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| Haddad Junior,Vidal; Zara,Fernando; Marangoni,Sergio; Toyama,Daniela de Oliveira; Souza,Alex Jardelino Felizardo de; Oliveira,Simone Cristina Buzzo de; Toyama,Marcos Hikari. |
| Background: Although the hydrozoan Olindias sambaquiensis is the most common jellyfish associated with human envenomation in southeastern and southern Brazil, information about the composition of its venom is rare. Thus, the present study aimed to analyze pharmacological aspects ofO. sambaquiensis venom as well as clinical manifestations observed in affected patients. Crude protein extracts were prepared from the tentacles of animals; peptides and proteins were sequenced and submitted to circular dichroism spectroscopy. Creatine kinase, cytotoxicity and hemolytic activity were evaluated by specific methods.Results: We identified two novel cytolysins denominated oshem 1 and oshem 2 from the tentacles of this jellyfish. The cytolysins presented the amino... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Olindias sambaquiensis; Hemolytic; Myonecrosis; Cytotoxicity; Cytolysin; Cnidaria venom. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992014000200316 |
