Patent Application: US-30465694-A

Abstract:
several poly mixed carbonates and their preparation are closed . these carbonates are synthesized by conversion of polyethylene glycol first to the chloroformate then by reaction with the hydroxyl group of n - hydroxybenzotriazole or 2 - hydroxypyrimidine or n - hydroxy - 2 - pyrrolidinone . these mixed carbonate analogs smoothly react with amino groups in aminoglycans and protein and amino containing surfaces to form stable , hydrolysis resistant carbamate linkages .

Description:
the present invention provides several carbonate based polyalkylene oxides 1 , 2 , and 3 ( see fig1 ) having the general formula : ## str4 ## wherein r 1 is an n - benzotriazole group , an n - 2 - pyrrolidinone group , or an 2 - oxypyrimidine group ; r 2 , r 3 and r 4 are independently selected lower alkylene groups , and may be the same or different ; r 5 is selected from hydrogen , methyl , a carbonyloxy - n - benzotriazole group , a carbonyloxy - n - 2 - pyrrolidinone group , or a carbonyl - 2 - oxypyrimidine group ; a is an integer between 1 and 1000 ; and each of b and c is an integer between 0 and 1000 , such that the sum of a , b , and c is between 3 and 1000 . suitable lower alkylene groups include those having about 2 to about 3 carbon atoms . preferred are compounds of formula ( i ) where r 2 , r 3 and r 4 is --( ch 2 ch 2 )-- or -- ch 2 ch ( ch 3 )-- or any combination thereof . more preferably r 2 , r 3 and r 4 are ethylene . according to a preferred aspect a , b , and c are selected so as to give a molecular weight for the peg moiety of about 500 to about 20 , 000 , more prpeferably from 3000 to 4000 . according to one aspect , this invention is directed to the synthesis and use of the new carbonate peg analogs , which are depicted in fig1 as 1 , 2 and 3 and include polyoxyethylene bis -( 2 - hydroxypyrimidyl ) carbonate 1 , polyoxyethylene bis -( n - hydroxybenzotriazoyl ) carbonate 1 , polyoxyethylene bis -( n - hydroxy - 2 - pyrrolidinonyl ) carbonate 2 for the modification and surface binding of aminoglycan polysaccharide or protein . according to a preferred aspect , chain length of the peg portion is selected so as to correspond with a molecular weight of about 500 to about 20 , 000 , more preferably from about 3000 to about 4000 . amino group covalent bonding of the carbonates 1 , 2 , 3 , the peg chloroformate 4 and the n - hydroxysuccinimide derived peg carbonate 5 ( see u . s . pat . no . 5 , 122 , 614 to zalipsky ) may be conveniently demonstrated using 13 c nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy coupled with the synthesis of 13 c enriched carbonate peg analogs . dissolution of a protein such as human serum albumin or the aminoglycans such as d - glucosamine , d - glucosamine - 6 - sulfate or sodium heparin , in water at ph 8 . 5 followed by addition of solid carbonate peg at ambient room temperature for 30 minutes followed by ultrafiltration ( human serum albumin - peg conjugate and sodium heparin used a 10 , 000 mw cut - off membrane and a 500 mw cut - off membrane for d - glucosamine and d - glucosamine - 6 - sulfate ) afforded after lyophilization white solids . reaction was also conducted using n - trimethylsilylallylamine in ethanol ( see fig2 ). these solids were characterized using 1h and 13c nuclear magnetic resonance for signs of urethane bonding ( see fig3 and tables 1 and 4 ). the approximate half - life of each of the peg carbonates at ph 7 . 5 - 8 . 6 was determined using ft - infrared spectroscopy ( see table 2 ). hydrolysis could not be determined for poly ( oxyethylene ) bis -( 2 - hydroxypyrimidyl ) carbonate 3 since the n - migration product 6 predominated in the absence of an amino nucleophile . analog 2 demonstrated extended half - life in water when compared to 1 or 5 . this extended lifetime in water will prove useful in coating plastic parts that can only withstand aqueous coating conditions . alcoholic solvents such as methanol and ethanol rapidly react with 1 forming the alkylcarbonate . however , excellent stability of 1 has been demonstrated for up to 6 months in dichloromethane unprotected from atmospheric moisture . carbonates 2 and 3 as well as 5 have excellent stability in ethanol as monitored by 1 h nmr spectroscopy . since the aminoglycan such as heparin and other proteins and peptides are substrates for modification , heparin amino content was determined using the fluoroprobe fluorescamine . various commercially available and chemically modified heparins were analyzed for primary amino content ( see table 3 ). all heparins examined revealed sufficient amino groups available for chemical modification as demonstrated by synthesis of 95 % 13 c enriched carbonates and reaction with various heparins ( table 4 ). size exclusion hplc chromatography was utilized in the case of sodium heparin to determine the degree of incorporation of peg into the polysaccharide chain . ( see table 4 and fig4 ). based on retention times when compared to the starting heparin , incorporation of peg into the heparin was small in line with the number of amino groups present . formation of carbonate groups between peg and heparin hydroxyl groups however , can not be ruled out based on the 13 c nmr data . inhibition of factor x activity in the presence of antithrombin iii (&# 34 ; ad &# 34 ;) was demonstrated for the peg - urethane - heparin conjugates . the ability of the conjugates to inhibit factor x in the presence of antithrombin iii is decreased by peg conjugation . sufficient activity remains , indicating that the at iii binding site has not totally disrupted . a tetramethylcyclotetrahydrosiloxane plasma deposited , n - trimethylsilylallylamine plasma grafted microporous hollow fiber was treated with these peg carbonates and evaluated . fiber was coated with polyoxyethylene bis -( n - hydroxybenzotriazolyl ) carbonate 1 ( solvent : dichloromethane , dwell time 10 minutes ), a dichloromethane wash , followed by treatment with a ph 8 . 5 solution of sodium dowex cation exchange treated sodium heparin ( dwell time 10 minutes ) and a water wash . ability to inhibit factor x in the presence of at iii was evaluated for the fiber surface using the chromogenic substrate s - 2222 . surface activity relative to the usp k2 heparin standard ranged from 7 . 8 - 14 . 0 milliinternational units per cm 2 ( table 5 ). according to a preferred aspect , polyoxyalkylene modified polymeric membranes or coatings are provided that comprise a membrane or coating on a substrate formed from the plasma polymeration of a hydrocyclosiloxane monomer of the general formula ## str5 ## where r is an aliphatic group having 1 to about 5 carbon atoms and n is an integer from 2 to about 10 , covalently linked by a carbamate linkage to one end of a polyoxyalkylene tether wherein the tether is covalently linked at its other end by a carbamate linkage to a bio - active molecule . commonly assigned u . s . patent application ser . no . 08 / 152 , 176 , &# 34 ; hydrocyclosiloxane membrane prepared by plasma polymerization process &# 34 ;, filed nov . 12 , 1993 , and now u . s . pat . no . 5 , 463 , 010 the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein , describes preferred membranes and their preparation . the commonly assigned and concurrently filed u . s . patent application ser . no . 08 / 305 , 461 &# 34 ; plasma grafting of surfaces using n - protected amines &# 34 ;, filed sep . 9 , 1994 , describes preferred n - protected amines and methods for their use in plasma grafting to give amine grafted membranes . these amine grafted membranes may then be conveniently reacted with the electroplytic carbonatepolyoxyalkylenes described herein to give polyoxyalkylene modified membranes or coatings . in turn , these may be reacted with appropriate bioactive compounds to give the polyoxyalkylene modified membranes or coatings having a polyoxyalkylene tether linking the bioactive compound to the membrand or coating . according to an expecially preferred aspect , the bioactive molecule is heparin and the resulting membrane or coating has demonstrated improved thromboresistance . such membranes or coatings are suitable for use in biomedical devices , including intravascular oxygenators . to assist in understanding the present invention , the following examples are included which describe the results of a series of experiments . the following examples relating to this invention should not , of course , be construed as specifically limiting the invention and such variations of the invention , now known or later developed , which would be within the purview of one skilled in the art are considered to fall within the scope of the present invention as hereinafter claimed . a toluene azeotroped solution of polyethylene glycol mw 3350 ( 1000 grams , 0 . 299 mol ) in 2 liters of warm toluene under nitrogen was transferred by canula slowly over 1 hour to a 500 ml solution of phosgene ( caution : use proper ventilation ) in toluene ( 0 . 965 mol ) and solid sodium carbonate ( 63 . 6 g , 0 . 600 mol ) at 0 ° c . the reaction mixture was stirred for 2 hours under a nitrogen environment . the ice bath was drained , a water aspirator was attached and vacuum applied with vigorous stirring . the bath was filled with warm water and the vacuum continued for 30 minutes . the solution was diluted with 2 liters of anhydrous dichloromethane to aid in filtration and quickly filtered through a coarse porosity sintered glass funnel . the solution of crude chloroformate was concentrated by rotary evaporation with a water bath temperature of 40 °- 42 ° c . the resulting semisolid was immediately dissolved in 2 . 5 liters of dry acetonitrile and transferred to a 5 liter 3 - neck round bottom flask under a nitrogen environment . this flask was cooled down to 0 °- 3 ° c . with vigorous stirring as measured by an internal thermometer . the n - hydroxy compound , n - hydroxybenzotriazole monohydrate ( 130 . 4 g , 0 . 965 mol ) was dissolved into 100 ml dry acetonitrile and triethylamine ( 135 ml , 0 . 965 mol ). this solution was added dropwise to the cooled solution of chloroformate at such a rate that the internal temperature did not exceed 5 ° c . the reaction was stirred for 15 minutes , then the mixture was filtered through a coarse porosity sintered glass funnel to remove triethylamine hydrochloride . the reaction mixture was concentrated by rotary evaporation to remove the acetonitrile with the water bath not exceeding 40 ° c . the thick oil / suspension was then dissolved in 2 liters of dichloromethane and 2 liters of distilled deionized water . the mixture was poured into a separatory funnel and the aqueous phase extracted with three 1 liter portions of dichloromethane . the pooled organic phases were washed successively with 2 . 5 % aqueous hcl , 1m aqueous sodium bicarbonate and water . the organic phases were dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and filtered by suction through a coarse porosity sintered glass funnel . the dichloromethane was removed by rotary evaporation affording the crude carbonate as an oil . this oil was poured into 2 mechanically stirred , 5 liter erlenmeyer flasks ( approximately on half of the oil in each flask ) each containing 4 liters of ice cold ethyl acetate . dichloromethane ( 100 ml ) was used to rinse the flask of carbonate which was poured into the ethyl acetate . precipitation of the carbonate was aided by placing the flasks in an explosion proof freezer overnight . the solid carbonate was then collected by suction filtration , washed with a minimum of ice cold ethyl acetate and dried in vacuo ( 916 g ). the filtrate can be reduced in vacuo and precipitated in ethyl acetate to afford a second crop of carbonate . the yield was 94 % of a granular off - white solid . spectral data : ir ( tf , nacl ) 2942 , 2885 , 1773 and 1754 ( carbonate carbonyls ), 1494 , 1465 , 1434 , 1359 , 1344 , 1302 , 1281 , 1258 , 1241 , 1148 , 1113 , 1061 , 962 , 843 , 767 , 748 cm - 1 ; 1 h nmr ( cdcl 3 ) δ 8 . 22 ( ddd , j = 1 , 2 and 8 . 4 hz , 1h , aromatic h ), 8 . 00 ( ddd , j = 1 , 2 and 8 . 4 hz , 1h , aromatic h ), 7 . 79 ( ddd , j = 8 . 4 and 2 hz , 1h , aromatic h ), 7 . 56 ( ddd , j = 8 . 4 and 2 hz , 1h , aromatic h ), 4 . 69 ( pentet , j = 3 . 3 and 9 . 6 hz , four peg methylene protons a to the carbonate oxygen ), 4 . 58 ( pentet , j = 3 . 3 and 9 . 6 hz , four peg methylene protons a to the carbonate oxygen -- possible conformational isomer ), 4 . 28 ( very small pentet due to high molecular weight peg carbonate ), 3 . 92 ( pentet , j = 3 . 6 and 9 . 3 hz , four peg methylene protons b to the carbonate oxygen ), 3 . 88 ( m , 13 c isotope side band ), 3 . 64 ( large singlet , peg backbone ), 3 . 40 ( m , 13 c isotope side band ); 13 c nmr ( cdcl 3 ) d 146 . 90 ( carbonate carbonyl ); 113 . 03 , 132 . 44 , 132 . 37 , 125 . 98 , 115 . 35 , 114 . 90 ( aromatic carbons ); 70 . 47 , 70 . 24 ( peg backbone ); 68 . 12 , 67 . 65 . the title compound was prepared by following the general procedure described in example 1 , using n - hydroxy - 2 - pyrrolindinone as the n - hydroxy compound in place of n - hydroxy benzotriazole monohydrate . yield was 93 %. spectral data : ir ( kbr ) 2880 , 1790 , 1732 , 1465 , 1358 , 1278 , 1113 , 946 , 842 cm - 1 ; 1 h nmr ( cdcl 3 ) δ 4 . 40 ( pentet , j = 2 . 7 and 9 . 6 hz , four peg methylene protons a to the carbonate oxygen ), 3 . 88 ( m , 13 c isotope side band ), 3 . 76 ( pentet , j = 3 . 0 and 9 . 6 hz , four peg methylene protons b to the carbonate oxygen ), 3 . 64 ( large singlet , peg backbone and 2h superimposed , nch 2 ch 2 ch 2 co ), 3 . 40 ( m , 13 c isotope side band ), 2 . 40 ( t , j = 7 . 2 and 8 . 4 hz , 2h , nch 2 ch 2 ch 2 co ), 2 . 10 - 2 . 22 ( m , 2h , nch 2 ch 2 ch 2 co ); 13 c nmr ( cdcl 3 ) d 170 . 41 ( nch 2 ch 2 ch 2 co ), 152 . 76 ( carbonate carbonyl ), 70 . 14 ( peg backbone ), 68 . 56 , 68 . 07 , 46 . 39 ( nch 2 ch 2 ch 2 co ), 26 . 43 ( nch 2 ch 2 ch 2 co ), 14 . 95 ( nch 2 ch 2 ch 2 co ). the chloroformate of peg 3350 4 was synthesized using the general methods described in example 1 for the synthesis of carbonate 1 , using 2 - hydroxypyrimidine hydrochloride as the n - hydroxy compound in place of n - hydroxy benzotriazolemonohydrate as follows . the crude peg chloroformate was dissolved in 2 . 0 l of chloroform and placed under a nitrogen environment . to this solution was added solid 2 - hydroxypyrimidine hydrochloride ( 170 g , 1 . 257 mol ). tributylamine ( 300 ml , 1 . 247 mol ) was added dropwise . the reaction mixture was brought to reflux and monitored for reaction completion using proton nmr in cdcl 3 . monitoring was crucial to ensure that the n - migration product 6 is minimized . at the time that proton nmr revealed all chloroformate had been consumed , the reaction mixture was cooled in a ice bath to precipitate out the excess 2 - hydroxypyrimidine hydrochloride . the cold reaction mixture was then filtered through a coarse porosity sintered glass funnel into three 5 liter suction flasks containing ice cold diethylether ( 3 liters each ) which induced precipitation of the carbonate product . the solid was collected by filtration . at this point the solid was contaminated with tributylamine and its hydrochloride salt . these contaminates were removed from the solid by packing the solid in a medium pressure liquid chromatography column and pumping ice cold diethylether through the column until all signs of tributylamine and its hydrochloride salt were absent as monitored by proton nmr . the diethylether used can be recycled into the extraction process by simple rotary evaporation . once all tributylamine and its hydrochloride salt were removed , the solid was dried in vacuo affording a light yellow solid . spectral data : ir ( tf , nacl ) 2885 , 1775 , 1735 , 1630 , 1465 cm - 1 ; 1 h nmr ( cdcl3 ) δ 8 . 54 ( d , j = 4 . 8 hz , 2h , pyrimidyl ), 7 . 16 ( t , j = 4 . 8 hz , 1h , pyrimidyl ), 4 . 10 - 4 . 20 ( m , four peg methylene protons a to the carbonate oxygen ), 3 . 68 ( m , 13 c isotope side band ), 3 . 57 ( large singlet , peg backbone ), 3 . 20 ( m , 13c isotope side band ); 13c nmr ( cdcl3 ) d 159 . 8 , 159 . 6 , 151 . 29 ( carbonate carbonyl ), 119 . 28 , 69 . 93 ( peg backbone ), 67 . 79 , 66 . 45 . urethane n - rearrangement product -- polyoxyethylene bis -( 1 - pyrimidyl - 2 - one ) carbamate 6 : 1 h nmr ( cdcl 3 ) δ 9 . 19 ( d , j = 8 . 1 hz , 1h , pyrimidyl ), 7 . 62 ( d , j = 14 . 1 hz , 1h , pyrimidyl ), 5 . 69 ( dd , j = 8 . 1 and 14 . 1 hz , 1h , pyrimidyl ), 4 . 10 - 4 . 20 ( m , four peg methylene protons α to the carbonate oxygen ), 3 . 68 ( m , 13 c isotope side band ), 3 . 57 ( large singlet , peg backbone ), 3 . 20 ( m , 13 c isotope side band ). to a flask of 100 ml of ph 8 . 5 distilled water using the ph stat ( 1 . 0m aqueous sodium hydroxide ) was added 5 . 0 grams of solid peg carbonate with vigorous stirring . 10 ml samples were removed at times of 5 , 15 , 30 , 60 , 90 , 120 , 180 and 320 minutes . each sample was immediately extracted with 25 ml of dichloromethane . the organic phase was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate , filtered and evaporated . the residue was applied to a wafer of sodium chloride and an ftir was obtained . the intensity of the carbonate carbonyl peak was measured compared with the peg backbone peak located at approximately 1462 cm - 1 . the ratio of peak intensities was plotted versus time . the time at which the carbonate peak intensity had decreased by 50 % as compared with the starting carbonate was determined to be the approximate hydrolysis half life at ph 8 . 5 . coupling of peg carbonates with d - glucosamine , sodium heparins and human serum albumin ( hsa ) a solution of 288 mg ( 1 . 33 mmol ) of d - glucosamine hydrochloride in 10 ml of distilled deionized water was adjusted to ph 8 . 5 with the aid of a ph star ( metrohm model 702 ) using 0 . 1m aqueous sodium hydroxide . to this solution was added the peg carbonate ( 0 . 133 mmol ) as a solid and the ph star was allowed to bring the ph back to 8 . 5 . the mixture was stirred for 30 minutes , then the product isolated by extraction with dichloromethane or by ultrafiltration ( amicon membrane ym1 : mwco 500 ) and lyophilization . yields were higher for product purification and isolation by ultrafiltration . sodium heparin reaction with peg carbonates were conducted in a similar fashion except equal weights of peg carbonate and sodium heparin were used to ensure complete acylation of all available free amino groups . the crude reaction mixture was ultrafiltrated ( amicon ym1 10 , 000 mwco ) with distilled deionized water using 1 . 5 liters for every 1 . 0 gram of peg carbonate used . the peg carbonates of the present invention may be conveniently coupled to plasma amine grafted tetramethylhydrocyclotetrasiloxane kdf - 190 polypropylene fiber ( such as that described in the commonly assigned and concurrently filed u . s . patent application &# 34 ; plasma grafting methods and compounds &# 34 ;) according to the following method : the amine - grafted coated fiber is either dip coated or pulled through a solution of the desired peg carbonate in dichloromethane having a peg carbonate concentration of about 3 to about 10 % ( about 4 . 25 % is preferred ). for the dip procedure , contact time is about 10 minutes . for the pull procedure , dwell time is about 10 minutes . the fiber is then removed and washed with dichloromethane . for the pull through process ( continuous coating process ) a modular coating machine may be used . carbonate coupled fiber prepared according to example 6 may be conveniently coupled to heparin using methods similar to those described in example 5 . for example , a peg carbonate coupled fiber can be passed through a tank of heparin solution , across a drying area and then wound back on a spool . determination of heparin mediated antithrombin iii inhibition of bovine factor x using the chromogenic substrate s - 2222 determination of heparin activity of the coated fibers was accomplished using a modification of the commercially available coatest ® assay kit sold by helena laboratories . these modifications included sonication during the incubation period and acid - stop methodology using acetic acid . sonication during the incubation increased reproducibility with fiber surface bound samples yet had no effect on solution soluble samples . calibration standardization was relative to the commercially available united state pharmacopeia k2 heparin standard . absorbance change was monitored at 405 nm . solution heparin and heparin - peg sample activity was expressed as iu / mg of solid . surface heparin activity was expressed as miu / cm 2 surface area . plasma amine grafted tetramethylcyclotetrasilooxane kdf - 190 polypropylene fibers coupled to heparin using one of the peg carbonates described herein were found to have surface heparin activity which ranged from about 7 to about 14 m iu / cm 3 . table 1______________________________________screening of peg analogs for acylation with amines : yield . sup . ( a ) and lbond . sup . 13 c chemical shift ( ppm ). sup . ( b ) d - glucosaminepeg analog d - glucosamine 6 - sulfate n - tms - al______________________________________1 55 %, 159 . 4 , 159 . 4 , 159 . 2 , 74 % 159 . 1 159 . 1 , 156 . 6 , 155 . 02 48 %, 159 . 4 , 159 . 4 , 159 . 1 48 % 159 . 13 90 %, 158 . 7 , 159 . 4 , 159 . 1 , 98 % 158 . 4 156 . 84 62 %, 159 . 4 , n / a . sup . ( c ) n / a 159 . 15 71 %, 159 . 4 , 159 . 4 , 159 . 1 n / a 159 . 1______________________________________ . sup . ( a ) yields vary from 40 - 60 % when product isolated by aqueous workup using dich 100 % when isolated by ultrafiltration ( 500 mw cuttoff ) and lyophillization . sup . ( b ) chemical shift of other amine urethane carbonyls : ammonia 160 . 1 ppm ; glyc . sup . ( c ) n / a -- not attempted table 2______________________________________approximate half - life ( minutes ) of pegcarbonates 1 , 2 , 3 and 5 as determined by ftirat ph 8 . 5peg analog approximate t . sub . 1 / 2 hydrolysis______________________________________1 152 1323 n / a5 47______________________________________ n / a : nmigration product 6 predominates in absence of an amino nucleophile table 3______________________________________fluorescamine analysis of various heparinsfor primary free amines glucosamineheparin sample equiv . ( nmol / μg ( std dev )) ______________________________________diosynth . sup . ( a ) 0 . 055 (± 0 . 003 ) diosynth ( dialyzed ). sup . ( b ) 0 . 053 (± 0 . 006 ) edc / diamine 0 . 062 (± 0 . 005 ) modified . sup . ( c ) n - deacetylated / 0 . 144 (± 0 . 023 ) hydrazide modified . sup . ( d ) h . sup .+ dowex treated . sup . ( e ) 2 . 5 ml / minute 0 . 064 (± 0 . 002 ) 5 . 0 ml / minute 0 . 065 (± 0 . 003 ) n - desulfated modified . sup . ( f ) 15 minutes , 95 ° c . 0 . 340 (± 0 . 026 ) 1 . 5 minutes , 95 ° c . 0 . 047 (± 0 . 006 ) 15 minutes , 20 ° c . 0 . 043 (± 0 . 004 ) 15 minutes , 0 ° c . 0 . 042 (± 0 . 005 ) ______________________________________ . sup . ( a ) as purchased from the bottle , average of three triplicate runs . sup . ( b ) dialyzed using spectra / por ce dialysis tubing mwco 1000 against distilled deionized water , average of three triplicate runs . sup . ( c ) 10 . 0 grams diosynth heparin , 32 . 6 mmol edc , 326 mmol diamine . sup . ( d ) diosynth heparin , 6 hours at 100 ° c ., hydrazine and 1 % w / hydrazine sulfate . sup . ( e ) fractions tested for toluidine blue and immediately neutralized using 0 . 1m naoh . sup . ( f ) diosynth heparin , sulfuric acid ( 0 . 23n ) table 4______________________________________ . sup . 13 c nmr chemical shift ( ppm ) of natural abundance and95 % . sup . 13 c e heparin and peg - hsa urethane conjugates , gf - hplc and heparin mediated of factor xa activity urethane . sup . 13 c signals observed for : natural 95 % . sup . 13 c gf - hplc . sup . ( a ) compound abundance enriched t . sub . r ( minutes ) ______________________________________sodium heparin . sup . ( b ) -- -- 12 . 001 - na . sup .+ 158 . 7 , 156 . 6 . ( b ) 159 . 2 , 158 . 7 , 11 . 85 158 . 3 , 156 . 62 - na . sup .+ 158 . 7 , 156 . 6 . ( b ) 159 . 2 , 159 . 1 , 11 . 92 158 . 7 , 158 . 3 , 156 . 6 , 155 . 13 - na . sup .+ 159 . 3 , 158 . 7 ,( b ) 160 . 1 , 159 . 3 , 11 . 85 156 . 3 159 . 2 , 158 . 7 , 158 . 6 , 156 . 7 , 156 . 6 , 155 . 2 , 155 . 1 , 153 . 9 , 153 . 34 - na . sup .+ 159 . 1 , 158 . 9 ,( b ) 159 . 2 , 158 . 7 , 11 . 82 158 . 6 156 . 6 , 156 . 4 , 155 . 35 - na . sup .+ 159 . 1 , 158 . 7 . ( b ) 159 . 3 , 159 . 0 , 11 . 91 158 . 9 , 158 . 7 , 156 . 5 , 154 . 05 - hsa none 159 . 2 ( broad ) n / a . sup . ( c ) 1 - hsa none 159 . 2 ( broad ) n / a______________________________________ . sup . ( a ) gel filtration hplc and heparin activity testing conducted on natural abundance . sup . 13 c ( triplicute . sup . ( b ) diosynth , . sup . ( c ) n / a -- not attempted table 5______________________________________antithrombin iii mediated factor xa inhibition bysurface bound heparin . sup . 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