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| Cedro,Rafhaella C. A.; Menaldo,Danilo L.; Costa,Tássia R.; Zoccal,Karina F.; Sartim,Marco A.; Santos-Filho,Norival A.; Faccioli,Lúcia H.; Sampaio,Suely V.. |
| Abstract Background: Snake venom phospholipases A2 (PLA2s) have been reported to induce myotoxic, neurotoxic, hemolytic, edematogenic, cytotoxic and proinflammatory effects. This work aimed at the isolation and functional characterization of a PLA2 isolated from Bothrops jararaca venom, named BJ-PLA2-I. Methods and Results: For its purification, three consecutive chromatographic steps were used (Sephacryl S-200, Source 15Q and Mono Q 5/50 GL). BJ-PLA2-I showed acidic characteristics, with pI~4.4 and molecular mass of 14. 2 kDa. Sequencing resulted in 60 amino acid residues that showed high similarity to other Bothrops PLA2s, including 100% identity with BJ-PLA2, an Asp49 PLA2 previously isolated from B. jararaca venom. Being an Asp49 PLA2, BJ-PLA2-I... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Snake venom; Bothrops jararaca; Phospholipase A2; Inflammation; Cytotoxicity. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992018000100324 |
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| Lima,Priscila C.; Bordon,Karla C. F.; Pucca,Manuela B.; Cerni,Felipe A.; Zoccal,Karina F.; Faccioli,Lucia H.; Arantes,Eliane C.. |
| Abstract Background The yellow scorpion Tityus serrulatus (Ts) is responsible for the highest number of accidents and the most severe scorpion envenoming in Brazil. Although its venom has been studied since the 1950s, it presents a number of orphan peptides that have not been studied so far. The objective of our research was to isolate and identify the components present in the fractions VIIIA and VIIIB of Ts venom, in order to search for a novel toxin. The major isolated toxins were further investigated for macrophage modulation. Methods The fractions VIIIA and VIIIB, obtained from Ts venom cation exchange chromatography, were rechromatographed on a C18 column (4.6 × 250 mm) followed by a reversed-phase chromatography using another C18 column (2.1 ×... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Β-KTx; Cytokine; Interleukin; Neurotoxin; Pro-inflammatory; Scorpion venom; Tityus serrulatus. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992015000100353 |
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