Enzymatic removal of sialic acid from human factor IX and factor X has no effect on their coagulant activity

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Factor IX and factor X have sialic acid in O-linked and N-linked oligosaccharides on their activation peptides, and a terminal sialic acid is found on a recently described O-linked tetrasaccharide at Ser-61 in the light chain of human factor IXa. In studies presented here, the potential role of sialic acid residues in mediating activity of human coagulation factors IX and X was tested after enzymatic removal of sialic acid residues. In contrast to previous reports, treatment of factor IX or factor IXa with recombinant sialidase did not decrease the rate of factor IX activation or proteolytic properties of human factor IXa. The activation rates of factor IX and desialated factor IX were indistinguishable when treated with factor XIa, with factor VIIa/tissue factor complex, and with the factor X activating enzyme from Russell's viper venom. Desialated human factor IXa showed full activity in the non-activated partial thromboplastin time assay and retained full 'tenase' activity in a coupled amidolytic assay. Similar experiments with human factor X showed no detectable loss of clotting activity in the prethrombin time assay after desialation. Additionally, desialated human factor X was cleaved by the factor X activating enzyme from Russell's viper venom and intrinsic tenase at the same rate as untreated factor X when analyzed by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. These studies have shown that factor IX and factor X clotting activity are not dependent on sialic acid content. Further studies are needed to determine whether desialated factor IX binds to endothelial cells, and whether factors IX and X are more rapidly cleared from circulation or have altered susceptibility to proteolysis after enzymatic removal of sialic acid.

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Bharadwaj, D., Harris, R. J., Kisiel, W., & Smith, K. J. (1995). Enzymatic removal of sialic acid from human factor IX and factor X has no effect on their coagulant activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 270(12), 6537–6542. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.270.12.6537

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