A ce jour, les anticoagulants commerciaux souffrent de deux inconvénients majeurs : leur rémanence avec, pour certains d’entre eux, une demi-vie hépatique proche des 300 jours causant des intoxications secondaires sur les prédateurs des rongeurs, ainsi que le développement de nombreuses mutations génétiques causé par l’utilisation intensive de ces composés, rendant inopérant l’utilisation de certains AVKs commerciaux. Face à ce constat, l’Union Européenne envisage d’interdire l’utilisation de tels composés. La mission prioritaire est donc de trouver un anticoagulant capable de gérer les populations de rongeurs sans affecter leurs prédateurs. Les recherches mises en avant par Adrien Montagut (Thèse 2011-2014) ont permis d’aboutir à une structure type d’anticoagulants, dérivés de la 4-hydroxycoumarine. Actuellement, AMR361 a été testé in vitro sur l’ensemble des mutations de VKORC1 et in vivo sur rats sauvages, et constitue le premier AVK développé qui répond à l’ensemble des caractéristiques du cahier des charges initial. La première partie de mon projet de thèse consistait à compléter l’étude biologique sur le noyau 4-hydroxycoumarine en amenant de la diversité fonctionnelle sur la position para du noyau aromatique. D’un point de vue biologique, l’allongement du bras espaceur sur la chaîne latérale par l’utilisation de fonctions telles que les amides ou amides inversés ou l’introduction d’un groupement diméthyle sur le pont méthylène ont été étudiés afin d’analyser les paramètres d’efficacité et de rémanence. Cependant, la plupart des composés synthétisés appartenant à la famille des 4-hydroxycoumarines font déjà l’objet d’un brevet déposé par l’entreprise Liphatech en 1999. L’étude de nouveaux noyaux, dont certains sont analogues à la 4-hydroxycoumarine, de même que la fonctionnalisation du noyau 4-hydroxycoumarine sur la partie aromatique, a permis l’accès à des structures plus diverses. Ces perspectives originales pour l’innovation ont été introduites pour contourner les brevets déjà existants. / To date, commercial anticoagulants suffer from two major inconveniences: their persistence causing secondary poisoning of rodent predators and the development of many genetic mutations caused by the intensive use of these compounds. As a result, the European Union plans to prohibit the use of such compounds. Consequently, the priority task is to find an anticoagulant that can control the rodent populations without affecting their predators. The research of Dr. Adrien Montagut (PhD, 2011-2014) have led to the structure type of an anticoagulant derived from 4-hydroxycoumarin. Currently, AMR361 was tested in vitro on all VKORC1 mutations and in vivo on wild rats. It is the first AVK developed that responds to all the characteristics of the initial specification. The first part of my PhD was to complete the biological study on 4-hydroxycoumarin core by bringing functional diversity on the para position of the aromatic ring. From a biological point of view, the lengthening of the spacer arm on the side chain by use of various functions or the introduction of a dimethyl group on the methylene bridge were studied in order to analyze the effectiveness and persistence parameters. However, most of the synthesized compounds belonging to the family of 4-hydroxycoumarins are already described in a patent filed by Liphatech company in 1999. The study of new cores which are similar to the 4-hydroxycoumarin or the functionalization of the aromatic part of the 4-hydroxycoumarin has provided access to more diverse structures. These original possibilities for innovation have been introduced to circumvent existing patents.

Venous thromboembolism that cause blood clotting in blood vessels, prevent blood circulation, depending on changes in one or more of the coagulation factors II, VII, IX and X. Patients who have had a blood clot or cardiovascular diseases are treated with oral anti-vitamin K (Warfarin®) to reducing and prevent relapse. Warfarin is also used as a preventive treatment before the disease. An overdose of Warfarin® may cause bleeding-complications and low dose cause blood clotting. The dosage of the drug is controlled by measuring prothrombin in plasma. The aim of this study was to investigate if prothrombin-complex value changes due to re-spinning and re-analysis after six hours. Fitty whole blood samples from warfarin-treated patients were divided into three subgroups, those with protrombinkomplex-values of 2-4 (n=20), >4 (n=15) and <2 (n=15). The samples were centrifugated and measured (Method A), re-centrifugated and measured (Method B) or re-analysed after six hours (Method C). All results were compared in a Bland-Altman plot as follows: Method B vs. Method A and Method C vs. Method A. The scatter graph yielded a strong correlation between Method A and Method B (R2=0.9984) and Method A and Methods C (R2=0.9977). The results from t-test showed a significance level (p<0.001) for both analyses (statistical significance=p<0.05). In this study we showed that prothrombin complex value ware stable after re-centrifugation and re-measurement after six hours. Statistical calculations yielded a strong correlation between the methods (A, B, C), and there was no significance difference between the methods.