Identification of an anticoagulant peptide that inhibits both fXIa and fVIIa/tissue factor from the blood-feeding nematode Ancylostoma caninum.

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications(2010)

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Abstract
Factor VIIa-tissue factor complex (fVIIa/TF) and factor XIa (fXIa) play important roles in the initiation and amplification of coagulation, respectively. They may be good targets for the development of novel anticoagulants to treat and prevent thromboembolic disease. In this study, we cloned, expressed and identified a novel anticoagulant peptide, AcaNAP10, from the blood-feeding nematode Ancylostoma caninum. AcaNAP10 showed potent anticoagulant activity and doubled the activated partial thromboplastin and prothrombin times at estimated concentrations of 92.9nM and 28.8nM, respectively. AcaNAP10 demonstrated distinct mechanisms of action compared with known anticoagulants. It inhibited fXIa and fVIIa/TF with IC50 values of 25.76±1.06nM and 123.9±1.71nM, respectively. This is the first report on an anticoagulant that can inhibit both fXIa and fVIIa/TF. This anticoagulant peptide may be an alternative molecule for the development of novel anticoagulants.
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Ancylostoma caninum,Inhibitor,Coagulation,Factor XIa,Factor VIIa,Tissue factor
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