title: Development of the selective adsorbent for EDA containing fibronectin using heparin immobilized cellulose.
abstract: We have noticed that extra domain A containing fibronectin (EDA(+)FN) is closely related to inflammatory diseases and accordingly investigated a selective adsorbent to remove EDA(+)FN, which may increase the severity of the symptoms, from the plasma of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Three types of heparin immobilized cellulose (HC) were prepared and their adsorptive properties were evaluated by batchwise adsorption tests. The results showed that EDA(+)FN was adsorbed more efficiently than total FN on HC. In particular HC in which heparin was immobilized to amino residue had an excellent capacity. The adsorption rates of EDA(+)FN, total FN and antithrombin-III were 89, 15 and 17% respectively. This adsorbent is extremely useful in selectively removing EDA(+)FN from plasma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry for Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Mie University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyashita
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sakashita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tokita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komai
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D017398:Alternative Splicing; D002482:Cellulose; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D006493:Heparin; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics
chemical_list: D005353:Fibronectins; D008024:Ligands; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D002482:Cellulose; D006493:Heparin