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S Sakurama

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The interaction between heparin and plasmin on amidolysis.

The effect of the interaction between heparin and plasmin not only on fibrinolytic, caseinolytic and esterolytic activities but also on amidolytic activity, since plasmin has amidolytic or amidase activity, was investigated. Following were the results obtained from these investigations: 1. Heparin enhanced amidolytic activity of a fixed level of plasmin which was prepared by activating plasminogen with urokinase within the range from 2 to 64 units/ml of the final concentration of heparin. 2. Heparin also enhanced amidolytic activity of a fixed level of plasmin which was prepared by converting plasminogen with insolubilized urokinase. 3. Heparin did not enhance or inhibit fibrinolytic, caseinolytic and esterolytic activities of a fixed level of plasmin which was prepared by activating plasminogen with urokinase, in the fibrinolytic activity within the range from 0.032 to 125 units/ml, in the caseinolytic activity within the range from 0.0125 to 100 units/ml, and in the esterolytic activity within the range from 0.016 to 128 units/ml, of the final concentration of heparin respectively.

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A method for the measurement of fibrinolytic activity based on one dimensional diffusion using small glass tubes. II. With special reference to the differences between the use of plasminogen-rich fibrinogen and that of plasminogen-free fibrinogen as the substrates.

The optimal conditions for the measurement of the fibrinolytic factors of plasma were examined using human and bovine plasminogen-rich fibrinogen or plasminogen-free fibrinogen as the substrates using the one dimensional diffusion method. The results were as follows: 1. There was no essential difference found between using human or bovine fibrinogen. 2. The levels of proactivator-plasminogen and plasminogen could be measured while using either plasminogen-rich or plasminogen-free fibrinogen. But, in using the latter, the proactivator-plasminogen level could not be measured, if a final concentration of more than 2,000 Christensen units of streptokinase were employed. 3. When using plasminogen-rich fibrinogen, anti-plasmin(s) and anti-activator(s) could be measured while using urokinase and plasmin, but not while using streptokinase. However, further study should be given to the measurement of the inhibitors, when using plasminogen-free fibrinogen.

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