title: Non-enzymatic glycation reduces heparin cofactor II anti-thrombin activity.
abstract: The effects of non-enzymatic glycation on heparin cofactor II activity, at glucose concentrations which might be expected in physiological or diabetic conditions have been evaluated in this study. Radiolabelled glucose incorporation was associated with a loss of heparin cofactor anti-thrombin activity. The heparin cofactor heparin and dermatan sulfate-dependent inhibition of thrombin was significantly reduced, showing a remarkable decrease of the maximum second order rate constant. This study shows that heparin cofactor can be glycated at glucose concentrations found in the blood, and that this phenomenon produces a loss of heparin cofactor-antithrombin activity. These data suggest, furthermore, a possible link between heparin cofactor glycation and the pathogenesis of thrombosis in diabetes mellitus.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Diabetologia e Dietoterapia I Facolta di Medicina, Universita di Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ceriello
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barbanti
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Milani
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Giugliano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Quatraro
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lefebvre
mesh_terms: D000991:Antithrombins; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006031:Glycosylation; D015844:Heparin Cofactor II / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D013917:Thrombin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000991:Antithrombins; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D015844:Heparin Cofactor II; D013917:Thrombin; D005947:Glucose