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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 272: E824-E831, 1997;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 272, Issue 5 E824-E831, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society

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Comparative metabolism and distribution of rabbit heparin cofactor II and rabbit antithrombin in rabbits

M. W. Hatton, H. Hoogendoorn, S. M. Southward, B. Ross and M. A. Blajchman
Department of Pathology, McMaster University Health Sciences Centre, Ontario, Canada.

The metabolic characteristics of two rabbit plasma thrombin inhibitors, heparin cofactor II (HCII) and antithrombin (AT), have been compared in healthy young rabbits. Purified HCII and AT-alpha were differentially radiolabeled (125I, 131I) and injected intravenously; blood samples were taken at prescribed intervals over 7 days. From the plasma clearance curves of protein-bound radioactivities, fractional catabolic rates and compartmental distributions were calculated using a three-compartment model. The whole body fractional catabolic rate for HCII (jt, 0.43/day, equivalent to t1/2 = 1.61 days) was significantly faster than for AT (jt, 0.37/day; t1/2 = 1.89 days; P < 0.005). The fractional distribution of HCII in the intravascular compartment (Ap, 0.20) and in the extravascular compartment (Ac, 0.63) differed significantly from AT (Ap, 0.30; Ac, 0.56). From the catabolic data and blood concentrations, absolute quantities of HCII and AT catabolized by a 3-kg rabbit amounted to 12.8 and 19.9 mg/day, respectively, equivalent to a molar ratio, AT/HCII, of 1.7. The catabolic molar ratio was compared with the relative release rates of HCII and AT from perfused rabbit livers. Both proteins were released from the liver, the molar ratio in the perfusate rising to approximately 1.4 at 2.5 h. This report increases our understanding of the in vivo dynamics of these two proteins.


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