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Queiroz,MR; Mamede,CC; Fonseca,KC; Canabrava,LCMN; França,LV; Silva,MC; Stanziola,L; Beletti,ME; Canabrava,HAN; Oliveira,F. |
A myotoxin phospholipase A2 homologue, BmooMtx, was isolated from the venom of Bothrops moojeni by a combination of ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-Sephacel column and gel filtration on Sephadex G-75. SDS-PAGE showed the enzyme to be a monomer with a molecular weight of 16,500. BmooMtx induced release of creatine kinase and morphological analyses indicated that it provoked an intense myonecrosis, with visible leukocyte infiltrate and damaged muscle cells 24 hours after injection. Anti-BmooMTx antibodies partially neutralized the myotoxic activity of BmooMtx and crude B. moojeni venom, as judged by determination of plasma creatine kinase levels and histological evaluation of skeletal muscle in mice. Anti-BmooMTx antibodies were effective in reducing the... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Bothrops moojeni; Hyperalgesia; Myotoxin; Edema. |
Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992011000100007 |
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Oshima-Franco,Y.; Leite,G. B.; Valério,A. A.; Hyslop,S.; Andriao-Escarso,S.; Giglio,J. R.; Prado-Franceschi,J.; Cruz-Höfling,M. A.; Rodrigues-Simioni,L.. |
Bothrops jararacussu venom and its major toxin bothropstoxin-I (BthTX-I) possess myotoxic and neurotoxic properties. The efficacy of a rabbit antivenom raised against B. jararacussu venom in the neutralization of physiological, biochemical, and morphological changes induced by the venom and its major toxin BthTX-I was studied in mouse isolated phrenic nerve-diaphragm (PND) and extensor digitorum longus (EDL) preparations. The times required for 50% neuromuscular blockade in PND and EDL preparations for venom were 70+11.5 (S.E.M., n=5) min and 58+8 (n=16) (50 mu g/mL), and for BthTX-I 31+6 (n=3) min and 30+3 (n=5) min (20 mu g/mL), respectively. After 120 min incubation, creatine kinase (CK) concentrations in solution containing the EDL preparations were... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Bothrops venom; Myotoxin; Neutralization; Neuromuscular junction; Histological analysis; Bothrops jararacussu. |
Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-79302002000200004 |
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