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Rhamnan sulfate extracted from Monostroma nitidum attenuates blood coagulation and inflammation of vascular endothelial cells

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Rhamnan sulfate (RS) is a polysaccharide with a rhamnose backbone isolated from Monostroma nitidum. Like heparin, it exerts anticoagulant activity in the presence of antithrombin. Endothelial cells facilitate the crosstalk between blood coagulation and vascular inflammation. In this study, we compared the effect of RS with that of heparin on blood coagulation and vascular endothelial cells in the presence or absence of inflammatory factors, using human umbilical vein endothelial cells. We found that RS significantly enhances inhibition of thrombin and factor Xa in the presence of antithrombin as well as heparin, and that RS inhibits tissue factor expression and von Willebrand factor release from the endothelial cells treated with or without lipopolysaccharide, tumor necrosis factor-α, or thrombin. Heparin did not show any effects on endothelial cell inflammation. Our findings suggest that RS, like heparin, is an antithrombin-dependent anticoagulant and, unlike heparin, is a potent anti-inflammatory agent acting on vascular endothelial cells.

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Abbreviations

APTT:

Activated partial thromboplastin time

HUVEC:

Human umbilical vein endothelial cells

LPS:

Lipopolysaccharide

PT:

Prothrombin time

RS:

Rhamnan sulfate

TF:

Tissue factor

TNF:

Tumor necrosis factor

VWF:

Von Willebrand factor

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This work was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for challenging Exploratory Research (Grant number 18659280), a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (Grant number 21309292), and a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (Grant numbers 25460396 and 16K08633) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

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  1. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Shimane, Japan

    Takayuki Okamoto

  2. Department of Clinical Engineering, Faculty of Medical Engineering, Suzuka University of Medical Science, Suzuka, Mie, Japan

    Nobuyuki Akita

  3. Konan Chemical Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan

    Masahiro Terasawa

  4. Department of Biochemistry, Mie Prefecture College of Nursing, Tsu, Mie, Japan

    Tatsuya Hayashi

  5. Department of Molecular Pathobiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Suzuka University of Medical Science, Suzuka, Mie, Japan

    Koji Suzuki

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Okamoto, T., Akita, N., Terasawa, M. et al. Rhamnan sulfate extracted from Monostroma nitidum attenuates blood coagulation and inflammation of vascular endothelial cells. J Nat Med 73, 614–619 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11418-019-01289-5

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