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Prothrombin recognition and conformational modulation by anti-thrombin anticoagulant aptamers
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Disorders of the blood coagulation cascade continue to pose a major clinical challenge, necessitating the development of new therapeutic agents capable of modulating this process. Several oligonucleotide aptamers targeting coagulation factors have been developed, and some are undergoing preclinical or clinical evaluation. Among them, anti-thrombin anticoagulant aptamers are promising dual-targeting agents in that, in addition to inhibiting enzyme activity, they may limit thrombin generation by binding to its precursor, prothrombin. In the present study, combined calorimetric and spectroscopic analyses reveal that these aptamers recognize proexosite I of prothrombin and exosite I of thrombin through broadly similar thermodynamic binding mechanisms. Integration of structural SAXS studies and limited proteolysis shows that aptamer binding to proexosite I alters prothrombin structure, shifting the equilibrium from its more abundant closed form to the open conformation. Taken together, these results support the classification of these aptamers as dual-targeting agents capable of recognizing both thrombin and prothrombin and provide guidance for their continued development as anticoagulant therapeutics.
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