PMID- 26456655 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160218 LR - 20151028 IS - 1090-2104 (Electronic) IS - 0006-291X (Linking) VI - 467 IP - 3 DP - 2015 Nov 20 TI - New synthetic peptide with efficacy for heparin reversal and low toxicity and immunogenicity in comparison to protamine sulfate. PG - 497-502 LID - S0006-291X(15)30724-5 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.10.020 [doi] AB - Protamine sulfate (PS), the only clinically approved antidote to unfractionated heparin (UFH), is widely used for cardiopulmonary surgery or other extracorporeal circulation situations. However, the applications of PS have accompanied various severe side-effects. In this study, we presented a novel synthesized peptide compound (RRRRR-RRRRR-RRRRR-sulfate, R15S) served as a safer UFH antidote. Comparison studies were conducted between PS and R15S on efficacy and safety, aided by heparin neutralization studies, drug toxicity studies and anaphylactic analysis. Our research demonstrated that R15S contained comparable UFH neutralization activity in vitro and in rats in vivo as to active partial thromboplastin time (APTT) and anti-FXa assays. There was no cytotoxicity for R15S at 60 mug mg(-1) or below and the median lethal dose (LD50) of R15S in mice was 35.4 mg kg(-1), both of which were similar to that of PS. Furthermore, R15S exhibited no immunogenicity while it was obvious in guinea pigs immunized with PS. The level of cross-reactivity to anti-PS antibodies of R15S was about 30%. Both of which indicated much safer properties of R15S than PS. In conclusion, we presented a promising candidate R15S for UFH reversal, which is effective in neutralizing UFH and potentially safer in use. CI - Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Li, Tong AU - Li T AD - State Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism, Laboratory of Hematological Pharmacology, Beijing Institute of Transfusion Medicine, China. FAU - Meng, Zhiyun AU - Meng Z AD - State Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism, Laboratory of Hematological Pharmacology, Beijing Institute of Transfusion Medicine, China. FAU - Zhu, Xiaoxia AU - Zhu X AD - State Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism, Laboratory of Hematological Pharmacology, Beijing Institute of Transfusion Medicine, China. FAU - Gan, Hui AU - Gan H AD - State Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism, Laboratory of Hematological Pharmacology, Beijing Institute of Transfusion Medicine, China. FAU - Gu, Ruolan AU - Gu R AD - State Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism, Laboratory of Hematological Pharmacology, Beijing Institute of Transfusion Medicine, China. FAU - Wu, Zhuona AU - Wu Z AD - State Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism, Laboratory of Hematological Pharmacology, Beijing Institute of Transfusion Medicine, China. FAU - Li, Jian AU - Li J AD - State Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism, Laboratory of Hematological Pharmacology, Beijing Institute of Transfusion Medicine, China. FAU - Zheng, Ying AU - Zheng Y AD - State Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism, Laboratory of Hematological Pharmacology, Beijing Institute of Transfusion Medicine, China. FAU - Liu, Taoyun AU - Liu T AD - State Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism, Laboratory of Hematological Pharmacology, Beijing Institute of Transfusion Medicine, China. FAU - Han, Peng AU - Han P AD - State Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism, Laboratory of Hematological Pharmacology, Beijing Institute of Transfusion Medicine, China. FAU - Han, Su AU - Han S AD - State Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism, Laboratory of Hematological Pharmacology, Beijing Institute of Transfusion Medicine, China. FAU - Dou, Guifang AU - Dou G AD - State Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism, Laboratory of Hematological Pharmacology, Beijing Institute of Transfusion Medicine, China. Electronic address: douguifang@vip.sina.com. LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20151009 PL - United States TA - Biochem Biophys Res Commun JT - Biochemical and biophysical research communications JID - 0372516 RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 0 (Protamines) RN - 9005-49-6 (Heparin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Female MH - Heparin/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Peptides/*pharmacology/toxicity MH - Protamines/*pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cross-reactivity OT - Heparin neutralization OT - Immunogenicity OT - Protamine OT - Protamine toxicity EDAT- 2015/10/13 06:00 MHDA- 2016/02/19 06:00 CRDT- 2015/10/13 06:00 PHST- 2015/09/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/10/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/10/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/10/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/02/19 06:00 [medline] AID - S0006-291X(15)30724-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.10.020 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2015 Nov 20;467(3):497-502. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.10.020. Epub 2015 Oct 9.