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| BORJA-OLIVEIRA,C. R.; SOARES,A. M.; ZAMUNÉR,S. R.; HYSLOP,S.; GIGLIO,J. R.; PRADO-FRANCESCHI,J.; RODRIGUES-SIMIONI,L.. |
| Snake venoms frequently vary in composition. In this work, we compared the neurotoxic and myotoxic activities of 16 lots of Bothrops neuwiedii venoms from different regions of Brazil, using chick biventer cervicis preparations. The neuromuscular blockade varied from 2% to 100% after 120 min incubation with venoms (50 mug/ml). In all cases, this blockade was irreversible and concentration-dependent; at low concentrations (10-20 mug/ml), 15 of the 16 venom lots failed to abolish responses to acetylcholine (110 muM), but blocked responses to KCl (13.4 muM), and induced contracture. At 5-20 mug/ml, the most active venom totally blocked twitch-tension without affecting responses to acetylcholine and KCl. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis for basic proteins... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Bothrops neuwiedii venom; Intraspecific variation; Myotoxicity; Neurotoxicity; Neuromuscular blockade. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-79302002000100008 |
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