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Sucrose octasulfate (SOS), a component of the gastrointestinal protectant sucralfate, is an alkaline aluminum−sucrose complex that inhibits peptic hydrolysis and raises gastric pH, protecting esophageal epithelium against acid injury.1 It can bind to exosite II of thrombin (KD = ~1.4 µM) and inhibit its catalytic activity (IC50 = 4.5 µM) and, as such, has been used as a surrogate for heparin.2 Furthermore, SOS has been shown to inhibit tumor growth in mouse melanoma and lung carcinoma models by preventing fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF-2) binding to endothelial cells and also by removing any pre-bound FGF-2 from these cells (IC50 = ~2 µg/ml).3
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1. Effects of sucralfate and its components on acid-
2. Interaction of thrombin with sucrose octasulfate. Biochemistry 50(32), 6973-6982 (2011).
3. Sucrose octasulfate regulates fibroblast growth factor-