PMID- 36697262 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230321 LR - 20230407 IS - 1469-9001 (Electronic) IS - 1355-8382 (Print) IS - 1355-8382 (Linking) VI - 29 IP - 4 DP - 2023 Apr TI - Applications and future of aptamers that achieve rapid-onset anticoagulation. PG - 455-462 LID - 10.1261/rna.079503.122 [doi] AB - In this short Perspective, we discuss the history of, and recent progress toward, the development of aptamers that can serve as rapid onset anticoagulants during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), and catheter-based diagnostic and interventional procedures, several million of which are performed each year worldwide. Aptamer anticoagulants provide potent and antidote-controllable anticoagulation and have low immunogenicity. New methods of aptamer isolation and engineering have not only improved the quality of aptamers, but also accelerated their development. Unfortunately, no aptamer identified to date can produce an anticoagulant effect as potent as that produced by unfractionated heparin (UFH), the standard anticoagulant for CPB. We have suggested several possible strategies to amplify the anticoagulant potency of existing aptamer anticoagulants. CI - (c) 2023 Yu et al.; Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press for the RNA Society. FAU - Yu, Haixiang AU - Yu H AD - Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA. FAU - Frederiksen, James AU - Frederiksen J AD - Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA. FAU - Sullenger, Bruce A AU - Sullenger BA AD - Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA bruce.sullenger@duke.edu. AD - Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA. LA - eng GR - P01 HL139420/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20230125 PL - United States TA - RNA JT - RNA (New York, N.Y.) JID - 9509184 RN - 9005-49-6 (Heparin) RN - 0 (Aptamers, Nucleotide) RN - 0 (Anticoagulants) RN - 0 (Antidotes) SB - IM MH - *Heparin/pharmacology MH - *Aptamers, Nucleotide/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Blood Coagulation MH - Anticoagulants/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Antidotes/pharmacology PMC - PMC10019365 EDAT- 2023/01/26 06:00 MHDA- 2023/03/22 06:00 PMCR- 2023/04/01 CRDT- 2023/01/25 21:42 PHST- 2023/01/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/03/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2023/01/25 21:42 [entrez] PHST- 2023/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - rna.079503.122 [pii] AID - RA [pii] AID - 10.1261/rna.079503.122 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - RNA. 2023 Apr;29(4):455-462. doi: 10.1261/rna.079503.122. Epub 2023 Jan 25.