A genetically engineered human Kunitz protease inhibitor with increased kallikrein inhibition in an ovine model of cardiopulmonary bypass
Ohri, S.K., Parratt, R., White, T., Becket, J., Brannan, J.J., Hunt, B.J. and Taylor, K.M. (2001) A genetically engineered human Kunitz protease inhibitor with increased kallikrein inhibition in an ovine model of cardiopulmonary bypass. Perfusion, 16, (3), 199-206.
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recombinant human serine protease inhibitor known as Kunitz protease inhibitor (KPI) wild type has functional similarities to the bovine Kunitz inhibitor, aprotinin, and had shown a potential to reduce bleeding in an ovine model of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). The aim of this study was to assess KPI-185, a modification of KPI-wild type that differs from KPI-wild type in two amino acid residues and which enhances anti-kallikrein activity in a further double-blind, randomized study in an ovine model of CPB, and to compare with our previous study of KPI-wild type and aprotinin in the same ovine model. Post-operative drain losses and subjective assessment of wound 'dryness' showed no significant differences between KPI-185 and KPI-wild type, despite the significant enhancement of kallikrein inhibition using KPI-185 seen in serial kallikrein inhibition assays.
These preliminary findings support the hypothesis that kallikrein inhibition is not the major mechanism by which Kunitz inhibitors such as aprotinin reduce perioperative bleeding.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0267-6591 (print) |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QP Physiology Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Medicine > Developmental Origins of Health and Disease |
| Item ID: | 25858 |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Apr 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Apr 2012 02:25 |
| Contributors: | Ohri, S.K. (Author) Parratt, R. (Author) White, T. (Author) Becket, J. (Author) Brannan, J.J. (Author) Hunt, B.J. (Author) Taylor, K.M. (Author) |
| Date: | 2001 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/25858 |
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