Abstract
The heparin requirements necessary to inhibit intravascular fibrin deposition and soluble fibrin monomer (FM) formation in the generalized Shwartzman reaction (GSR) were evaluated. Fibrin deposition was measured by a quantitative technique utilizing 125I-labeled rabbit fibrinogen. FM was measured semiquantitatively by gel exclusion chromatography and by the serial dilution protamine sulfate (SDPS) test. There was a fourfold increase in heparin requirement 5 min after compared with 5 min before the second dose of endotoxin. This increase in heparin requirement was not related to thrombin elaboration, since FM was not found until more than 1 hr after the second dose of endotoxin. Neither was there any evidence of diminished sensitivity to the anticoagulant effect of heparin. The heparin requirements in the GSR rabbits were found to be in excess of those needed to neutralize a defibrinating dose of thrombin. It was concluded that a potent, heparin- resistant clotting activity developed within 5 min of the second endotoxin injection. The mechanism by which the activity caused the gradual elaboration of a thrombin-like enzyme is diffucult to explain on the basis of traditional coagulation reactions. The apparent role of white cells is discussed.
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