization of the different isoforms. VLXD responded most strongly to sink limitation, although the levels of VLXA, B and C increased as well. After sink limitation, VLXD and the vegetative storage protein, VSPalpha, accumulated in the vacuoles of bundle sheath and paraveinal mesophyll cells, while VLXA, B and C localized to the cytosol of these cells. All five known VLX isoenzymes were active with both linoleic and linolenic acid substrates after expression in Escherichia coli. The strong upregulation of VLXD levels after sink limitation as well as the localization of this isoform to the vacuoles of paraveinal mesophyll and bundle sheath cells (where VSPs are found) strongly suggest that VLXD should be considered as a major storage protein in soybean leaves. Furthermore, since VLXA, B and C also accumulate in sink-limited soybean leaves, are located in the cytosol of paraveinal mesophyll cells and are active at pH values typically found in this compartment, their activities may well contribute to lipid metabolism in this tissue. This multi-gene family is thus ideally poised to play a pivotal role in the balance of N deposition relative to lipid-based storage, defense or signaling, by modulating contributions to these processes in the transient storage cells of the paraveinal mesophyll.
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- A M Fischer
- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-4234, USA
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Millet J, Jouault SC, Mauray S, Theveniaux J, Sternberg C, Boisson Vidal C, Fischer AM. Antithrombotic and anticoagulant activities of a low molecular weight fucoidan by the subcutaneous route. Thromb Haemost 1999; 81:391-5. [PMID: 10102467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Fucoidans (high-molecular-weight sulfated polysaccharides extracted from brown seaweeds) have anticoagulant and antithrombotic effects. They inhibit thrombin by catalyzing both serpins (antithrombin and heparin cofactor II) according to their chemical structures and origins. In this study, a low-molecular-weight (LMW) fucoidan of 8 kDa was obtained by chemical degradation of a high-molecular-weight fraction. The antithrombotic and anticoagulant activities of this new compound were compared to those of a low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH), dalteparin, following subcutaneous administration to rabbits. This LMW fucoidan exhibited dose-related venous antithrombotic activity, with an ED80 of about 20 mg/kg, 2 h after a single subcutaneous injection. Its activity was comparable to that of dalteparin (close to 200 anti-Xa IU/kg) and was maximal 30 min after a single subcutaneous injection. The activity remained stable (about 70%) from 1 to 4 h after injection, but disappeared by 8 h. The antithrombotic activity was not associated with either a prolongation of the thrombin clotting time (TCT) or an increase in anti-Xa activity, contrary to dalteparin. A slight prolongation of APTT occurred with both compounds. This venous antithrombotic activity was associated with a decrease in ex vivo thrombin generation and with a significant increase in the lag phase in a thrombin generation test. LMW fucoidan thus has potent antithrombotic activity and a potentially weaker haemorrhagic effect (i.e. a smaller effect on coagulation tests and a smaller prolongation of the bleeding time) than dalteparin.
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- J Millet
- Laboratoires Fournier, Dijon, France.
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Giraux JL, Matou S, Bros A, Tapon-Bretaudière J, Letourneur D, Fischer AM. Modulation of human endothelial cell proliferation and migration by fucoidan and heparin. Eur J Cell Biol 1998; 77:352-9. [PMID: 9930660 DOI: 10.1016/s0171-9335(98)80094-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Fucoidan is a sulfated polysaccharide extracted from brown seaweeds. It has anticoagulant and antithrombotic properties and inhibits, as well as heparin, vascular smooth muscle cell growth. In this study, we investigated, in the presence of serum and human recombinant growth factors, the effects of fucoidan and heparin on the growth and migration of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) in culture. We found that fucoidan stimulated fetal bovine serum-induced HUVEC proliferation, whereas heparin inhibited it. In the presence of fibroblast growth factor-1 (FGF-1), both fucoidan and heparin potentiated HUVEC growth. In contrast, fucoidan and heparin inhibited HUVEC proliferation induced by FGF-2, but did not influence the mitogenic activity of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). In the in vitro migration assay from a denuded area of confluent cells, the two sulfated polysaccharides markedly enhanced the migration of endothelial cells in the presence of FGF-1. Finally, a weak inhibitory effect on cell migration was found only with the two polysaccharides at high concentrations (> or = 100 micro/ml) in presence of serum or combined with FGF-2. All together, the results indicated that heparin and fucoidan can be used as tools to further investigate the cellular mechanisms regulating the proliferation and migration of human vascular cells. Moreover, the data already suggest a potential role of fucoidan as a new therapeutic agent of vegetal origin in the vascular endothelium wound repair.
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- J L Giraux
- Laboratoire d'Hématologie, Tour Pasteur, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Université Paris V, France
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Plant cell vacuoles may have either storage or degradative functions. Vegetative storage proteins (VSPs) are synthesized in response to wounding and to developmental switches that affect carbon and nitrogen sinks. Here we show that VSPs are stored in a unique type of vacuole that is derived from degradative central vacuoles coincident with insertion of a new tonoplast intrinsic protein (TIP), delta-TIP, into their membranes. This finding demonstrates a tight coupling between the presence of delta-TIP and acquisition of a specialized storage function and indicates that TIP isoforms may determine vacuole identity.
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- G Y Jauh
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Box 6340, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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Meyer G, Fischer AM, Collignon MA, Benazzouz A, Monge F, Sors H, de Raucourt E. Diagnostic value of two rapid and individual D-dimer assays in patients with clinically suspected pulmonary embolism: comparison with microplate enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 1998; 9:603-8. [PMID: 9863708 DOI: 10.1097/00001721-199810000-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A semiquantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test (Instant IA D-dimer) and a new quantitative rapid and individual test (STA-Liatest DDi) were compared with the reference microplate ELISA (Asserachrom D-Di) for D-dimer testing in 142 patients clinically suspected of pulmonary embolism, on the basis of clinical symptoms and signs, electrocardiogram, blood gases and chest X-Ray abnormalities. The cut-off value for the quantitative tests was 500 ng/ml and Instant IA was interpreted by three readers. Pulmonary embolism was confirmed by lung scan or angiography in 60 patients (42%). The sensitivities of ELISA and STA-Liatest DDi were 92% [95% confidence interval (CI) 82-97%] and 93% (95% CI 84-98%), respectively. The three readings of Instant IA D-dimer disagreed in 27 (19%) of the patients and sensitivity varied from 83 to 93% according to the readers. In the 115 patients with concordant readings, sensitivity was 92% (95% CI 82-98%). These results suggest that STA Liatest DDi may be used instead of microplate ELISA for the exclusion of pulmonary embolism, whereas the use of Instant IA D-dimer for this purpose is limited by the number of discordant results.
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- G Meyer
- Service de Pneumologie-Réanimation, Hopital Laennec, Université Paris V, France
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Giraux JL, Tapon-Bretaudière J, Matou S, Fischer AM. Fucoidan, as heparin, induces tissue factor pathway inhibitor release from cultured human endothelial cells. Thromb Haemost 1998; 80:692-5. [PMID: 9798992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Fucoidan, a sulfated polysaccharide extracted from brown seaweeds, has antithrombotic properties, the mechanism of which is not yet completely understood. Tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI), which regulates the tissue factor-dependent pathway of blood coagulation, is released from the endothelium by heparin, a mechanism contributing to its antithrombotic activity. In this study, we demonstrated that fucoidan, as heparin, induces TFPI release from cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). The TFPI accumulation in the HUVEC supernatants depends on the incubation time and polysaccharide concentration. After 30 to 60 minutes of incubation, TFPI concentration (total antigen level) was twice higher in the presence of both polysaccharides than in their absence. After one hour of incubation, in the presence of increasing concentrations of each polysaccharide, an optimal stimulation was observed for 0.5 microg/ml of fucoidan and 5 microg/ml of heparin, as evidenced by a raise of the basal TFPI level: a 2-fold increase for the total antigen and a 3-fold increase for the free antigen. These data suggest that TFPI released from vascular endothelial cells may contribute to the antithrombotic effect of fucoidan.
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- J L Giraux
- Laboratoire d'Hématologie, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Université Paris V, France
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Mauray S, de Raucourt E, Talbot JC, Dachary-Prigent J, Jozefowicz M, Fischer AM. Mechanism of factor IXa inhibition by antithrombin in the presence of unfractionated and low molecular weight heparins and fucoidan. Biochim Biophys Acta 1998; 1387:184-94. [PMID: 9748565 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(98)00120-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Heparin exerts its anticoagulant activity by catalysing the inhibition of coagulation proteases by antithrombin (AT). Its main target is thrombin but it also catalyses the inhibition of the other serine-proteases of the coagulation cascade, such as factor IXa (fIXa). The aim of this study was to compare the catalysis of inhibition of blood fIXa by antithrombin in the presence of several sulfated polysaccharides with anticoagulant activity, i.e. heparin, three widely used in therapeutics low molecular weight heparins (LMWH) and fucoidan. Plots of the second-order rate constants of the fIXa-antithrombin reaction vs. the concentration of added heparin and LMWH are bell-shaped and fit the kinetic model established for thrombin-antithrombin reaction by Jordan R., Beeler D., Rosenberg R. (1979) J. Biol. Chem., 254, 2902-2913. In the ascending branch, the catalyst (C) binds quickly to the inhibitor (I) to form a catalyst-inhibitor (CI) complex which is more reactive towards the enzyme (E) than the free inhibitor, leading to the formation of an inactive enzyme-inhibitor complex (EI) and the release of free catalyst, in a rate-limiting second step. After a maximum corresponding to an optimal catalyst concentration, the decrease in the reaction rate was in keeping with the formation of a catalyst-enzyme (CE) complex, whose inactivation by the CI complex was slower than that of the free enzyme. Maximum second-order rate constants for the inhibition of fIXa by AT were 105, 6.8, 12.24 and 22 microM-1 min-1 with heparin, Enoxaparin, Fraxiparin and Fragmin, respectively, leading to 3500-, 225-, 405- and 728-fold increases in the inhibition rate in the absence of polysaccharide, respectively. Fucoidan yielded 23-fold increase in the fIXa-antithrombin interaction rate. The kinetic profiles obtained with this polysaccharide exhibited ascending branch which correlated well with the kinetic model based on the formation of binary complexes (CI or CE). Fucoidan was covalently conjugated with a fluorescent probe (DTAF) and used in conjunction with fluorescence anisotropy to follow its binding to antithrombin, heparin cofactor II (HCII), thrombin and fIXa. The binding of fucoidan to these proteins occurred with low affinities when compared to heparin and LMWH. Fucoidan had higher affinity for the inhibitor HCII compared to antithrombin and enzymes. These data suggest that binding of heparins and fucoidan to the inhibitor (CI) is required for the polysaccharide-dependent enhancement in the rate of neutralization of the enzyme by the inhibitor.
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- S Mauray
- Laboratoire de Recherche en Hématologie, Hôpital Necker Enfants-Malades, Université Paris V, 75743 Paris Cedex 15, France
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Carboxymethyl dextran benzylamide sulfonate/sulfates (CMDBS) are synthetic polysaccharides with anticoagulant activity. We synthesized eight different highly substituted CMDBS and one CMDSu. We studied both their anticoagulant activity and the catalysis of thrombin (T) inhibition by heparin cofactor II (HCII) and antithrombin (AT) in the presence of these dextran derivatives relative to heparin and dextran sulfate (DXSu). The anticoagulant activity of CMDBS was due both to direct thrombin inhibition and to catalysis of thrombin inhibition by HCII. The anticoagulant and catalytic activities of CMDBS were related mainly to their molecular weight and sulfate content. The interaction of the dextran derivatives with thrombin does not involve the active site of the enzyme. A kinetic study showed that all the CMDBS exhibited higher affinity for thrombin than heparin did but lower affinity than DXSu did, suggesting that the benzylamide and sulfate groups potentiate the interaction between the dextran derivatives and thrombin. This study shows that the mechanism by which the dextran derivatives inhibit thrombin is original and is related to preferential interaction with thrombin; this both inhibits the clotting activity of the enzyme and increases the reaction rate of thrombin inhibition by HCII.
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- E de Raucourt
- Department of Haematology, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris, France
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Mauray S, De Raucourt E, Chaubet F, Maïga-Revel O, Sternberg C, Fischer AM. Comparative anticoagulant activity and influence on thrombin generation of dextran derivatives and of a fucoidan fraction. J Biomater Sci Polym Ed 1998; 9:373-87. [PMID: 9586785 DOI: 10.1080/09205063.1998.9753062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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CMDBS compounds are synthetic dextran derivatives with a random distribution of glucosyl units substituted with carboxymethyl, benzylamide, sulfonate, and sulfate groups. Fucoidans are sulfated polysaccharides extracted from brown seaweeds. CMDBS and fucoidans exhibit anticoagulant activity which depends on their chemical composition and molecular weight. Tested with purified proteins, these compounds catalyse thrombin (EC 3.4.21.5) inhibition mainly via heparin cofactor II (HCII). We investigated the mechanism involved in the anticoagulant activity of these polysaccharides relative to that of heparin. Three CMDBS with different chemical compositions were studied to evaluate the effect of sulfate and sulfonate groups on the anticoagulant activity. The fucoidan fraction was extracted from the brown seaweed Ascophylum nodosum. The clotting assays (activated partial thromboplastin time, thrombin time, prothrombin time) were significantly prolonged in the presence of CMDBS and fucoidan, which were less active than heparin. To investigate the action mechanism of these polysaccharides, thrombin generation tests (TGT) were performed on human plasma in the presence of several CMDBS and a fucoidan fraction. The results showed an inhibition of thrombin generation in contact-activated plasma in the presence of both polysaccharides, with a prolonged lag phase preceding the burst of thrombin generation. In thromboplastin-activated plasma, thrombin generation was inhibited by CMDBS and fucoidan, with a prolonged lag phase only in the presence of CMDBS. The data obtained with each polysaccharide, compared to those obtained with heparin (our study) and hirudin (published data), led to hypothesize that fucoidan could act, like heparin, by forming complexes with the inhibitor (although antithrombin (AT) in the case of heparin, and HCII for fucoidan), while CMDBS could act, like hirudin, by forming complexes with thrombin.
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- S Mauray
- Laboratoire d'hématologie, C.H.U. Necker-Enfants Malades, Université Paris V, France
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Chafa O, Reghis A, Aubert A, Fischer AM. Prevalence of the FVQ506 (factor V Leiden) mutation in the normal and thrombophilic Algerian population. Br J Haematol 1997; 97:688-9. [PMID: 9207426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Maaroufi RM, Jozefowicz M, Tapon-Bretaudière J, Jozefonvicz J, Fischer AM. Mechanism of thrombin inhibition by heparin cofactor II in the presence of dermatan sulphates, native or oversulphated, and a heparin-like dextran derivative. Biomaterials 1997; 18:359-66. [PMID: 9068899 DOI: 10.1016/0142-9612(95)00355-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The kinetics of thrombin inhibition by heparin cofactor II (HC II) in the presence of dermatan sulphates, native (DS), or oversulphated (DSS 1 and DSS 2) and a biospecific dextran derivative substituted with carboxymethyl, carboxymethyl-benzylamide and carboxymethyl benzylamide-sulphonate functional groups (CMDBS), has been studied as a function of the sulphated polysaccharide concentration. The initial HC II and thrombin concentrations were set at equimolar levels. Analysis of the experimental data obtained for DS, DSS1 and DSS2 was performed using a previously described model which allows computation of the dissociation constant (KPS,HC) of the polysaccharide-HC II complex and the rate constant of thrombin inhibition by the polysaccharide-HC II complex (k). A KPS.HC of 9.6 x'10(-7) M and a k of 4.5 x 10(9) M-1 min-1 were found for DS, whereas KPS,HC 2.1 x 10(-6) M, k 1.1 x 10(10) M-1 min-1 and KPS,HC 4.3 x 10(-7) M, k 1.4 x 10(10) M-1 min-1 were found for DSS1 and DSS2, respectively. Knowing that DSS1 has a sulphur content per disaccharide of 7.8%, compared with 11.5% for DSS2, these results indicate that the polysaccharide affinity for HC II is increased only in the case of DSS 2, whereas the oversulphation increases the reactivities towards thrombin of both complexes DSS1-HC II and DSS2-HC II. A better conformation of these complexes may favour a faster interaction with the protease. Unlike heparin, DS at concentrations higher than 10(-5) M does not modify the reaction rate of thrombin inhibition, a fact which can be explained by the absence of complex formation between DS and thrombin. The experimental data obtained for CMDBS fit a kinetic model in which the biospecific dextran derivative rapidly forms a complex with thrombin which is more reactive towards HC II than the free protease. The reaction rate remained unchanged for CMDBS concentrations equal to or higher than 10(-5) M, whereas CMDBS was found to interfere strongly with the fibrinogen-thrombin interaction. These data suggest that CMDBS has a strong affinity for the protease and no affinity for HC II. The computed dissociation constant of the CMDBS-thrombin complex (KPS,E) was 2.4 x 10(-7) M and the rate constant of the reaction of this complex with HC II (k) was 1.7 x 10(8) M-1 min-1. These findings indicate that CMDBS exerts its catalytic effect through a unique mechanism of action and may constitute a new class of anticoagulant drugs.
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- R M Maaroufi
- Laboratoire d'Hématolgie, CHU Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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Sahli H, Tapon-Bretaudière J, Fischer AM, Sternberg C, Spenlehauer G, Verrecchia T, Labarre D. Interactions of poly(lactic acid) and poly(lactic acid-co-ethylene oxide) nanoparticles with the plasma factors of the coagulation system. Biomaterials 1997; 18:281-8. [PMID: 9068888 DOI: 10.1016/s0142-9612(96)00146-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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When surfactant-stabilized biodegradable poly(lactic acid) (PLA) particles are injected into rats, the rate of clearance from blood is fast. The rate can be strongly reduced by using particles made from diblock copolymers of PLA and poly(ethylene oxide) (PLA-PEO), resulting in an increased duration of contact with the components of the coagulation system. Thus, possible adverse effects such as activation of the coagulation cascade could occur. In this paper, the interactions of surfactant-stabilized PLA and PLA-PEO nanoparticle suspensions with the plasma factors of the coagulation system are presented. PLA suspensions stabilized by sodium cholate (PLA-Ch) interact with thrombin, factor V and calcium ions. Formation of complexes and aggregates is induced by addition of calcium ions to PLA-Ch suspensions in the presence or in the absence of plasma. On the contrary, PLA-PEO suspensions are remarkably inert towards the coagulation factors and calcium ions, even when cholate is present. Steric repulsion owing to the high surface density of PEO is sufficient to avoid strong interations with the proteins and formation of aggregates between particles.
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- H Sahli
- Laboratoire de Biomatérlaux et Polyméres, CNRS URA 1218 Physico-Chimie, Université Paris-Sud, Chatenay-Malabry, France
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Maaroufi RM, Jozefowicz M, Tapon-Bretaudière J, Fischer AM. Mechanism of thrombin inhibition by antithrombin and heparin cofactor II in the presence of heparin. Biomaterials 1997; 18:203-11. [PMID: 9031720 DOI: 10.1016/s0142-9612(96)00125-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The kinetics of thrombin inhibition by antithrombin (AT) and heparin cofactor II (HC II) were analysed as a function of the heparin concentration, from 10(-9) to 10(-4) M. The initial concentrations of inhibitor (l) and thrombin (E) were set at equimolar levels (CI = CE = 10(-8) M). The experimental data indicate that the reaction of thrombin inhibition was second-order both in the absence and in the presence of heparin, and that the apparent rate constant increased at heparin concentrations ranging from 10(-9) to 10(-6) M and decreased at higher concentrations. The data fit with the kinetic model established by Jordan et al. [J. Biol. Chem. 1979, 254, 2902-2913] for the catalysis of the thrombin-AT reaction by a low-molecular-weight heparin fraction. In this model, heparin (H) binds quickly to the inhibitor (I) and forms a heparin-inhibitor complex (HI), which is more reactive than the free inhibitor towards thrombin, leading to the formation of an inactive inhibitor-thrombin complex (I*E) and the release of free heparin, in a second step which is rate limiting. KH,I, the dissociation constant of HI, and k, the second-order rate constant of free thrombin inhibition by HI, were found to be 3.7 x 10(-7) M and 1.3 x 10(9) M-1 min-1, respectively, for AT, compared to a KH,I of 2.0 x 10(-6) M and k of 6.4 x 10(9) M-1 min-1 for HC II. These data indicate that heparin-HC II complex reactivity is greater than that of the heparin-AT complex towards thrombin, whereas heparin affinity is stronger for AT. At heparin concentrations higher than 10(-6) M, the decrease in the reaction rate was in keeping with the formation of a heparin-thrombin complex (HE), whose inactivation by the heparin-inhibitor complex (HI) is slower than that of the free protease.
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- R M Maaroufi
- Laboratoire d'hématologie, CHU Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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de Raucourt E, Vinsonneau C, Juvin K, Fischer AM, Meyer G. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia with thrombotic complications during prophylactic treatment with low-molecular-weight heparin. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 1996; 7:786-8. [PMID: 9034559 DOI: 10.1097/00001721-199611000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia is very uncommon with low-molecular-weight heparin, especially when given for prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism. In two of the four published cases, with thrombotic complications, thrombocytopenia may have been related to cross-reactivity between unfractionated heparin and low-molecular-weight heparin. We report one patient who received low-molecular-weight heparin for prophylaxis against venous thromboembolism without any previous injection of unfractionated heparin, and experienced thrombocytopenia with thrombotic complications. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia was confirmed by several laboratory assays. This observation emphasizes the need for platelet count monitoring during low-molecular-weight heparin therapy.
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- E de Raucourt
- Department of Haematology, Laennec Hospital, Paris, France
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Charef S, Tapon-Bretaudière J, Fischer AM, Pflüger F, Jozefowicz M, Labarre D. Heparin-like functionalized polymer surfaces: discrimination between catalytic and adsorption processes during the course of thrombin inhibition. Biomaterials 1996; 17:903-12. [PMID: 8718936 DOI: 10.1016/0142-9612(96)83286-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Thrombus formation on blood-contacting artificial surfaces is a major problem. Antithrombogenic polymer surfaces have been obtained either by heparin binding, or by grafting sulphonate and/or amino acid sulphonamide groups on insoluble polystyrene. In addition to their capacity to adsorb thrombin, such surfaces were shown to be able to catalyse its inhibition by antithrombin III (AT), i.e. they are endowed with heparin-like activity. The results were mainly obtained by using clotting assays. In many cases, delineating adsorption and catalytic processes by such assays is not possible when evaluating anticoagulant polymer surfaces. To overcome this problem, the kinetics of thrombin adsorption and inhibitions by AT and heparin cofactor II (HC) in the presence of such surfaces have been measured by using an assay performed with a thrombin-specific chromogenic substrate. A simple kinetic model of thrombin consumption is proposed. The relevant calculations, carried out with the help of a computer program, lead to determination of relative second order rate constants of thrombin adsorption and inhibitions by AT and HC in the presence of the polymers. In addition to thrombin adsorption, polystyrene surfaces bearing only sulphonate groups catalyse inhibition by AT, whereas polystyrene surfaces bearing either aspartate, glycinate or isophthalate sulphonamide groups catalyse both inhibitions by AT and HC.
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- S Charef
- Laboratoire de Recherches sur les Macromolécules, CNRS URA 502, Université Paris-Nord, Villetaneuse, France
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Mauray S, Sternberg C, Theveniaux J, Millet J, Sinquin C, Tapon-Bretaudière J, Fischer AM. Venous antithrombotic and anticoagulant activities of a fucoïdan fraction. Thromb Haemost 1995; 74:1280-5. [PMID: 8607110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Fucoïdans catalyse thrombin inhibition by antithrombin (AT) and heparin cofactor II (HCII); their affinity for each serpin varies according to the seaweed species from which they are extracted, as well as their chemical composition and molecular weight. We extracted a homogeneous fucoïdan fraction from Ascophyllum nodosum, a brown seaweed, and tested its anticoagulant and antithrombotic activities. At a fucoïdan concentration of 3.75 micrograms/ml, thrombin inhibition mediated by AT showed an apparent second-order rate constant (kapp) of 2 x 10(8) M-1 min-1, compared to 1.5 x 10(6) M-1 min-1 for the uncatalyzed reaction. The kapp value of thrombin inhibition via HCII was 1.17 x 10(9) M-1 min-1 at a fucoïdan concentration of 50 micrograms/ml, compared to 1.72 x 10(5) M-1 min-1 for the uncatalyzed reaction. In a Wessler model of venous thrombosis, the fucoïdan fraction, injected intravenously to rabbits 10 min before thrombosis induction, exhibited antithrombotic activity: 1.8 mg/kg was the dose which inhibited F Xa-induced thrombus formation by 80% (ED80), compared to a heparin ED80 of 0.1 mg/kg. At this ED80 the antithrombotic effect of the fucoïdan persisted longer than that of heparin (30 min versus 15 min). The thrombin clotting time (TCT) was significantly prolonged (73 s versus control 29 s, compared to 53 s with heparin) 10 min after a fucoïdan bolus infusion giving a plasma fucoïdan concentration of 14.6 +/- 2.7 micrograms/ml. The bleeding time was slightly increased after fucoïdan infusion at the ED80. Fucoïdan extracted from marine flora thus shows promise as an antithrombotic drug.
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- S Mauray
- Laboratoire d'hématologie, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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Chafa O, Chellali T, Sternberg C, Reghis A, Hamladji RM, Fischer AM. Severe hypofibrinogenemia associated with bilateral ischemic necrosis of toes and fingers. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 1995; 6:549-52. [PMID: 7578897 DOI: 10.1097/00001721-199509000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Severe hypofibrinogenemia was found in an Algerian woman who, since the age of 37 years, suffered three different episodes of ischemic necrosis of the toes and fingers leading to amputation of the toes and surgical removal of necrotic tissue (necretomy). No anti-fibrinogen antibody was present. The deficiency appeared to be due to severe congenital hypofibrinogenemia since the fibrinogen level remained at the same low level over a long period, without any abnormality of other coagulation proteins. The thrombotic events may be explained by the increased thrombin generation observed in the patient's plasma, due to the lack of thrombin adsorption onto a fibrin net.
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- O Chafa
- Service Hémobiologie-Transfusion, C.H.U. Mustapha, Alger, Algeria
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de Raucourt E, Aurousseau MH, Denninger MH, Verroust F, Goudemand M, Fischer AM. Use of a factor XI concentrate in three severe factor XI-deficient patients. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 1995; 6:486-7. [PMID: 8589218 DOI: 10.1097/00001721-199507000-00018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Bridey F, Dreyfus M, Parent F, Bros A, Fischer AM, Camez A, Simonneau G, Duroux P, Meyer D. Recombinant hirudin (HBW 023): biological data of ten patients with severe venous thrombo-embolism. Am J Hematol 1995; 49:67-72. [PMID: 7741141 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.2830490111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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This study reports on the biological data of ten patients with acute venous thrombo-embolism. They were treated for 5 days with continuous intravenous infusion of a fixed dose (0.05 mg/kg/hr) of a recombinant hirudin (r-H HBW 023 Behringwerke, Germany). The plasma level of r-H (HBW 023), assessed by an anti-factor IIa amidolytic activity, was stable after Day 2 and showed considerable individual variations. It correlated with APTT ratio, suggesting that this test is a reliable tool to monitor therapy. In contrast, thrombin time was constantly over 120 sec (control 15 sec) and consequently was not a useful parameter. Prothrombin time showed a slight, but significant, prolongation, which was correlated with the increase of APTT ratio. There was no bleeding time prolongation, platelet count, or ATIII level decrease. Levels of thrombin-antithrombin III complexes, and D-dimers, which were high in all patients on admission, decreased during the course of the treatment but remained abnormal on Day 5, showing an ongoing hemostasis and fibrinolysis activation: this is consistent with the delayed, but only slightly decreased thrombin generation evidenced by thrombin generation test performed on Day 3. These results suggest that thrombin inhibition by rH-hirudin at this dosage is only partial, which allows the generation of traces of thrombin needed for the feed-back thrombin production generated by factor V and VIII activation.
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- F Bridey
- Department of Hematology, Hôpital A. Béclère, Paris, France
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Isolated acquired factor VII (FVII) deficiency (0.15 U/ml) was identified in a 30-year-old man with pleural liposarcoma. The patient underwent surgery with continuous FVII concentrate infusion. No anti-FVII antibody or FVII/anti-FVII complex was detected. However, the short half-life and low recovery of FVII after concentrate infusion suggested the presence of an antibody. Whatever the mechanism, this FVII deficiency was related to the presence of the liposarcoma. FVII level normalized during tumour regression and fell again when the liposarcoma relapsed.
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- E de Raucourt
- Department of Haematology, Hôpital Laennec, Paris, France
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Chafa O, Fischer AM, Sternberg C, Meriane F, Millien C, Benabadji M. The relative frequency of inherited inhibitor deficiency among 93 young patients with thrombophilia in Algeria. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 1993; 4:639-40. [PMID: 8218863 DOI: 10.1097/00001721-199308000-00017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Sinniger V, Tapon-Bretaudière J, Millien C, Muller D, Jozefonvicz J, Fischer AM. Affinity chromatography of sulphated polysaccharides separately fractionated on antithrombin III and heparin cofactor II immobilized on concanavalin A--sepharose. J Chromatogr 1993; 615:215-23. [PMID: 8335699 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4347(93)80335-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Three sulphated polysaccharides, dermatan sulphate, fucan and heparin, were fractionated according to their affinity towards antithrombin III (ATIII) and heparin cofactor II (HCII), the two main physiological thrombin (IIa) inhibitors. Both inhibitors were immobilized on concanavalin A-Sepharose, which binds to the glycosylated chains of the proteins while the protein-binding site for the polysaccharide remains free. Each polysaccharide was fractionated into bound and unbound fractions either for ATIII or HCII. The eluted fractions were tested for their ability to catalyse ATIII/IIa and HCII/IIa interactions. The possible presence of a unique binding site for ATIII and HCII, on each sulphated polysaccharide, was also studied.
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- V Sinniger
- Laboratoire d'Hématologie, Hospital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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Najab-Benhayoun M, Serne H, Jozefowicz M, Fischer AM, Brisson C, Sultan Y. Human umbilical vein endothelial cell culture on heparin-like microcarriers. J Biomed Mater Res 1993; 27:511-20. [PMID: 8463352 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.820270412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Biospecific functional polymers, i.e., polymers randomly substituted with specific chemical functional groups, were designed to interact with living systems. Interactions between polystyrene sodium sulfonate (PSSO3Na) and insulin secreting RINm5F cells have been previously described. For the sake of comparison, interactions of PSSO3Na with human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) were studied. In this case, the interaction is indirect, i.e., mediated by a binding protein, fibronectin (Fn). This was evidenced by HUVEC culture on Fn precoated PSSO3Na microcarriers. The interactions between PSSO3Na and HUVEC result in a biologically normal proliferation of cells and synthesis and secretion of Von Willebrand Factor (VWF). These results show that different biospecific interactions may occur between cells in culture, binding proteins and polymers randomly substituted with suitable functional groups. HUVEC, when cultured on heparin-like microcarriers, behave differently from other cells like RINm5F, whose interaction with the same polymers is not mediated by binding proteins.
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- M Najab-Benhayoun
- Laboratoire de Recherches sur les Macromolécules, CNRS-URA 502, Université Paris-Nord, Villetaneuse, France
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Durandy A, Brousse N, Rozenberg F, De Saint Basile G, Fischer AM, Fischer A. Control of human B cell tumor growth in SCID mice by monoclonal anti-B cell antibodies. Immunodeficiency 1993; 4:73-76. [PMID: 8167739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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- A Durandy
- INSERM U 132, Hôpital des Enfants-Malades, Paris
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Durandy A, Brousse N, Rozenberg F, De Saint Basile G, Fischer AM, Fischer A. Control of human B cell tumor growth in severe combined immunodeficiency mice by monoclonal anti-B cell antibodies. J Clin Invest 1992; 90:945-52. [PMID: 1326002 PMCID: PMC329950 DOI: 10.1172/jci115971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Severe combined immunodeficiency (scid) mice develop EBV (+)B cell tumors after infusion of EBV(+)B cells or of B cells and EBV. In this study, scid mice were infused with B cell lines derived from three patients who developed a B lymphocyte proliferative disorder after bone marrow or organ transplantation. Intraperitoneal injection of 5 x 10(6) B cells induced tumor growth in all mice, leading to death within 60 d. Human B cells were identified in spleen and bone marrow by means of immunofluorescence or EBV genome amplification, and human IgM was detected in serum. Infusion of murine monoclonal antibodies specific for human B cell membrane antigens CD21, CD24, and CD23 was effective in 80% of animals, against two of the three cell lines preventing tumor development or inducing remission according to the time of treatment. The effect was antibody dose dependent and was optimal with four intravenous infusions of at least 0.1 mg 4 d apart. Human IgM in serum and human B cells in spleen and bone marrow became undetectable when peritoneal tumors regressed completely. Infusions of IgG1 isotype-matched anti-CD4 antibody or anti-CD3 antibody had no effect. Tumors developed or recurred in 50% of these animals injected with one of the B cell line 3 mo after treatment was stopped. The same anti-CD21 and anti-CD24 antibodies had been used to treat the three patients, and shown similar degrees of effectiveness as in the scid mouse model. These results indicate that scid mice may be suitable for assessing therapeutic approaches to human B cell proliferation.
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- A Durandy
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U 132, Hôpital des Enfants-Malades, Paris, France
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