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Provedor de dados: | 80
País: | Brazil
Título: | Low-level laser therapy decreases local effects induced by myotoxins isolated from Bothrops jararacussu snake venom
Autores: | Barbosa,AM; Villaverde,AB; Guimarães-Sousa,L; Soares,AM; Zamuner,SF; Cogo,JC; Zamuner,SR.
Data: | 2010-01-01
Ano: | 2010
Palavras-chave: | Bothrops jararacussu; Myotoxins; Inflammation; Myonecrosis; Low-level laser therapy.
Resumo: | The prominent myotoxic effects induced by Bothrops jararacussu crude venom are due, in part, to its polycationic myotoxins, BthTX-I and BthTX-II. Both myotoxins have a phospholipase A2 structure: BthTX-II is an active enzyme Asp-49 PLA2, while BthTX-I is a Lys-49 PLA2 devoid of enzymatic activity. In this study, the effect of low-level laser therapy (LLLT), 685 nm laser at a dose of 4.2 J/cm2 on edema formation, leukocyte influx and myonecrosis caused by BthTX-I and BthTX-II, isolated from Bothrops jararacussu snake venom, was analyzed. BthTX-I and BthTX-II caused a significant edema formation, a prominent leukocyte infiltrate composed predominantly by neutrophils and myonecrosis in envenomed gastrocnemius muscle. LLLT significantly reduced the edema formation, neutrophil accumulation and myonecrosis induced by both myotoxins 24 hours after the injection. LLLT reduced the myonecrosis caused by BthTX-I and BthTX-II, respectively, by 60 and 43%; the edema formation, by 41 and 60.7%; and the leukocyte influx, by 57.5 and 51.6%. In conclusion, LLLT significantly reduced the effect of these snake toxins on the inflammatory response and myonecrosis. These results suggest that LLLT should be considered a potential therapeutic approach for treatment of local effects of Bothrops species venom.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992010000300014
Editor: | Centro de Estudos de Venenos e Animais Peçonhentos
Relação: | 10.1590/S1678-91992010000300014
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases  v.16 n.3 2010
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess