PMID- 38537246 OWN - NLM STAT- Publisher LR - 20240517 IS - 2192-2659 (Electronic) IS - 2192-2640 (Linking) DP - 2024 Mar 27 TI - External Trigger Free Charge Switchable Cationic Ligands in the Design of Safe and Effective Universal Heparin Antidote. PG - e2400108 LID - 10.1002/adhm.202400108 [doi] AB - Thrombosis, the formation of blood clots within a blood vessel, can lead to severe complications including pulmonary embolism, cardiac arrest, and stroke. The most widely administered class of anticoagulants is heparin-based anticoagulants such as unfractionated heparin, low-molecular weight heparins (LMWHs), and fondaparinux. Protamine is the only FDA-approved heparin antidote. Protamine has limited efficacy neutralizing LMWHs and no reversal activity against fondaparinux. The use of protamine can lead to complications, including excessive bleeding, hypotension, and hypersensitivity, and has narrow therapeutic window. In this work, a new concept in the design of a universal heparin antidote: switchable protonation of cationic ligands, is presented. A library of macromolecular polyanion inhibitors (MPIs) is synthesized and screened to identify molecules that can neutralize all heparins with high selectivity and reduced toxicity. MPIs are developed by assembling cationic binding groups possessing switchable protonation states onto a polymer scaffold. By strategically selecting the identity and modulating the density of cationic binding groups on the polymer scaffold, a superior universal heparin reversal agent is developed with improved heparin-binding activity and increased hemocompatibility profiles leading to minimal effect on hemostasis. The activity of this heparin antidote is demonstrated using in vitro and in vivo studies. CI - (c) 2024 The Authors. Advanced Healthcare Materials published by Wiley-VCH GmbH. FAU - La, Chanel C AU - La CC AD - Centre for Blood Research, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada. AD - Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada. FAU - Smith, Stephanie A AU - Smith SA AD - Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA. FAU - Kalathottukaren, Manu Thomas AU - Kalathottukaren MT AD - Centre for Blood Research, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada. AD - Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada. FAU - Haynes, Charles A AU - Haynes CA AD - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada. AD - Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada. FAU - Morrissey, James H AU - Morrissey JH AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1570-1569 AD - Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA. FAU - Kizhakkedathu, Jayachandran N AU - Kizhakkedathu JN AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7688-7574 AD - Centre for Blood Research, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada. AD - Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada. AD - Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada. LA - eng GR - UM1 HL120877/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R35 HL135823/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - CAPMC/CIHR/Canada PT - Journal Article DEP - 20240327 PL - Germany TA - Adv Healthc Mater JT - Advanced healthcare materials JID - 101581613 SB - IM OTO - NOTNLM OT - blood coagulation OT - heparin neutralization OT - heparins OT - polymer design for biology OT - smart cationic polymers EDAT- 2024/03/28 00:44 MHDA- 2024/03/28 00:44 CRDT- 2024/03/27 18:02 PHST- 2024/03/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2024/01/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2024/03/28 00:44 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/03/28 00:44 [medline] PHST- 2024/03/27 18:02 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/adhm.202400108 [doi] PST - aheadofprint SO - Adv Healthc Mater. 2024 Mar 27:e2400108. doi: 10.1002/adhm.202400108.