Dissociation of Factor VIII Procoagulant Antigen VIII : CAg and Factor VIII Related Antigen VIIIR : Ag by EDTA - Influence of Divalent Cation on the Binding of VIII: CAg and VIIIR :Ag

Summary

Assuming 1 U/ml in titrated plasma, the VIII: CAg concentration was found 1.66 U/ml in EDTA-plasma, 1.09 U/ml in heparinized plasma and 0.67 U/ml in serum. Addition of 10 mmol/1 EDTA to titrated and heparinized plasmas increased VIII: CAg 1.5fold. There was no increase of VIII: CAg in serum. Gel filtration of plasmas on different anticoagulants showed an elution of VIII: CAg in the void volume Vo and in the later fractions. The VIII: CAg amount detected in the internal volume increased following the series heparin < citrate < EDTA. Serum VIII: CAg was eluted at 2.2 Vo. Presence of EDTA in the elution buffer or incubation of plasma with EDTA prior to chromatography caused a displacement of practically all VIII: CAg amount in the internal volume with a peak at 2.2-2.3 Vo. VIIIR: Ag was exclusively detected in the void volume.

Removal of divalent cation by chelation likely exposes more antigenic determinants of VIII: CAg, which are otherwise masked by steric hindrance due to VIIIR: Ag in citrated and heparinized milieu. Moreover gel filtration of plasma in the presence of EDTA completely dissociates VIII: CAg from VIIIR :Ag. The VIII: CAg fragment, having an estimated molecular weight of 70,000, might also be present in serum.

Keywords

Immuunoradiometric assay of VIII: CAg - VIII: CAg increase by EDTA - Dissociation of factor VIII by gel filtration - Serum procoagulant antigen

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