Abstract
Autohydrolysis of blood factor XII (FXII + FXIIa → 2 FXIIa) 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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 4840-4845 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Biomaterials |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 28 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2006 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Biophysics
- Bioengineering
- Ceramics and Composites
- Biomaterials
- Mechanics of Materials