Enhancement of recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator thrombolysis with a selective factor Xa inhibitor derived from the leech Hirudo medicinalis: comparison with heparin and hirudin in a rabbit thrombosis model
Research article published in Coronary artery disease (1996)
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy of Yagin, a factor Xa inhibitor derived from the leech Hirudo medicinalis, with those of heparin and hirudin as adjuncts to recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rTPA) thrombolysis in a rabbit thrombosis model. METHODS: Thirty-one animals were allocated randomly to three groups, all administered four boluses of 0.25 mg/kg rTPA every 10 min for 30 min, 17 mg/kg aspirin intravenously, and heparin (as a 100 IU/kg bolus followed by infusion of 50 IU/kg heparin per h), hirudin (as a 2 mg/kg bolus followed by infusion of 1 mg/kg hirudin per h), or Yagin (as an 80 micrograms/kg bolus followed by infusion of 43 micrograms/kg Yagin per h). RESULTS: Administration of Yagin was associated with a significant acceleration of the reflow time, this time being 14.5 +/- 1.2 min with Yagin, 25.8 +/- 5.2 min with heparin (P < 0.0001, versus Yagin), and 28.7 +/- 16.0 min with hirudin (P = 0.012, versus Yagin). Overall patency did not differ significantly among the three groups. CONCLUSIONS: At the indicated single doses, inhibition of factor Xa by a relatively low concentration of Yagin was found to be superior than that with either heparin or hirudin for accelerating rTPA thrombolysis.
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Resumen
To compare the efficacy of Yagin, a factor Xa inhibitor derived from the leech Hirudo medicinalis, with those of heparin and hirudin as adjuncts to recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rTPA) thrombolysis in a rabbit thrombosis model.
Por qué esto importa para la hirudoterapia
This study compared the efficacy of Yagin, a factor Xa inhibitor derived from the leech Hirudo medicinalis, versus heparin and hirudin as adjuncts to recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rTPA) thrombolysis in a rabbit thrombosis model involving 31 animals. Yagin significantly accelerated reflow time (14.5 ± 1.2 min) compared to both heparin (25.8 ± 5.2 min, P < 0.0001) and hirudin (28.7 ± 16.0 min, P = 0.012), though overall patency did not differ significantly among the three groups. This is directly relevant to ASH's domain, characterizing a bioactive anticoagulant from the medicinal leech and comparing its thrombolytic adjunct efficacy directly against hirudin in vivo. However, the study is limited to an animal model at single doses with a modest sample size, and clinical relevance is undemonstrated.
Citación
Enhancement of recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator thrombolysis with a selective factor Xa inhibitor derived from the leech Hirudo medicinalis: comparison with heparin and hirudin in a rabbit thrombosis model
Kornowski R et al. · Coronary artery disease, 1996
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