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Most marine glycans have significant anti-blood clotting activity. CD BioGlyco offers a multi-faceted anti-blood clotting activity screening service according to coagulation system screening assays.
We explore the anti-blood clotting activity of marine glycans and glycoproteins based on two pathways, endogenous and exogenous, and three stages: formation of plasminogen activator, activation of plasminogen into thrombin, and conversion of fibrinogen into gel-like fibrin, respectively. Among them, we provide an in vitro anti-blood clotting activity assay combined with scanning electron microscopy (STM) or atomic force microscopy (AFM) to observe their anti-blood clotting activity.
We offer tests that include, but are not limited to:
Fig.1 Anti-blood clotting activity screening services. (CD BioGlyco)
The PTT assay focuses on assessing the risk of thrombosis caused by the medical device to be tested by measuring the clotting time of plasma exposed to the medical device to be tested. CD BioGlyco records the time it takes for the sample to clot by placing the sample to be tested in a tube, heating it, lowering the temperature, adding buffer solution, activating it, and adding calcium chloride in a series of processes to obtain a PTT value.
The PT assay is an ideal and commonly used screening test for exogenous systems and as a coagulation fixation test for exogenous pathways. Its main principle is that after an excess of calcium-containing tissue thromboplastin is added to the plasma to be tested, the thrombin converts fibrinogen to clotting insoluble fibrin. The time taken for coagulation is also measured, which is the PT.
The APTT is widely used for screening to determine defects in endogenous pathway coagulation factors. It is tested similarly to the PT assay. The length of the APTT reflects the plasma levels of coagulation factors in both the endogenous coagulation pathway and the common pathway. It has a shorter clotting time compared to PTT and excludes the effect of platelet count and function on plasma coagulation.
ACT is an objective and validated method for detecting blood clotting time during clinical blood extracorporeal circulation procedures. ACT is primarily used to measure the anticoagulant effect of direct thrombin inhibitors during cardiac angioplasty, hemodialysis, and cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) procedures. ACT is more accurate when anticoagulation is performed with high doses of anticoagulants.
TCT is a test to evaluate coagulation. We place the sample to be tested in a test tube, add an equal volume of thrombin solution, observe the coagulation time of the sample with the naked eye or under a microscope, repeat the procedure several times, and calculate the average value, thus obtaining the TCT value.
Technology: Thromboplastin time assay
Journal: Marine Drugs
IF: 5.4
Published: 2018
Results: Seaweed polysaccharides (SPm) were isolated from brown algae and their polymeric repeat units and anticoagulant properties in vitro and in vivo have been studied in this study. SPm is a sulfated polysaccharide consisting mainly of two linked α-1 rhamnose residues and three linked α-1 rhamnose residues with sulfate moieties. Small amounts of xylose and glucuronic acid were present as β-d-Xylp(4SO₄)-(1→) and β-d-GlcA-(1→). Effective prolongation of the clotting time as well as strong anticoagulant activity in vitro and in vivo of SPm could be found by activation of partial thromboplastin time. Next, the fibrinogen and thrombolytic properties of SPm were evaluated by measuring rat plasma with fibrinogen activator inhibitor-1, fibrin degradation products, D-dimer, and clot lysis rate. The results showed that SPm had high fibrinogen and catabolic capacity and thrombolytic properties. These results suggest that SPm has potential as a novel anticoagulant.
Fig.2 Anticoagulant activity in vivo of SPm. (Liu, et al., 2018)
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