Practical application of a chromogenic FXIIa assay.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Autohydrolysis of blood factor XII (FXII+FXIIa-->2FXIIa) is found to be a facile reaction in neat-buffer buffer solutions of FXII but an insignificant reaction in the presence of plasma proteins. Autohydrolysis causes a chromogenic assay for FXIIa in buffer solution to strongly deviate from the traditional plasma-coagulation assay. Autohydrolysis can be accommodated by performing chromogenic detection of FXIIa as a rate assay in swamping concentrations of FXII. Rate-assay results performed in this way are shown to be in analytical agreement with the plasma-coagulation assay. Autohydrolysis can be used as a means of amplifying FXIIa produced by contacting neat-buffer solutions of FXII with biomaterials, suggesting a route to highly sensitive measurement of biomaterial hemocompatibility.
Medical subject headings
- Biological Assay
- Chromogenic Compounds
- Factor XIIa