Anticoagulants, also known as antithrombotics, are among the most commonly prescribed medications in the United States. Understanding how these medications work, the propensity for interactions with other drugs, dietary factors, and disease states is important for clinicians assessing and providing care to patients in all environments. In this review, we seek to provide essential information for the home health care provider for evaluating patients receiving anticoagulants commonly prescribed in the home health care setting. The low-molecular-weight heparins and vitamin K antagonists are the most commonly used agents for outpatient anticoagulation. New agents, such as the direct factor Xa inhibitors and direct thrombin inhibitors have recently been approved with additional new agents in the approval process and development pipeline. We seek to review the most pertinent information for each of these classes of medications providing information on pharmacology, interactions with other drugs, diet, and diseases and important clinical information.

Proteins containing Kunitz domain are mostly inhibitors of serine proteases. Their general characteristic is the presence of three disulfide bonds and small sizes around 6-10 kDa, although sometimes they consist of several Kunitz domains or they are part of more complex proteins. Their function is usually related to the regulation of physiological and proteolytic processes, but also to an interaction with pathogens or other defense mechanisms, such as being part of the sea anemone mucus or the venom of snakes and other invertebrates. We focused on Kunitz proteins in Eudiplozoon nipponicum, a helminth of the class Monogenea parasiting on gills of common carp (Cyprinus carpio). In the transcriptome of this parasite, several sequences with Kunitz domain have been identified based on similarities with the one already described Kunitz protein, EnKT1, suggesting that this parasite, like other bloodfeeding parasites, uses a whole set of these serine protease inhibitors with other specific functions. Several sequences with the Kunitz domain found in the transcriptome were verified by PCR and optionally supplemented by RACE-PCR. One protein, called EnKC1, was subsequently produced by recombinant expression in E. coli cells of SHuffleTM and Rosetta Gami B strains. Recombinant protein with the Kunitz domain...

Subcutaneous anticoagulant medications like Heparin and Low-Molecular Weight Heparin are injections that readily cause bruising, pain, induration, and hematoma formation at the injection site. It is known that these adverse reactions can be correlated to the technique used to administer these medications; however, there is no established technique that reduces bruising, pain, induration, and hematoma formation at the site. Currently, the only protocol for subcutaneous Heparin and Low-Molecular Weight Heparin is that it is to be administered subcutaneously in the abdomen and when using a prefilled syringe, the air bubble should not be removed. The purpose of this study was to identify current nursing practice for the administration of these medications and to compare the results to researched techniques that resulted in less adverse site reactions. A total of 33 participants were recruited. The survey targeted six researched techniques found, after a comprehensive literature review, to have reduced site adverse effects associated with subcutaneous Heparin and Low-Molecular Weight Heparin. After completing the survey, it was found that current practice does not reflect techniques researched to reduce bruising, pain, induration, and hematoma formation at the site. In fact, very few completed one of the six research techniques that were questioned, which included: a two minute application of a cold compress/pack before and/or after the injection, an injection duration lasting 30 seconds, slow removal of the needle over five seconds, application of pressure after the injection for a minimum of 30 seconds, use of a hot pack/compress after the injection, and the use of a3 mL syringe. It was also found that there were inconsistencies in techniques that have been previously established as current protocol for these medications.

Les rodenticides anticoagulants (RA) constituent le principal moyen de lutte contre les rongeurs. L'exposition aux RA du renard roux et l'impact des RA sur les populations de ce prédateur sont étudiés. En France, on distingue un contexte " biocide " (BCD) où les RA sont principalement utilisés près des bâtiments et un contexte " phytopharmaceutique " (PP) où la bromadiolone (un RA) est également utilisée en plein champs contre le campagnol terrestre. La contamination des rongeurs aux RA est mesurée : 5 RA sont détectés en contexte BCD alors que la bromadiolone est la molécule majoritaire en contexte PP ; les espèces de rongeurs non ciblées par les RA étant exposées dans les 2 contextes. L'exposition est maximale chez les espèces ciblées ou celles au mode de vie similaire. L'exposition du renard est évaluée par la mesure des résidus de RA dans des fèces collectées in situ. La bromadiolone est retrouvée dans 97 % des fèces positives et les RA sont plus retrouvés dans les fèces en cas de traitements PP. En contexte PP, le ratio de fèces positives augmente non linéairement avec la surface traitée dans un rayon d'1 km autour des fèces. L'impact des traitements PP sur les populations de renards est évalué (période 2003-2009, département du Doubs). Les indices d'abondance de renard mesurés sur une commune le printemps d'une année n diminuent avec l'augmentation des quantités d'appâts utilisées les années n-1 et n-2. Pendant la période suivie, la mise en place d'une lutte intégrée contre le campagnol terrestre s'est traduite par une diminution des quantités d'AR utilisées et donc par une diminution des impacts sur les populations de renards.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:03:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JulianaMCS.pdf: 573830 bytes, checksum: 9b4db031d8ca76bd1eed966ee42dfb5b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-11-25 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Sulfated polysaccharides (PS) are biomolecules with a great biotechnological potential. There are few data about PS from high plants. In addition, pharmacological activities of PS from plants have not been carrying out. The aim of this work was extract PS from the angiosperm Halodule wrightii and study their anticoagulant and antioxidant activities. Histological analysis showed the presence of the PS manly in the roots. A polysaccharide-rich extract was obtained from H. wrightii by proteolysis followed by methanol and TCA precipitation. Chemical, infra-red analysis and agarose gel electrophoresis in 1.3 diaminopropane acetate buffer confirmed the presence of sulfated polysaccharides made by glucose, galactose, xylose and sulfate residues in the proportion 1: 0,9: 1: 1. In addition polyacrilamide electrophoresis have shown that extract is mainly compose by 11kDa sulfated polysaccharides. Pharmacological analysis have shown total antioxidant capacity (CAT) that resulted in 15,21 μg for equivalent of ascorbic acid, scavenging activity of the DPPH radical with 41,36 % of scavenging, activity of reducing power with the maximum of 0,290 nm (50 % of vitamin C activity) and scavenging activity superoxide radical (O2-) with a maximum of 32,23 %. Chelating activity of metal less than 4% and scavenging activity of the radical hydroxyl (OH-) less than 2%. Time of activated partial tromboplastin (aPTT) doubling the time of coagulation from 20μg of and protrombin time (PT) was not present. The data indicate that PS from Halodule wrightii could be considered for future applications in medicine, food production or cosmetic industry / Os polissacar?deos sulfatados (PS) s?o biomol?culas com um grande potencial biotecnol?gico por apresentarem uma diversidade estrutural e farmacol?gica muito grande. Poucos s?o os relatos da exist?ncia destes pol?meros em vegetais superiores, al?m disso, ainda n?o se tem relatos da identifica??o de atividades antioxidantes e anticoagulantes com PS extra?dos destes vegetais. Com o intuito de verificar a presen?a destes polissacar?deos em angiospermas marinhas conhecidas popularmente como capim do mar, foi coletada a esp?cie marinha Halodule wrightii. As por??es vegetativas (folha, caule e raiz) n?o foram separadas sendo preparado inicialmente um extrato denominado de extrato bruto (EB). Ap?s descontamina??o prot?ica o material obtido foi chamado de extrato de polissacar?deos totais (EPT). A presen?a destes polissacar?deos foi investigada e confirmada por an?lises qu?micas, espectroscopia de infravermelho e eletroforese em gel de agarose sendo denominados de extrato rico em polissacar?deos sulfatados (EPS). A an?lise histol?gica da localiza??o dos PS resultou na presen?a destes polissacar?deos principalmente na epiderme da por??o vegetativa raiz. As an?lises qu?micas mostraram que os polissacar?deos contem glicose, galactose, xilose e sulfato na propor??o de 1: 0,9: 1: 1 e massa molecular de aproximadamente 11 kDa. Os grupos sulfatos est?o provavelmente ligados principalmente em C2 de um monossacar?deo. Testes de atividade antioxidante demonstraram que os PS de H. wrightii n?o apresentaram resultado para o teste de capacidade antioxidante total pelo m?todo CAT. Desta forma foi utilizada a atividade de seq?estro do radical DPPH indicado na literatura por dosar a capacidade antioxidante total que resultou em 41,36%. O seq?estro do ?on super?xido tamb?m foi realizado e resultou em 32,23% assim como o poder redutor que equivaleu a 50% da atividade da Vit. C. N?o houve atividade de seq?estro do radical hidroxila assim como atividade quelante de metal. O teste de atividade anticoagulante (aPTT) mostrou que EPS dobra o tempo de coagula??o com 20 g, que ? apenas 2,5 vezes a quantidade da Clexane? (heparina de baixo peso molecular). Para o tempo de protrombina (PT) H.wrightii n?o apresentou atividade. Os dados indicam que EPS possuem um potencial biotecnol?gico anticoagulante e antioxidante e que futuras an?lises se fazem necess?rias para confirmarem esse potencial

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:03:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LeandroSC.pdf: 650975 bytes, checksum: 6025a0ab11422614586386d571f936a6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-12-23 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / In recent years, sulfated polysaccharides (SP) from marine algae have emerged as an important class of natural biopolymers with potential pharmacology applications. Among these, SP isolated from the cell walls of red algae have been study due to their anticoagulant,antithrombotic and anti-inflammatory activities. In the present study, three sulfated polysaccharides fractions denominated F1.5v, F2.0v and F3.0v were obtained from seaweed G. caudate by proteolysis followed to acetone fractionation. Gel electrophoresis using 0.05 M 1,3-diaminopropane-acetate buffer, pH 9,0, stained with 0.1% toluidine blue, showed the presence of SP in all fractions. The chemical analysis demonstrated that all the fractions are composed mainly of galactose. These compounds were evaluated in anticoagulant, antioxidant and antiproliferative activities. In anticoagulant activity evaluated through aPTT and PT tests, no one fractions presented anticoagulant activity at tested concentrations (0.1 mg/mL; 1.0 mg/mL; 2.0 mg/mL).The antioxidant activities of the three fractions were evaluated by the following in vitro systems: Total antioxidant capacity, superoxide and hydroxyl radical scavenging, ferrous chelating activity and reducing power. The fractions were found to have different levels of antioxidant activity in the systems tested. F1.5v shows the highest activity, especially in the ferrous chelating system, with 70% of ferrous inhibiting at 1.0 mg.mL-1. Finally, all the fractions showed dose-dependent antiproliferative activity against HeLa cells. The fractions F1.5v and F2.0v presented the highest antiproliferative activity at 2.0 mg/mL with 42.7% and 37.0% of inhibition, respectively. Ours results suggests that the sulfated polysaccharides from seaweed G. caudata are promising compounds in antioxidant and/or antitumor therapy / Nos ?ltimos anos, os polissacar?deos sulfatados de algas marinhas t?m emergido como uma importante classe de biopol?meros naturais com potenciais aplica??es farmacol?gicas. Dentre estas, os polissacar?deos sulfatados de algas vermelhas tem sido extensivamente estudados, principalmente devido seu potencial anticoagulante, antitromb?tico e antiinflamat?rio. Neste estudo, tr?s fra??es de polissacar?deos sulfatados, denominadas F1,5v, F2,0v e F3,0v, foram extra?das da alga vermelha Gracilaria caudata, atrav?s de prote?lise, seguida de fracionamento com acetona. Eletroforese em gel de agarose em Tamp?o PDA mostrou a presen?a de polissacar?deos sulfatados em todas as fra??es. As an?lises qu?micas demonstraram que todas as fra??es s?o compostas principalmente de galactose. Esses compostos foram testados para as atividades anticoagulante, antioxidante e antiproliferativa. Na atividade anticoagulante avaliada atrav?s de kits comerciais de aPTT e PT, nenhuma das fra??es apresentou atividade nas concentra??es testadas (0,1; 0,5 e 1,0 mg/mL). A atividade antioxidante das fra??es polissacar?dicas foi avaliada atrav?s de diversos ensaios in vitro: Capacidade antioxidante total, seq?estro de radical super?xido e hidroxila, quela??o f?rrica e poder redutor. As fra??es apresentaram diferentes n?veis de atividade antioxidante nos sistemas testados. A fra??o F1,5v apresentou a maior atividade antioxidante, principalmente no ensaio de quela??o f?rrica, com cerca de 70,00% de inibi??o na concentra??o de 1,0 mg/mL. Finalmente, todas as fra??es apresentaram atividade antiproliferativa dose-dependente frente a linhagem celular tumoral HeLa. As fra??es F1,5v e F2,0v apresentaram as maiores atividades antiproliferativa na concentra??o de 2,0 mg/mL, com 42,70% e 37,00% de inibi??o da prolifera??o celular em rela??o ao controle. Nossos resultados sugerem que os polissacar?deos sulfatados de G. caudata s?o promissores f?rmacos na terapia antioxidante e/ou antiproliferativa

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:03:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JulianaMCS.pdf: 573830 bytes, checksum: 9b4db031d8ca76bd1eed966ee42dfb5b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-11-25 / Sulfated polysaccharides (PS) are biomolecules with a great biotechnological potential. There are few data about PS from high plants. In addition, pharmacological activities of PS from plants have not been carrying out. The aim of this work was extract PS from the angiosperm Halodule wrightii and study their anticoagulant and antioxidant activities. Histological analysis showed the presence of the PS manly in the roots. A polysaccharide-rich extract was obtained from H. wrightii by proteolysis followed by methanol and TCA precipitation. Chemical, infra-red analysis and agarose gel electrophoresis in 1.3 diaminopropane acetate buffer confirmed the presence of sulfated polysaccharides made by glucose, galactose, xylose and sulfate residues in the proportion 1: 0,9: 1: 1. In addition polyacrilamide electrophoresis have shown that extract is mainly compose by 11kDa sulfated polysaccharides. Pharmacological analysis have shown total antioxidant capacity (CAT) that resulted in 15,21 μg for equivalent of ascorbic acid, scavenging activity of the DPPH radical with 41,36 % of scavenging, activity of reducing power with the maximum of 0,290 nm (50 % of vitamin C activity) and scavenging activity superoxide radical (O2-) with a maximum of 32,23 %. Chelating activity of metal less than 4% and scavenging activity of the radical hydroxyl (OH-) less than 2%. Time of activated partial tromboplastin (aPTT) doubling the time of coagulation from 20μg of and protrombin time (PT) was not present. The data indicate that PS from Halodule wrightii could be considered for future applications in medicine, food production or cosmetic industry / Os polissacar?deos sulfatados (PS) s?o biomol?culas com um grande potencial biotecnol?gico por apresentarem uma diversidade estrutural e farmacol?gica muito grande. Poucos s?o os relatos da exist?ncia destes pol?meros em vegetais superiores, al?m disso, ainda n?o se tem relatos da identifica??o de atividades antioxidantes e anticoagulantes com PS extra?dos destes vegetais. Com o intuito de verificar a presen?a destes polissacar?deos em angiospermas marinhas conhecidas popularmente como capim do mar, foi coletada a esp?cie marinha Halodule wrightii. As por??es vegetativas (folha, caule e raiz) n?o foram separadas sendo preparado inicialmente um extrato denominado de extrato bruto (EB). Ap?s descontamina??o prot?ica o material obtido foi chamado de extrato de polissacar?deos totais (EPT). A presen?a destes polissacar?deos foi investigada e confirmada por an?lises qu?micas, espectroscopia de infravermelho e eletroforese em gel de agarose sendo denominados de extrato rico em polissacar?deos sulfatados (EPS). A an?lise histol?gica da localiza??o dos PS resultou na presen?a destes polissacar?deos principalmente na epiderme da por??o vegetativa raiz. As an?lises qu?micas mostraram que os polissacar?deos contem glicose, galactose, xilose e sulfato na propor??o de 1: 0,9: 1: 1 e massa molecular de aproximadamente 11 kDa. Os grupos sulfatos est?o provavelmente ligados principalmente em C2 de um monossacar?deo. Testes de atividade antioxidante demonstraram que os PS de H. wrightii n?o apresentaram resultado para o teste de capacidade antioxidante total pelo m?todo CAT. Desta forma foi utilizada a atividade de seq?estro do radical DPPH indicado na literatura por dosar a capacidade antioxidante total que resultou em 41,36%. O seq?estro do ?on super?xido tamb?m foi realizado e resultou em 32,23% assim como o poder redutor que equivaleu a 50% da atividade da Vit. C. N?o houve atividade de seq?estro do radical hidroxila assim como atividade quelante de metal. O teste de atividade anticoagulante (aPTT) mostrou que EPS dobra o tempo de coagula??o com 20 ug, que ? apenas 2,5 vezes a quantidade da Clexane? (heparina de baixo peso molecular). Para o tempo de protrombina (PT) H.wrightii n?o apresentou atividade. Os dados indicam que EPS possuem um potencial biotecnol?gico anticoagulante e antioxidante e que futuras an?lises se fazem necess?rias para confirmarem esse potencial

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:03:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Mariana Santana Santos Pereira da Costa_DISSERT.pdf: 1585088 bytes, checksum: 3aeda3818f245371875985348e34059a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-03-19 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Seaweeds sulfated polysaccharides have been described as having various pharmacological activities. However, nothing is known about the influence of salinity on the structure of sulfated polysaccharides from green seaweed and pharmacological activities they perform. Therefore, the main aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of salinity of seawater on yield and composition of polysaccharides-rich fractions from green seaweed Caulerpa cupressoides var. flabellata, collected in two different salinities beaches of the coast of Rio Grande do Norte, and to verify the influence of salinity on their biological activities. We extracted four sulfated polysaccharides-rich fractions from C. cupressoides collected in Camapum beach (denominated CCM F0.3; F0.5; F1.0; F2.0), which the seawater has higher salinity, and Buzios beach (denominated CCB F0.3; F0.5; F1.0; F2.0). Different from that observed for other seaweeds, the proximate composition of C. cupressoides did not change with increased salinity. Moreover, interestingly, the C. cupresoides have high amounts of protein, greater even than other edible seaweeds. There was no significant difference (p>0.05) between the yield of polysaccharide fractions of CCM and its CCB counterparts, which indicates that salinity does not interfere with the yield of polysaccharide fractions. However, there was a significant difference in the sulfate/sugar ratio of F0.3 (p<0.05) and F0.5 (p<0.01) (CCM F0.3 and CCB F0.5 was higher than those determined for their counterparts), while the sulfate/sugar ratio the F1.0 and F2.0 did not change significantly (p>0.05) with salinity. This result suggested that the observed difference in the sulfate/sugar ratio between the fractions from CCM and CCB, is not merely a function of salinity, but probably also is related to the biological function of these biopolymers in seaweed. In addition, the salinity variation between collection sites did not influence algal monosaccharide composition, eletrophoretic mobility or the infrared spectrum of polysaccharides, demonstrating that the salinity does not change the composition of sulfated polysaccharides of C. cupressoides. There were differences in antioxidant and anticoagulant fractions between CCM and CCB. CCB F0.3 (more sulfated) had higher total antioxidant capacity that CCM F0.3, since the chelating ability the CCM F0.5 was more potent than CCB F0.5 (more sulfated). These data indicate that the activities of sulfated polysaccharides from CCM and CCB depend on the spatial patterns of sulfate groups and that it is unlikely to be merely a charge density effect. C. cupressoides polysaccharides also exhibited anticoagulant activity in the intrinsic (aPTT test) and extrinsic pathway (PT test). CCB F1.0 and CCM F1.0 showed different (p<0,001) aPTT activity, although F0.3 and F0.5 showed no difference (p>0,05) between CCM and CCB, corroborating the fact that the sulfate/sugar ratio is not a determining factor for biological activity, but rather for sulfate distribution along the sugar chain. Moreover, F0.3 and F0.5 activity in aPTT test was similar to that of clexane?, anticoagulant drug. In addition, F0.5 showed PT activity. These results suggest that salinity may have created subtle differences in the structure of sulfated polysaccharides, such as the distribution of sulfate groups, which would cause differences in biological activities between the fractions of the CCM and the CCB / Polissacar?deos sulfatados de algas marinhas t?m sido descritos por apresentarem diversas atividades farmacol?gicas. No entanto, nada se sabe a respeito da influ?ncia da salinidade da ?gua do mar na estrutura de polissacar?deos sulfatados de algas verdes e nas atividades farmacol?gicas por eles desempenhadas. Por isso, objetivo principal deste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito da salinidade da ?gua do mar no rendimento e na composi??o de fra??es polissacar?dicas da alga verde Caulerpa cupressoides var. flabellata, coletada em duas praias de diferentes salinidades do litoral do Rio Grande do Norte, bem como verificar se as altera??es provocadas pela salinidade se refletiriam em atividades biol?gicas das fra??es. Extraiu-se quatro fra??es ricas em polissacar?deos sulfatados da C. cupressoides coletada na praia de Camapum (denominado CCM F0.3, F0.5, F1.0, F2.0), a qual a ?gua tem maior salinidade, e na praia de B?zios (denominados CCB F0.3; F0.5, F1.0, F2.0). Diferente do observado para outras algas, a composi??o centesimal da C. cupressoides n?o se alterou em fun??o desta crescer em ambiente de maior da salinidade. Al?m disso, interessantemente, a C. cupressoides t?m altas quantidades de prote?nas, maior at? do esp?cies de algas comest?veis. N?o houve diferen?a significativa (p> 0,05) entre o rendimento das fra??es polissacar?dicas da CCM e das suas correlatas na CCB, o que indica que a salinidade n?o interfere no rendimento das fra??es polissacar?dicas. No entanto, houve uma diferen?a significativa na raz?o sulfato/a??car da F0.3 (p <0,05) e F0.5 (p <0,01) (a raz?o sulfato/a??car da CCM F0.3 e da CCB F0.5foram maiores do que suas correlatas), enquanto a raz?o sulfato/a??car da F1.0 e F2.0 n?o se alterou significativamente (p> 0,05) com a salinidade. Este resultado sugere que a diferen?a observada na raz?o sulfato/a??car entre as fra??es da CCM e CCB, n?o ?, meramente, fun??o da salinidade, mas provavelmente est? relacionada com a fun??o biol?gica destes biopol?meros nas algas marinhas. Al?m disso, a varia??o de salinidade entre os locais de coleta n?o influenciou a composi??o monossacar?dica, a mobilidade eletrofor?tica ou os espectros de infravermelho das fra??es polissacar?dicas, demonstrando que a salinidade n?o altera a composi??o de polissacar?deos sulfatados de C. cupressoides. Houve diferen?as nas atividades antioxidantes e anticoagulantes entre a CCM e CCB. CCB F0.3 (mais sulfatada) apresentou maior capacidade antioxidante total que CCM F0.3, j? a habilidade quelante da CCM F0.5 foi mais potente que a CCB F0.5 (mais sulfatada). Estes dados indicam que, provavelmente, as atividades biol?gicas das fra??es polissacar?dicas da CCM e CCB dependem do padr?o de distribui??o espacial dos grupos sulfatos no pol?mero e que n?o ?, meramente, um efeito da densidade de carga. Polissacar?deos de C. cupressoides tamb?m exibiram atividade anticoagulante na via intr?nseca (aPTT) e via extr?nseca (teste PT). CCB F1.0 e CCM F1.0 mostraram diferen?as significantes (p <0,001) no aPTT, j? F0.3 e F0.5 n?o mostraram diferen?a (p> 0,05) entre a CCM e CCB, corroborando o fato de que a raz?o sulfato/a??car n?o ? um fator determinante para a atividade biol?gica, mas sim, a distribui??o do sulfato ao longo da cadeia do polissacar?deo. Al?m disso, F0.3 e F0.5 apresentaram atividade no teste de aPTT semelhante a clexane?, medicamento anticoagulante. Adicionalmente, as F0.5 mostraram atividade no PT. Estes resultados sugerem que a salinidade pode ter criado sutis diferen?as na estrutura dos polissacar?deos sulfatados, como por exemplo, na distribui??o dos grupos sulfatos, o que ocasionaria as diferen?as nas atividades biol?gicas entre as fra??es da CCM e da CCB

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:03:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RaquelHBA_DISSERT.pdf: 1772501 bytes, checksum: 51cea5d11ac1524fb197874e85c15f64 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-07-20 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Heparin is a pharmaceutical animal widely used in medicine due to its potent anticoagulant effect. Furthermore, it has the ability to inhibit the proliferation, invasion and adhesion of cancer cells to vascular endothelium. However, its clinical applicability can be compromised by side effects such as bleeding. Thus, the search for natural compounds with low bleeding risk and possible therapeutic applicability has been targeted by several research groups. From this perspective, this study aims to evaluate the hemorrhagic and anticoagulant activities and citotoxic effect for different tumor cell lines (HeLa, B16-F10, HepG2, HS-5,) and fibroblast cells (3T3) of the Heparin-like from the crab Chaceon fenneri (HEP-like). The HEP-like was purified after proteolysis, ion-exchange chromatography, fractionation with acetone and characterized by electrophoresis (agarose gel) and enzymatic degradation. Hep-like showed eletroforetic behavior similar to mammalian heparin, and high trisulfated /Nacetylated disaccharides ratio. In addition, HEP-like presented low in vitro anticoagulant activity using aPTT and a minor hemorrhagic effect when compared to mammalian heparin. Furthermore, the HEP-like showed significant cytotoxic effect (p<0.001) on HeLa, HepG2 and B16-F10 tumor cells with IC50 values of 1000 ug/mL, after incubation for 72 hours. To assess the influence of heparin-like on the cell cycle in HeLa cells, analysis was performed by flow cytometry. The results of this analysis showed that HEP-like influence on the cell cycle increasing S phase and decreasing phase G2. Thus, these properties of HEP-like make these compounds potential therapeutic agents / A heparina ? um agente farmac?utico amplamente utilizado em medicina devido ao seu potente efeito anticoagulante. Al?m disso, tem a capacidade de inibir a prolifera??o, invas?o e ades?o de c?lulas cancerosas ao endot?lio vascular. No entanto, a sua aplicabilidade cl?nica pode ser comprometida por efeitos secund?rios tais como hemorragia. Assim, a busca de compostos naturais com baixo risco hemorr?gico e poss?vel aplicabilidade terap?utica tem sido alvo de v?rios grupos de pesquisa. A partir desta perspectiva, este estudo visa avaliar as atividades hemorr?gica, anticoagulante e efeito citot?xico para as diferentes linhagens de c?lulas tumorais (HeLa, B16-F10, HepG2, HS-5,) e c?lulas de fibroblastos (3T3) proporcionadas pelo composto tipo heparina obtido do caranguejo Chaceon fenneri. Dessa forma, o composto foi purificado ap?s prote?lise, cromatografia de troca i?nica e fracionamento com acetona, e caracterizado por eletroforese em gel de agarose e degrada??o enzim?tica. O composto em estudo mostrou comportamento eletrofor?tico semelhante ? heparina de mam?fero, e alta raz?o de propor??o de dissacar?deos trissulfatado / N-acetilado. Al?m disso, o composto apresentou baixa atividade anticoagulante in vitro usando aPTT e um efeito hemorr?gico menor quando comparado com heparina de mam?fero. O composto tipo heparina obtido do caranguejo Chaceon fenneri mostrou efeito citot?xico significativo (p <0,001) em c?lulas linhagens de c?lulas tumorais HeLa, HepG2 e B16-F10 com valores de IC50 de 1000 ug / mL, ap?s a incuba??o durante 72 horas. Para avaliar a influ?ncia do composto sobre o ciclo celular em c?lulas HeLa, foi realizada uma an?lise por citometria de fluxo. Os resultados desta an?lise mostraram que a influ?ncia do composto sobre o ciclo celular aumenta a fase S e diminui a fase G2. Assim, essas propriedades do composto tipo heparina obtido do caranguejo Chaceon fenneri sugerem este composto como um agente terap?utico em potencial

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:03:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 TarcianaCGA.pdf: 634423 bytes, checksum: 54bd90fdc2abea42aaa8c6e698915963 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-07-18 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Fucans are a family of sulfated homo and teropolysaccharides respectively, composed mainly of a- (1?2) and a- (1?3) linked by L-fucose residues. Properties such as the ability to act as an anti-contraceptive, to reduce cholesterol levels, and to act as an anti-tumor agent are much related. We have focused our attention on the anticoagulant properties, platelet aggregation, hemorrhagic activity and complement system in vitro of commercial fucoidan (F) and their purified fractions (F1, F2 and F3) from Fucus vesiculosus obtained from fractionation of the fucoidan with different concentrations of acetone 1, 2 and 3v. These compounds were chemically characterized and the fucoidan (F) was modified by desulfation. The anticoagulant activity of the compounds was assessment by activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) and prothrombine time assay (PT) using citrated normal human plasma. The results of APPT test showed that F, F1 and F2 have high anticoagulants activities 240.0 s (5 ?g). The F3 showed 73.7 s in the same concentrations. The results obtained with PT test to F, F1, F2 and F3 were 81.5 s, 120.0 s, 57.1 and 32.5 s respectively with 50 ?g. The dessulfated polymer showed a decrease in the anticoagulant activity in these two tests. Platelet aggregation assay was measured turbidimetrically with platelet aggregometer by method of Born. The aggregation platelet with F and fractions F1, F2 and F3 exhibited a two-phase answer in the concentration of 5 mg/mL with maximum aggregation of 76.36 ? 10.3% ; 69.54 ? 9.40%; 75.94 ? 9.01%; 51.13 ? 9.59% respectively. However, was observed a hipoaggregate profile F (15.17 ? 5.2%), F1 (7.40 ? 3.04 %), F2 (19.1 ? 5.41%) and F3 (5.09 ? 3.02%) at 0.1 mg/mL. The hemorrhagic activity assay was carried in Wistar rats and showed that these compounds have low hemorrhagic effect when compared to heparin. The complement system ( alternative pathway was made using non-sensibilized rabbit red blood cells The results of complement system essay showed that F , F2 and F3 have action inhibitory in relation to the group control 0.544, 0.697, 0.622 and 0.958 respectively The results showed that these compounds have action on this system. Interaction of the polisaccharides with proteins C3 and C4 showed that the fraction F1 stimulated the activity assay hemolytic using red blood cells / Fucanas s?o uma fam?lia de homo e hetero polissacar?deos sulfatados, formadas por uma cadeia central com liga??es &#945;-(1&#8594;2) ou &#945;-(1&#8594;3) unidas atrav?s de res?duos de L-fucose. Propriedades como a habilidade para agir como um anticoncepcional, reduzir n?veis de colesterol, e agir como um agente anti-tumoral foram relatadas. N?s focalizamos nossa aten??o nas propriedades anticoagulantes, agrega??o plaquet?ria, atividade anti-hemost?tica e sistema de complemento in vitro do fucoidan comercial e das fra??es F1, F2 e F3 de Fucus vesiculosus obtidas atrav?s do fracionamento do fucoidan por precipta??o com acetona (1, 2 e 3v). A atividade anticoagulante dos compostos foi avaliada pelo tempo de tromboplastina parcial ativado (APTT) e o tempo de protrombina (PT) usando plasma humano citratado. Os resultados do teste de APPT mostraram que o Fucoidan (F) e as fra??es F1 e F2 t?m altas atividades anticoagulantes 240,0 s (5 ?g), enquanto que a F3 mostrou 73,7s nas mesma concentra??o. Os resultados obtidos com PT para o F, F1, F2 e F3 foram 81,5 s, 120,0 s, 57,1 e 32,5 s respectivamente usando a massa de 50 ?g. A dessulfata??o do Fucoidan demonstrou uma diminui??o da atividade anticoagulante nos dois testes. O ensaio de agrega??o plaquet?ria foi realizado no agregometro de acordo com o m?todo de Born. A agrega??o plaquet?ria induzida pelo fucoidam e pelas fra??es de F1, F2 e F3 exibiram uma resposta bif?sica na concentra??o de 5 mg/mL com amplitude m?xima de agrega??o de 76,36% ? 10,3%; 69,54% ? 9,40%; 75,94% ? 9,01%; 51,13% ? 9,59% respectivamente. Por?m, na concentra??o 0,1 mg/mL foi observada um perfil hipoagregante para o Fucoidan (15,17% ? 5,2) e para as fra??es F1 (7,4% ? 3,04%), F2 (19,1% ? 5,41) e F3 (5,09% ? 3,02%). A atividade anti-hemost?tica foi realizada com ratos machos da linhagem Wistar e demonstrou que estes compostos t?m efeito hemorr?gico residual menor do que o da heparina. A a??o dos polissacar?deos fucosilados sulfatados na via alternativa do sistema complemento foi realizada atrav?s da utiliza??o de eritr?citos de coelhos n?o sensibilizados. Os resultados para o Sistema Complemento mostraram que o F, F2 e F3 t?m a??o neste sistema, apresentando efeito inibit?rio em rela??o ao grupo controle 0,544, 0,697, 0,622 e 0,958 respectivamente. Intera??es dos polissacar?deos com as prote?nas C3 e C4 demonstraram que a fra??o F1 estimula a atividade hemol?tica do complemento usando eritr?citos de coelho. Conclu?mos que estes a??cares t?m atividade anticoagulante e atuam como inibidores do sistema complemento sendo uma valiosa droga que pode ser empregada em doen?as relacionadas com inflama??o e coagula??o sang??nea