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Ownby CL. Structure, Function and Biophysical Aspects of the Myotoxins from Snake Venoms. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.3109/15569549809009250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Higuchi S, Murayama N, Saguchi KI, Ohi H, Fujita Y, da Silva NJ, de Siqueira RJB, Lahlou S, Aird SD. A novel peptide from the ACEI/BPP-CNP precursor in the venom of Crotalus durissus collilineatus. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2006; 144:107-21. [PMID: 16979945 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2006.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2006] [Revised: 04/17/2006] [Accepted: 04/19/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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In crotaline venoms, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors [ACEIs, also known as bradykinin potentiating peptides (BPPs)], are products of a gene coding for an ACEI/BPP-C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) precursor. In the genes from Bothrops jararaca and Gloydius blomhoffii, ACEI/BPP sequences are repeated. Sequencing of a cDNA clone from venom glands of Crotalus durissus collilineatus showed that two ACEIs/BPPs are located together at the N-terminus, but without repeats. An additional sequence for CNP was unexpectedly found at the C-terminus. Homologous genes for the ACEI/BPP-CNP precursor suggest that most crotaline venoms contain both ACEIs/BPPs and CNP. The sequence of ACEIs/BPPs is separated from the CNP sequence by a long spacer sequence. Previously, there was no evidence that this spacer actually coded any expressed peptides. Aird and Kaiser (1986, unpublished) previously isolated and sequenced a peptide of 11 residues (TPPAGPDVGPR) from Crotalus viridis viridis venom. In the present study, analysis of the cDNA clone from C. d. collilineatus revealed a nearly identical sequence in the ACEI/BPP-CNP spacer. Fractionation of the crude venom by reverse phase HPLC (C(18)), and analysis of the fractions by mass spectrometry (MS) indicated a component of 1020.5 Da. Amino acid sequencing by MS/MS confirmed that C. d. collilineatus venom contains the peptide TPPAGPDGGPR. Its high proline content and paired proline residues are typical of venom hypotensive peptides, although it lacks the usual N-terminal pyroglutamate. It has no demonstrable hypotensive activity when injected intravenously in rats; however, its occurrence in the venoms of dissimilar species suggests that its presence is not accidental. Evidence suggests that these novel toxins probably activate anaphylatoxin C3a receptors.
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- Shigesada Higuchi
- Showa University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan
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French WJ, Hayes WK, Bush SP, Cardwell MD, Bader JO, Rael ED. Mojave toxin in venom of Crotalus helleri (Southern Pacific Rattlesnake): molecular and geographic characterization. Toxicon 2005; 44:781-91. [PMID: 15500854 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2004] [Revised: 08/17/2004] [Accepted: 08/23/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Mojave toxin (MT) was detected in five of 25 Crotalus helleri (Southern Pacific rattlesnake) sampled using anti-MT antibodies and nucleotide sequence analysis. All of the venoms that were positive for MT were collected from Mt San Jacinto in Riverside Co., California. Since this population is geographically isolated from C. scutulatus scutulatus (Mojave rattlesnake), it is unlikely that this finding is due to recent hybridization. MT concentration differences between C. helleri and C. s. scutulatus reflected the presence of 'isoforms' of the toxin in the venom. Whereas C. s. scutulatus generally has several isoforms of the toxin (detected by Western blotting), only one 'isoform' that focused at pI 5.1 was detected in C. helleri. Both acidic and basic subunits of MT sequences were obtained from C. helleri DNA with primers specific for MT, but only from snakes that had MT in their venom. The sequence identity of the C. helleri acidic subunit to the C. s. scutulatus subunit was 84.9%, whereas the sequence identity of the C. helleri basic subunit was 97% to the C. s. scutulatus basic subunit. Using casein, fibrin, and hide powder azure as substrates, assays for proteolytic activity suggested that C. helleri possesses several different types of metalloproteinases in their venom. However, proteolytic activity was not detected, or present in reduced amounts, in specimens having MT. Clinical neurotoxicity following envenomation by certain populations of C. helleri may be due to MT.
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- Wendy J French
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968-0519, USA.
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Wermelinger LS, Dutra DLS, Oliveira-Carvalho AL, Soares MR, Bloch C, Zingali RB. Fast analysis of low molecular mass compounds present in snake venom: identification of ten new pyroglutamate-containing peptides. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2005; 19:1703-8. [PMID: 15912471 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.1973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Characterization of the peptide content in snake venoms can be an important tool for the investigation of new pharmacological lead compounds. For this purpose, single-step analysis of crude venoms has recently been demonstrated using mass spectrometry (MS) techniques. Reproducible profiles of ions in MS and MS/MS spectra may also be used to compare venoms from different species. In this work matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOFMS) was used to obtain mass patterns of the major peptides (<8 kDa) found in pooled venoms from the genera Bothrops and Crotalus. Venoms from five different Bothrops species (B. jararaca, B. insularis, B. alternatus, B. jararacussu, and B. neuwiedi) and three Crotalus species (C. viridis, C. adamanteus and C. durissus terrificus) were analyzed. In agreement with other reports, venoms from Bothrops species contained a variety of peptides in the range m/z 1000-1500, and in some samples larger components (m/z 7000-8000) were detected. In the Crotalus species venoms were rich in peptides ranging from m/z 1000-1500 and 4000-5500. MS/MS experiments on the low molecular mass peptides (m/z 1000-1500) confirmed the presence of ten new bradykinin-potentiating peptides among venoms from genera Bothrops and Crotalus. In order to determine whether additional peptides could be identified after partial purification, B. jararaca venom was subjected to size-exclusion chromatography on Sephacryl S-200, and two distinct low molecular mass pools were analyzed further by MALDI-TOFMS. No additional peptides were detected from the pool with masses below 2000 Da but a substantial improvement with better resolution was observed for the pool with masses above 7000 Da, indicating that complex samples such as crude snake venoms can be analyzed for low molecular mass peptides using a single-step procedure.
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- Luciana Serrão Wermelinger
- Laboratório de Proteoma e Microsseqüenciamento de Proteínas e Petídeos, Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Over 5000 Americans suffer from snake bites annually, and of these, nearly one quarter are from poisonous species. Although these cases are undeniably reported, death appears to occur in only a few cases each year, and often reflects delay in obtaining medical care. Two families of venomous snake indigenous to the United States account for most envenomations: Crotalidae (pit vipers or new world vipers) and Elapidae. This article focuses on the snakes of the Crotalidae family.
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- C P Holstege
- Indiana Poison Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA
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Weinstein SA, Schmidt JJ, Bernheimer AW, Smith LA. Characterization and amino acid sequences of two lethal peptides isolated from venom of Wagler's pit viper, Trimeresurus wagleri. Toxicon 1991; 29:227-36. [PMID: 2048140 DOI: 10.1016/0041-0101(91)90107-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Two lethal toxins were isolated from Trimeresurus wagleri venom by fast protein liquid chromatography (molecular sieve) and high performance liquid chromatography (reverse phase). The toxins (termed peptide I and II) had mol. wt of 2504 and 2530, respectively, pIs of 9.6-9.9 and lacked phospholipase A, proteolytic, and hemolytic activity. Lethal peptide I had a murine i.p. LD50 of 0.369 mg/kg, while lethal II had a murine i.p. LD50 of 0.583 mg/kg. Peptide I retained full toxicity after autoclaving at 121 degrees C for 40 min. The lethal activity was found to represent less than 1% of the total venom protein, which was only 62-65% of crude venom. The amino acid sequence of peptide I revealed a proline-rich (over 30% of total sequence) sequence unique among snake venom toxins. Lethal peptide II showed the same sequence except for a second tyrosine in the position of histidine (residue No. 10) in peptide I. The toxin lacked antigenic identity with a number of representative neurotoxins and myotoxins. The crude venom shared at least one antigen with Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus venom. This antigen was not Mojave toxin. The toxin appears symptomatologically suggestive of a vasoactive peptide or neurotoxin.
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- S A Weinstein
- Department of Toxinology, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick 21701-5011
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Straight RC, Glenn JL, Wolt TB, Wolfe MC. Regional differences in content of small basic peptide toxins in the venoms of Crotalus adamanteus and Crotalus horridus. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. B, COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY 1991; 100:51-8. [PMID: 1756621 DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(91)90083-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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1. Reverse-phase HPLC and organic solvents were used to isolate small basic peptide (SBP) toxins from the venoms of Crotalus adamanteus, C. durissus terrificus, C. horridus, C. scutulatus scutulatus, C. viridis concolor, C. viridis helleri and C. viridis viridis. 2. Acid-DEP analyses indicated a high degree of toxin purity which was obtained with a single HPLC run. 3. The combined results of HPLC, immunodiffusion and electrophoresis analyses of venoms from different geographical regions indicate that the SBP toxin content in the venoms of Crotalus adamanteus, Crotalus horridus, Crotalus scutulatus and Crotalus viridis viridis may vary regionally.
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- R C Straight
- Venom Research Laboratory, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84148
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Trebien HA, Calixto JB. Pharmacological evaluation of rat paw oedema induced by Bothrops jararaca venom. AGENTS AND ACTIONS 1989; 26:292-300. [PMID: 2660497 DOI: 10.1007/bf01967293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The mechanism involved in the genesis of the rat paw oedema caused by intraplantar (IPL) injection of Bothrops jararaca venom (BJV) has been investigated. IPL injection of BJV (1 to 30 micrograms/paw) caused a dose- and time-related oedematogenic effect. Oedema was maximal within 1 h after BJV injection, was partially reduced at 6 h and disappeared completely within 24 h. No systemic effect was observed. Previous heating of BJV at 100 degrees C for 3 to 30 min caused a significant inhibition (25%) of its oedematogenic activity. Daily IPL injections of BJV (10 micrograms/paw) for 4 days attenuated BJV-induced oedema (26%), but did not influence oedema-induced by PAF-acether, serotonin (5-HT) and histamine (His), indicating the absence of cross desensitization. In the paw desensitized by daily IPL injections of PAF-acether, BJV induced a full oedematogenic response also indicating absence of cross desensitization. Different groups of drugs including alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenoceptor antagonists (prazosin and yohimbine), inhibitors of both cyclo- and lipo-oxygenase (indomethacin, nordihydroguaiaretic acid), inhibitors of phospholipase A2 (dexamethasone and mepacrine) caused marked inhibition of BJV-induced rat paw oedema, whereas antagonists of 5-HT, PAF-acether and H1-histamine receptors were less effective. Pre-treatment with a beta-adrenoceptor antagonist, a Ca2+ channel blocker and a H2-histamine antagonist failed to affect BJV-induced oedema. Pre-treatment of the animals with captopril did not interfere with BJV-induce oedema, suggesting that kinins are not insolved in the genesis of oedema. Association of BJV with 5-HT and PAF did not potentiate the BJV-induced oedema.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- H A Trebien
- Department of Pharmacology CCB, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brasil
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Schaeffer RC, Randall H, Resk J, Carlson RW. Enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA) of size-selected crotalid venom antigens by Wyeth's polyvalent antivenom. Toxicon 1988; 26:67-76. [PMID: 3347932 DOI: 10.1016/0041-0101(88)90138-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The binding of Antivenom (Crotalidae) Polyvalent to fractions from crude venoms of eight crotalid and one viperid snake, obtained by high performance size-exclusion chromatography, was determined with an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Most of the large (greater than 30,000 mol. wt) molecular mass crotalid venom fractions were associated with high (greater than 0.7 absorbance units) ELISA values. Similarly, the medium (13,000-30,000 mol. wt) and small (less than 14,000 mol. wt) molecular mass crotalid venom fractions were coincident with moderate (0.3-0.7 absorbance units) and low (less than 0.3 absorbance units) ELISA levels. Some variability in this pattern was seen with individual venom fractions. A distinctly different pattern of ELISA values were observed with two rattlesnake venoms: the South American (Crotalus durissus terrificus) and Mojave desert (Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus) rattlesnakes. The elution profile from these venoms showed a progression of low to moderate ELISA values within the large molecular mass fractions. This pattern was followed by a decline to low ELISA values throughout the remainder of the elution profile. When saw scaled viper (Echis carinatus leucogaster) venom fractions were tested, only background ELISA values were detected with antivenom. Similarly, background ELISA values were associated with the small molecular mass fractions of all venoms tested. In addition, the elution position for the basic peptides of southern Pacific (Crotalus viridis helleri) and timber (Crotalus h. horridus) rattlesnake venoms showed minimal ELISA values. These data support the view that except for the venom of C. durissus terrificus and C. s. scutulatus, most antivenom antibodies bind large (greater than 30,000 mol. wt) venom fractions. Thus, antivenom contains minimal levels of antibodies to the basic peptides in these venoms.
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- R C Schaeffer
- Microcirculatory Laboratory, V.A. Medical Center, Tucson, AZ 85723
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Schaeffer RC, Renkiewicz RR, Chilton SM, Marsh D, Carlson RW. Preparation and high-performance size-exclusion chromatographic (HPSEC) analysis of fluorescein isothiocyanate-hydroxyethyl starch: macromolecular probes of the blood-lymph barrier. Microvasc Res 1986; 32:230-43. [PMID: 2429166 DOI: 10.1016/0026-2862(86)90057-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A procedure is described for the preparation of fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled hydroxyethyl starch (FITC-HES). Chromatographic techniques for the purification and analysis of FITC-HES that include the development of a high-performance size-exclusion chromatographic (HPSEC) technique with a fluorescence spectrophotometer-computer detection system are described. FITC-HES macromolecules have a wide range of hydrodynamic radii (ae greater than 120- less than 10 A) and the substitution ratio of FITC to the size-selected HES macromolecules remains constant throughout the chromatographic range. The predominant isoelectric point (pI) of the multiple acidic isomers of FITC-HES is 4.6. In vitro, the very large FITC-HES macromolecules (greater than 100 A) are rapidly degraded (15 sec) by alpha-amylase in control dog plasma. While most of the large molecules (100-20 A) remain intact for greater than 24 hr, this degradation is not associated with the loss of FITC from HES. In vivo, the rate of this reaction appeared to be accelerated and the degradation of FITC-HES between 0.1 and 12 hr was small. Illustration of the HPSEC quantitation of the spectrum of FITC-HES macromolecules in "near steady-state" lymph (L) and plasma (P) samples and the L/P ratio show that this technique can be used to describe the size selectivity of the blood-lymph barrier under conditions of unaltered capillary pressure. We propose that the size-selected solvent-drag reflection coefficient (sigma f) curves for the anionic FITC-HES under conditions of elevated capillary pressure is a measure of macromolecular convective permeability of the blood-lymph barrier.
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Fletcher JE, Rapuano BE, Condrea E, Yang CC, Rosenberg P. Relationship between catalysis and toxicological properties of three phospholipases A2 from elapid snake venoms. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1981; 59:375-88. [PMID: 7256775 DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(81)90209-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Bajwa SS, Markland FS, Russell FE. Fibrinolytic and fibrinogen clotting enzymes present in the venoms of western diamondback rattlesnake, Crotalus atrox, eastern diamondback rattlesnake, Crotalus adamanteus, and southern Pacific rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis helleri. Toxicon 1981; 19:53-9. [PMID: 7222089 DOI: 10.1016/0041-0101(81)90117-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Gubensek F, Pattabhiraman TR, Russell FE. Phospholipase A2 activity of some crotalid snake venoms and fractions. Toxicon 1980; 18:699-701. [PMID: 7222074 DOI: 10.1016/0041-0101(80)90103-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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