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| Provedor de dados: |
J. Venom. Anim. Toxins incl. Trop. Dis.
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Characterization of Leiurus abdullahbayrami (Scorpiones: Buthidae) venom: peptide profile, cytotoxicity and antimicrobial activity
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| Autores: |
Erdeş,Efe
Doğan,Tuğba Somay
Coşar,İlhan
Danışman,Tarık
Kunt,Kadir Boğaç
Şeker,Tamay
Yücel,Meral
Özen,Can
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| Data: |
2014-01-01
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| Ano: |
2014
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| Palavras-chave: |
Scorpion venom
Toxin
Peptide
Leiurus abdullahbayrami
Microfluidic capillary
Electrophoresis
Peptidomics
Venomics
Cytotoxicity
Antimicrobial activity
Turkey
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| Resumo: |
Background Scorpion venoms are rich bioactive peptide libraries that offer promising molecules that may lead to the discovery and development of new drugs.Leiurus abdullahbayrami produces one of the most potent venoms among Turkish scorpions that provokes severe symptoms in envenomated victims.Methods In the present study, the peptide profile of the venom was investigated by electrophoretic methods, size-exclusion and reversed-phase chromatography and mass spectroscopy. Cytotoxic and antimicrobial effects were evaluated on a breast cancer cell line (MCF-7) and various bacterial and fungal species.Results Proteins make up approximately half of the dry weight of L. abdullahbayrami crude venom. Microfluidic capillary electrophoresis indicated the presence of 6 to 7 kDa peptides and proved to be a highly practical peptidomics tool with better resolution when compared to conventional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Mass spectroscopy analysis helped us to identify 45 unique peptide masses between 1 to 7 kDa with a bimodal mass distribution peaking between molecular weights of 1 to 2 kDa (29%) and 3 to 4 kDa (31%). L. abdullahbayrami crude venom had a proliferative effect on MCF-7 cells, which may be explained by the high concentration of polyamines as well as potassium and calcium ions in the arachnid venoms. Antimicrobial effect was stronger on gram-negative bacteria.Conclusions This work represents the first peptidomic characterization of L. abdullahbayrami venom. Considering the molecular weight-function relationship of previously identified venom peptides, future bioactivity studies may lead to the discovery of novel potassium and chloride ion channel inhibitors as well as new antimicrobial peptides fromL. abdullahbayrami venom.
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Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992014000200338
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| Editor: |
Centro de Estudos de Venenos e Animais Peçonhentos
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| Relação: |
10.1186/1678-9199-20-48
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| Formato: |
text/html
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| Fonte: |
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases v.20 2014
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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