Quantitation of plasma factor XIIIa activity using fibrin-coated microscopic latex beads

Gregory S. Retzinger; Bernard C. Cook; Roy E. Smith; Mary Corak McGinnis

doi:10.1016/0003-2697(91)90288-5

Quantitation of plasma factor XIIIa activity using fibrin-coated microscopic latex beads

Gregory S. Retzinger^*, Bernard C. Cook, Roy E. Smith, Mary Corak McGinnis

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Following exposure to thrombin, monodisperse microscopic polystyrene-divinylbenzene beads coated with a mixed film of lecithin and fibrinogen aggregate as a consequence of interbead fibrin polymerization. These bead aggregates rapidly dissociate in 5 m urea. Treatment of aggregates with factor XIIIa results in a dosedependent decrease of the rate of aggregate dissociation in urea. The rate of disaggregation is readily quantitated by turbidimetry. We have exploited this phenomenon to develop a rapid and sensitive method for quantitating factor XIIIa activity in plasma. Using 20 μl of human plasma the method measures the activity of factor XIIIa to a level of 0.03 U ml^-1 with a precision of ±5%.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	18-23
Number of pages	6
Journal	Analytical Biochemistry
Volume	195
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-2697(91)90288-5
State	Published - May 15 1991

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