Thromb Haemost 1967; 17(03/04): 299-306
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1654154
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“Inhibitor Like” Effects of Hematoporphyrin on Factor VIII (Antihaemophilic Globulin)

R. B Davis*
1   Medical Research Council, Blood Coagulation Research Unit, Churchill Hospital, Headington, Oxford
,
Rosemary Biggs
1   Medical Research Council, Blood Coagulation Research Unit, Churchill Hospital, Headington, Oxford
,
K. W. E Denson
1   Medical Research Council, Blood Coagulation Research Unit, Churchill Hospital, Headington, Oxford
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26 June 2018 (online)

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The incubation of factor VIII with HP resulted in a progressive loss of factor VIII activity which was dependent on the porphyrin concentration. The rate of reaction was retarded by fibrinogen and glyoxaline, but was not accelerated by reduction in fibrinogen concentration. No increase in factor VIII activity was found when fibrinogen was added after destruction of factor VIII by HP, suggesting irreversibility of factor VIII destruction. The reaction was light but not temperature dependent; in other respects it closely resembled the kinetics observed during factor VIII destruction by naturally occurring anticoagulants and antibody inhibitors of factor VIII.

* U.S.P.H.S. Research Career Development Award Recipient. Present address: University of Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 U.S.A. Supported in part by U.S.P.H.S. grant H 7150.