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2. Proteomics of Wound Exudate in Snake Venom-Induced Pathology: Search for Biomarkers To Assess Tissue Damage and Therapeutic Success.
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Rucavado, Alexandra, Escalante, Teresa, Shannon, John, Gutiérrez, José María, and Fox, Jay W.
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- 2011
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3. Venomic and Antivenomic Analyses of the Central American Coral Snake, Micrurus nigrocinctus (Elapidae).
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Fernández, Julián, Alape-Girón, Alberto, Angulo, Yamileth, Sanz, Libia, Gutiérrez, José María, Calvete, Juan J., and Lomonte, Bruno
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- 2011
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4. High-Resolution Crystal Structure of the Snake Venom Metalloproteinase BaP1 Complexed with a Peptidomimetic: Insight into Inhibitor Binding.
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Lingott, Trosten, Schleberger, Christian, Gutiérrez, José María, and Merfort, Irmgard
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- 2009
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5. Backbone Flexibility Controls the Activity and Specificity of a Protein–Protein Interface: Specificity in Snake Venom Metalloproteases.
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Wallnoefer, Hannes G., Lingott, Torsten, Gutiérrez, José María, Merfort, Irmgard, and Liedl, Klaus R.
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PROTEINS , *SNAKE venom , *METALLOPROTEINASES , *HEMORRHAGE , *COMPUTER simulation , *SPINE - Abstract
Protein-protein interfaces have crucial functions in many biological processes. The large interaction areas of such interfaces show complex interaction motifs. Even more challenging is the understanding of (multi)specificity in protein-protein binding. Many proteins can bind several partners to mediate their function. A perfect paradigm to study such multispecific protein-protein interfaces are snake venom metalloproteases (SVMPs). Inherently, they bind to a variety of basement membrane proteins of capillaries, hydrolyze them, and induce profuse bleeding. However, despite having a high sequence homology, some SVMPs show a strong hemorrhagic activity, while others are (almost) inactive. We present computer simulations indicating that the activity to induce hemorrhage, and thus the capability to bind the potential reaction partners, is related to the backbone flexibility in a certain surface region. A subtle interplay between flexibility and rigidity of two loops seems to be the prerequisite for the proteins to carry out their damaging function. Presumably, a significant alteration in the backbone dynamics makes the difference between SVMPs that induce hemorrhage and the inactive ones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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6. In Vivo Neutralization of Myotoxin II, a Phospholipase A 2 Homologue from Bothrops asper Venom, Using Peptides Discovered via Phage Display Technology.
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Laustsen AH, Gless BH, Jenkins TP, Meyhoff-Madsen M, Bjärtun J, Munk AS, Oscoz S, Fernández J, Gutiérrez JM, Lomonte B, and Lohse B
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Many snake venom toxins cause local tissue damage in prey and victims, which constitutes an important pathology that is challenging to treat with existing antivenoms. One of the notorious toxins that causes such effects is myotoxin II present in the venom of the Central and Northern South American viper, Bothrops asper . This Lys49 PLA
2 homologue is devoid of enzymatic activity and causes myotoxicity by disrupting the cell membranes of muscle tissue. To improve envenoming therapy, novel approaches are needed, warranting the discovery and development of inhibitors that target key toxins that are currently difficult to neutralize. Here, we report the identification of a new peptide (JB006), discovered using phage display technology, that is capable of binding to and neutralizing the toxic effects of myotoxin II in vitro and in vivo . Through computational modeling, we further identify hypothetical binding interactions between the toxin and the peptide to enable further development of inhibitors that can neutralize myotoxin II., Competing Interests: The authors declare the following competing financial interest(s): B.Lohse is a founder of the company Serpentides ApS, which holds a patent (PCT/EP2019/057522) covering the use of the peptides described in this article., (© 2022 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society.)- Published
- 2022
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7. Identification of new snake venom metalloproteinase inhibitors using compound screening and rational Peptide design.
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Villalta-Romero F, Gortat A, Herrera AE, Arguedas R, Quesada J, de Melo RL, Calvete JJ, Montero M, Murillo R, Rucavado A, Gutiérrez JM, and Pérez-Payá E
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The majority of snakebite envenomations in Central America are caused by the viperid species Bothrops asper, whose venom contains a high proportion of zinc-dependent metalloproteinases that play a relevant role in the pathogenesis of hemorrhage characteristic of these envenomations. Broad metalloproteinase inhibitors, such as the peptidomimetic hydroxamate Batimastat, have been shown to inhibit snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMP). However, the difficulty in having open public access to Batimastat and similar molecules highlights the need to design new inhibitors of SVMPs that could be applied in the treatment of snakebite envenomations. We have chosen the SVMP BaP1 as a model to search for new inhibitors using different strategies, that is, screening of the Prestwick Chemical Library and rational peptide design. Results from these approaches provide clues on the structural requirements for efficient BaP1 inhibition and pave the way for the design of new inhibitors of SVMP.
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- 2012
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8. Efficacy of IgG and F(ab')2 antivenoms to neutralize snake venom-induced local tissue damage as assessed by the proteomic analysis of wound exudate.
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Rucavado A, Escalante T, Shannon JD, Ayala-Castro CN, Villalta M, Gutiérrez JM, and Fox JW
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- Animals, Antivenins therapeutic use, Blood Proteins metabolism, Extracellular Matrix Proteins metabolism, Hemorrhage chemically induced, Hemorrhage prevention & control, Horses, Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments therapeutic use, Immunoglobulin G, Mice, Muscle, Skeletal drug effects, Muscle, Skeletal pathology, Proteomics, Antivenins pharmacology, Bothrops, Crotalid Venoms immunology, Exudates and Transudates metabolism, Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments pharmacology, Proteome metabolism
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Proteomic analysis of wound exudates represents a valuable tool to investigate tissue pathology and to assess the therapeutic success of various interventions. In this study, the ability of horse-derived IgG and F(ab')(2) antivenoms to neutralize local pathological effects induced by the venom of the snake Bothrops asper in mouse muscle was investigated by the proteomic analysis of exudates collected in the vicinity of affected tissue. In experiments involving the incubation of venom and antivenom prior to injection in mice, hemorrhagic activity was completely abolished and local muscle-damaging activity was significantly reduced by the antivenoms. In these conditions, the relative amounts of several intracellular and extracellular matrix proteins were reduced by the action of antivenoms, whereas the relative amounts of various plasma proteins were not modified. Because not all intracellular proteins were reduced, it is likely that there is a residual cytotoxicity not neutralized by antivenoms. In experiments designed to more closely reproduce the actual circumstances of envenoming, that is, when antivenom is administered after envenomation, the number of proteins whose amounts in exudates were reduced by antivenoms decreased, underscoring the difficulty in neutralizing local pathology due to the very rapid onset of venom-induced pathology. In these experiments, IgG antivenom was more efficient than F(ab')(2) antivenom when administered after envenomation, probably as a consequence of differences in their pharmacokinetic profiles.
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- 2012
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9. Phase behavior and rheological analysis of reverse liquid crystals and W/I2 and W/H2 gel emulsions using an amphiphilic block copolymer.
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May A, Aramaki K, and Gutiérrez JM
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This article reports the phase behavior determi-nation of a system forming reverse liquid crystals and the formation of novel disperse systems in the two-phase region. The studied system is formed by water, cyclohexane, and Pluronic L-121, an amphiphilic block copolymer considered of special interest due to its aggregation and structural properties. This system forms reverse cubic (I2) and reverse hexagonal (H2) phases at high polymer concentrations. These reverse phases are of particular interest since in the two-phase region, stable high internal phase reverse emulsions can be formed. The characterization of the I2 and H2 phases and of the derived gel emulsions was performed with small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and rheometry, and the influence of temperature and water content was studied. The H2 phase experimented a thermal transition to an I2 phase when temperature was increased, which presented an Fd3m structure. All samples showed a strong shear thinning behavior from low shear rates. The elastic modulus (G') in the I2 phase was around 1 order of magnitude higher than in the H2 phase. G' was predominantly higher than the viscous modulus (G''). In the gel emulsions, G' was nearly frequency-independent, indicating their gel type nature. Contrarily to water-in-oil (W/O) normal emulsions, in W/I2 and W/H2 gel emulsions, G', the complex viscosity (|η*|), and the yield stress (τ0) decreased with increasing water content, since the highly viscous microstructure of the continuous phase was responsible for the high viscosity and elastic behavior of the emulsions, instead of the volume fraction of dispersed phase and droplet size. A rheological analysis, in which the cooperative flow theory, the soft glass rheology model, and the slip plane model were analyzed and compared, was performed to obtain one single model that could describe the non-Maxwellian behavior of both reverse phases and highly concentrated emulsions and to characterize their microstructure with the rheological properties.
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- 2011
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10. Snake venomics of African spitting cobras: toxin composition and assessment of congeneric cross-reactivity of the pan-African EchiTAb-Plus-ICP antivenom by antivenomics and neutralization approaches.
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Petras D, Sanz L, Segura A, Herrera M, Villalta M, Solano D, Vargas M, León G, Warrell DA, Theakston RD, Harrison RA, Durfa N, Nasidi A, Gutiérrez JM, and Calvete JJ
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- Africa, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Antivenins therapeutic use, Child, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid methods, Humans, Mass Spectrometry methods, Metalloproteases analysis, Metalloproteases genetics, Mice, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, Proteins analysis, Proteins genetics, Proteome analysis, Snake Bites drug therapy, Antivenins chemistry, Antivenins immunology, Elapid Venoms chemistry, Elapidae classification, Neutralization Tests methods
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Venomic analysis of the venoms of Naja nigricollis, N. katiensis, N. nubiae, N. mossambica, and N. pallida revealed similar compositional trends. The high content of cytotoxins and PLA(2)s may account for the extensive tissue necrosis characteristic of the envenomings by these species. The high abundance of a type I α-neurotoxin in N. nubiae may be responsible for the high lethal toxicity of this venom (in rodents). The ability of EchiTAb-Plus-ICP antivenom to immunodeplete and neutralize the venoms of African spitting cobras was assessed by antivenomics and neutralization tests. It partially immunodepleted 3FTx and PLA(2)s and completely immunodepleted SVMPs and CRISPs in all venoms. The antivenom neutralized the dermonecrotic and PLA(2) activities of all African Naja venoms, whereas lethality was eliminated in the venoms of N. nigricollis, N. mossambica, and N. pallida but not in those of N. nubiae and N. katiensis. The lack of neutralization of lethality of N. nubiae venom may be of medical relevance only in relatively populous areas of the Saharan region. The impaired activity of EchiTAb-Plus-ICP against N. katiensis may not represent a major concern. This species is sympatric with N. nigricollis in many regions of Africa, although very few bites have been attributed to it.
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11. Snake venomics of Bothriechis nigroviridis reveals extreme variability among palm pitviper venoms: different evolutionary solutions for the same trophic purpose.
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Fernández J, Lomonte B, Sanz L, Angulo Y, Gutiérrez JM, and Calvete JJ
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- Animals, Costa Rica, Creatine Kinase blood, Crotalid Venoms toxicity, Hemorrhage chemically induced, Lethal Dose 50, Mass Spectrometry, Metalloproteases metabolism, Mice, Neutralization Tests, Phospholipases A2 metabolism, Phylogeny, Species Specificity, Viperidae genetics, Biological Evolution, Crotalid Venoms chemistry, Proteomics methods, Viperidae metabolism
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We report the proteomic characterization and biological activities of the venom of the black-speckled palm pitviper, Bothriechis nigroviridis, a neotropical arboreal pitviper from Costa Rica. In marked contrast to other Bothriechis species investigated, the venom of B. nigroviridis does not possess detectable Zn(2+)-dependent metalloproteinases, and is uniquely characterized by a high content of crotoxin-like PLA(2) and vasoactive peptides. These data suggest that different evolutionary solutions have evolved within the arboreal genus Bothriechis for the same trophic purpose. The venom from B. nigroviridis is devoid of hemorrhagic activity, has low edematogenic and coagulant effects, presents modest myotoxic and phospholipase A(2) activities, but has higher lethality than the venoms of other Bothriechis species. Neutralization of its lethal activity by an anti-Crotalus durissus terrificus antivenom confirmed the major role of crotoxin-like PLA(2) in B. nigroviridis venom-induced lethality.
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- 2010
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12. Snake venomics of the Central American rattlesnake Crotalus simus and the South American Crotalus durissus complex points to neurotoxicity as an adaptive paedomorphic trend along Crotalus dispersal in South America.
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Calvete JJ, Sanz L, Cid P, de la Torre P, Flores-Díaz M, Dos Santos MC, Borges A, Bremo A, Angulo Y, Lomonte B, Alape-Girón A, and Gutiérrez JM
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- Age Factors, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Crotalid Venoms chemistry, Crotalid Venoms metabolism, Crotalus metabolism, Evolution, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Neurotoxins genetics, Neurotoxins metabolism, Proteome, Reptilian Proteins chemistry, Reptilian Proteins metabolism, South America, Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization, Antivenins metabolism, Crotalid Venoms genetics, Crotalus genetics, Reptilian Proteins genetics
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We report a comparative venomic and antivenomic characterization of the venoms of newborn and adult specimens of the Central American rattlesnake, Crotalus simus, and of the subspecies cumanensis, durissus, ruruima, and terrificus of South American Crotalus durissus. Neonate and adult C. simus share about 50% of their venom proteome. The venom proteome of 6-week-old C. simus is predominantly made of the neurotoxic heterodimeric phospholipase A(2) (PLA(2) crotoxin) (55.9%) and serine proteinases (36%), whereas snake venom Zn(2+)-metalloproteinases (SVMPs), exclusively of class PIII, represent only 2% of the total venom proteins. In marked contrast, venom from adult C. simus comprises toxins from 7 protein families. A large proportion (71.7%) of these toxins are SVMPs, two-thirds of which belong to the PIII class. These toxin profiles correlate well with the overall biochemical and pharmacological features of venoms from adult (hemorrhagic) and newborn (neurotoxic) C. simus specimens. The venoms of the South American Crotalus subspecies belong to one of two distinct phenotypes. C. d. cumanensis exhibits high levels of SVMPs and low lethal potency (LD(50)), whereas C. d. subspecies terrificus, ruruima, and durissus have low SVMP activity and high neurotoxicity to mice. Their overall toxin compositions explain the outcome of envenomation by these species. Further, in all C. simus and C. durissus venoms, the concentration of neurotoxins (crotoxin and crotamine) is directly related with lethal activity, whereas lethality and metalloproteinase activity show an inverse relationship. The similar venom toxin profiles of newborn C. simus and adult C. durissus terrificus, ruruima, and durissus subspecies strongly suggests that the South American taxa have retained juvenile venom characteristics in the adult form (paedomorphism) along their North-South stepping-stone dispersal. The driving force behind paedomorphism is often competition or predation pressure. The increased concentration of the neurotoxins crotoxin and crotamine in South American rattlesnake venoms strongly argues that the gain of neurotoxicity and lethal venom activities to mammals may have represented the key axis along which overall venom toxicity has evolved during Crotalus durissus invasion of South America. The paedomorphic trend is supported by a decreasing LNC (lethal neurotoxicity coefficient, defined as the ratio between the average LD(50) of the venom and the crotoxin + crotamine concentration) along the North-South axis, coincident with the evolutionary dispersal pattern of the Neotropical rattlesnakes. The indistinguisable immunoreactivity patterns of Costa Rican and Venezuelan polyvalent antivenoms toward C. simus and C. durissus venoms strongly suggest the possibility of using these antivenoms indistinctly for the management of snakebites by adult C. simus and by certain C. d. cumanensis populations exhibiting a hemorrhagic venom phenotype. The antivenomic results also explain why the antivenoms effectively neutralize the hemorrhagic activity of adult C. simus venoms but does not protect against adult C. durissus sp. and newborn C. simus envenomations. The identification of evolutionary trends among tropical Crotalus, as reported here, may have an impact in defining the mixture of venoms for immunization to produce an effective pan-American anti-Crotalus antivenom.
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13. Impact of regional variation in Bothrops asper snake venom on the design of antivenoms: integrating antivenomics and neutralization approaches.
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Gutiérrez JM, Sanz L, Flores-Díaz M, Figueroa L, Madrigal M, Herrera M, Villalta M, León G, Estrada R, Borges A, Alape-Girón A, and Calvete JJ
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Antivenins metabolism, Blotting, Western, Bothrops metabolism, Crotalid Venoms genetics, Crotalid Venoms metabolism, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Group II Phospholipases A2 genetics, Group II Phospholipases A2 metabolism, Molecular Sequence Data, Neutralization Tests, Reptilian Proteins genetics, Reptilian Proteins metabolism, Antivenins chemistry, Bothrops genetics, Crotalid Venoms chemistry, Group II Phospholipases A2 chemistry, Reptilian Proteins chemistry
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Intraspecific snake venom variations have implications in the preparation of venom pools for the generation of antivenoms. The impact of such variation in the cross-reactivity of antivenoms against Bothrops asper venom was assessed by comparing two commercial and four experimental antivenoms. All antivenoms showed similar immunorecognition pattern toward the venoms from adult and neonate specimens. They completely immunodepleted most P-III snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs), l-amino acid oxidases, serine proteinases, DC fragments, cysteine-rich secretory proteins (CRISPs), and C-type lectin-like proteins, and partially immunodepleted medium-sized disintegrins, phospholipases A(2) (PLA(2)s), some serine proteinases, and P-I SVMPs. Although all antivenoms abrogated the lethal, hemorrhagic, coagulant, proteinase, and PLA(2) venoms activities, monospecific experimental antivenoms were more effective than the polyspecific experimental antivenom. In addition, the commercial antivenoms, produced in horses subjected to repeated immunization cycles, showed higher neutralization than experimental polyspecific antivenom, produced by a single round of immunization. Overall, a conspicuous pattern of cross-neutralization was evident for all effects by all antivenoms, and monospecific antivenoms raised against venom from the Caribbean population were effective against venom from the Pacific population, indicating that geographic variations in venom proteomes of B. asper from Costa Rica do not result in overt variations in immunological cross-reactivity between antivenoms.
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- 2010
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14. Wound exudate as a proteomic window to reveal different mechanisms of tissue damage by snake venom toxins.
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Escalante T, Rucavado A, Pinto AF, Terra RM, Gutiérrez JM, and Fox JW
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- Animals, Bothrops, Chromatography, Liquid methods, Extracellular Matrix Proteins metabolism, Keratins metabolism, Mass Spectrometry methods, Mice, Molecular Sequence Data, Skin cytology, Skin drug effects, Skin metabolism, Skin pathology, Snake Bites, Tandem Mass Spectrometry methods, Exudates and Transudates chemistry, Metalloendopeptidases pharmacology, Metalloendopeptidases toxicity, Muscle, Skeletal drug effects, Muscle, Skeletal metabolism, Muscle, Skeletal pathology, Phospholipases A2 pharmacology, Phospholipases A2 toxicity, Proteomics methods, Snake Venoms pharmacology, Snake Venoms toxicity, Wound Healing physiology
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In light of the complexity of wound tissue, proteomic analysis may not clearly reveal the nature of the wound or the processes involved in healing. However, exudate associated with wounds may provide a "window" on cellular events leading to the development of the wound and/or its healing. In this investigation we performed proteomic analysis on wound exudates from muscular wounds in mice caused by two very different types of snake venom toxins: BaP1, a snake venom metalloproteinase and Mtx-I, a snake venom phospholipase A2. Proteomic analysis of the exudates associated with these wounds clearly differentiated them and offered new perspectives on functional mechanisms by which these toxins cause tissue damage. In the case of wounds caused by the metalloproteinase, there was evidence of degradation of nonfibrillar collagens whereas the phospholipase wound exudate was noted by the presence of fibrillar collagen type I, apolipoproteins A-I, A-IV, and E, and fibronectin. These results suggest that the hemorrhage caused by snake venom metalloproteinases may be associated with the degradation of specific extracellular matrix proteins which play a role in matrix/capillary stabilization and that release of apolipoproteins from their complexes may be involved with the dysfunctional hemostasis observed following snake envenoming.
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- 2009
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15. Snake venomics of the Lesser Antillean pit vipers Bothrops caribbaeus and Bothrops lanceolatus: correlation with toxicological activities and immunoreactivity of a heterologous antivenom.
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Gutiérrez JM, Sanz L, Escolano J, Fernández J, Lomonte B, Angulo Y, Rucavado A, Warrell DA, and Calvete JJ
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Crotalid Venoms metabolism, Evolution, Molecular, Humans, Martinique, Mass Spectrometry, Mice, Molecular Sequence Data, Peptides chemistry, Peptides genetics, Peptides metabolism, Saint Lucia, Antivenins immunology, Antivenins toxicity, Bothrops metabolism, Crotalid Venoms chemistry, Proteome analysis
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The venom proteomes of the snakes Bothrops caribbaeus and Bothrops lanceolatus, endemic to the Lesser Antillean islands of Saint Lucia and Martinique, respectively, were characterized by reverse-phase HPLC fractionation, followed by analysis of each chromatographic fraction by SDS-PAGE, N-terminal sequencing, MALDI-TOF mass fingerprinting, and collision-induced dissociation tandem mass spectrometry of tryptic peptides. The venoms contain proteins belonging to seven ( B. caribbaeus) and five ( B. lanceolatus) types of toxins. B. caribbaeus and B. lanceolatus venoms contain phospholipases A 2, serine proteinases, l-amino acid oxidases and zinc-dependent metalloproteinases, whereas a long disintegrin, DC-fragments and a CRISP molecule were present only in the venom of B. caribbaeus, and a C-type lectin-like molecule was characterized in the venom of B. lanceolatus. Compositional differences between venoms among closely related species from different geographic regions may be due to evolutionary environmental pressure acting on isolated populations. The venoms of these two species differed in the composition and the relative abundance of their component toxins, but they exhibited similar toxicological and enzymatic profiles in mice, characterized by lethal, hemorrhagic, edema-forming, phospholipase A 2 and proteolytic activities. The venoms of B. caribbaeus and B. lanceolatus are devoid of coagulant and defibrinogenating effects and induce only mild local myotoxicity in mice. The characteristic thrombotic effect described in human envenomings by these species was not reproduced in the mouse model. The toxicological profile observed is consistent with the abundance of metalloproteinases, PLA 2s and serine proteinases in the venoms. A polyvalent (Crotalinae) antivenom produced in Costa Rica was able to immunodeplete approximately 80% of the proteins from both B. caribbaeus and B. lanceolatus venoms, and was effective in neutralizing the lethal, hemorrhagic, phospholipase A 2 and proteolytic activities of these venoms.
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- 2008
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16. Snake venomics and antivenomics of the arboreal neotropical pitvipers Bothriechis lateralis and Bothriechis schlegelii.
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Lomonte B, Escolano J, Fernández J, Sanz L, Angulo Y, Gutiérrez JM, and Calvete JJ
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- Animals, Antivenins immunology, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Crotalid Venoms chemistry, Crotalid Venoms immunology, Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, L-Amino Acid Oxidase analysis, L-Amino Acid Oxidase immunology, Lectins, C-Type analysis, Metalloproteases analysis, Metalloproteases immunology, Oligopeptides analysis, Phospholipases A2, Secretory analysis, Proteome immunology, Serine Endopeptidases analysis, Serine Proteinase Inhibitors analysis, Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization, Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A analysis, Antivenins analysis, Crotalid Venoms metabolism, Proteome analysis, Viperidae metabolism
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We report the comparative proteomic characterization of the venoms of two related neotropical arboreal pitvipers from Costa Rica of the genus Bothriechis, B. lateralis (side-striped palm pit viper) and B. schlegelii (eyelash pit viper). The crude venoms were fractionated by reverse-phase HPLC, followed by analysis of each chromatographic fraction by SDS-PAGE, N-terminal sequencing, MALDI-TOF mass fingerprinting, and collision-induced dissociation tandem mass spectrometry of tryptic peptides. The venom proteomes of B. lateralis and B. schlegelii comprise similar number of distinct proteins belonging, respectively, to 8 and 7 protein families. The two Bothriechis venoms contain bradykinin-potentiating peptides (BPPs), and proteins from the phospholipase A 2 (PLA 2), serine proteinase, l-amino acid oxidase (LAO), cysteine-rich secretory protein (CRISP), and Zn (2+)-dependent metalloproteinase (SVMP) families, albeit each species exhibit different relative abundances. Each venom also contains unique components, for example, snake venom vascular endothelial growth factor (svVEGF) and C-type lectin-like molecules in B. lateralis, and Kazal-type serine proteinase inhibitor-like proteins in B. schlegelii. Using a similarity coefficient, we estimate that the similarity of the venom proteins between the two Bothriechis taxa may be <10%, indicating a high divergence in their venom compositions, in spite of the fact that both species have evolved to adapt to arboreal habits. The major toxin families of B. lateralis and B. schlegelii are SVMP (55% of the total venom proteins) and PLA 2 (44%), respectively. Their different venom toxin compositions provide clues for rationalizing the distinct signs of envenomation caused by B. schlegelii and B. lateralis. An antivenomic study of the immunoreactivity of the Instituto Clodomiro Picado (ICP) polyvalent antivenom toward Bothriechis venoms revealed that l-amino acid oxidase and SVMPs represent the major antigenic protein species in both venoms. Our results provide a ground for rationalizing the reported protection of the ICP polyvalent antivenom against the hemorrhagic, coagulant, defibrinating, caseinolytic and fibrin(ogen)olytic activities of Bothriechis ( schlegelii, lateralis) venoms. However, these analyses also evidenced the limited recognition capability of the polyvalent antivenom toward a number of Bothriechis venom components, predominantly BPPs, svVEGF, Kazal-type inhibitors, some PLA 2 proteins, some serine proteinases, and CRISP molecules.
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17. Snake venomics of Central American pitvipers: clues for rationalizing the distinct envenomation profiles of Atropoides nummifer and Atropoides picadoi.
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Angulo Y, Escolano J, Lomonte B, Gutiérrez JM, Sanz L, and Calvete JJ
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Costa Rica, Crotalid Venoms biosynthesis, Crotalid Venoms toxicity, Molecular Sequence Data, Reptilian Proteins biosynthesis, Reptilian Proteins toxicity, Crotalid Venoms chemistry, Proteomics, Reptilian Proteins chemistry, Viperidae metabolism
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We report the proteomic characterization of the Central American pitvipers Atropoides nummifer and Atropoides picadoi. The crude venoms were fractionated by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), followed by analysis of each chromatographic fraction by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), N-terminal sequencing, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass fingerprinting, and collision-induced dissociation-tandem mass spectrometry (CID-MS/MS) of tryptic peptides. Each venom contained a number of bradykinin-potentiating peptides and around 25-27 proteins of molecular masses in the range of 7-112 kDa, belonging to only nine different toxin families (disintegrin, DC fragment, snake venom vascular endothelial growth factor, phospholipases A2, serine protease, cysteine-rich secretory proteins, C-type lectins, L-amino acid oxidase, and Zn2+-dependent metalloproteases), albeit distinctly distributed among the two Atropoides species. In addition, A. nummifer expresses low amounts of a three-finger toxin not detected in the venom of A. picadoi. The major toxins of A. nummifer belong to the PLA2 (relative abundance, 36.5%) and the serine proteinase (22%) families, whereas the most abundant A. picadoi toxins are Zn2+-dependent metalloproteinases (66.4%). We estimate that the similarity of venom proteins between the two Atropoides taxa may be around 14-16%. The high degree of differentiation in the venom proteome among congeneric taxa emphasizes unique aspects of venom composition of related species of Atropoides snakes and points to a strong role for adaptive diversification via natural selection as a cause of this distinctiveness. On the other hand, their distinct venom toxin compositions provide clues for rationalizing the low hemorrhagic, coagulant, and defibrinating activities and the high myotoxic and proteolytic effects evoked by A. nummifer snakebite in comparison to other crotaline snake venoms and the high hemorrhagic activity of A. picadoi.
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- 2008
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18. Neurotoxicity and other pharmacological activities of the snake venom phospholipase A2 OS2: the N-terminal region is more important than enzymatic activity.
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Rouault M, Rash LD, Escoubas P, Boilard E, Bollinger J, Lomonte B, Maurin T, Guillaume C, Canaan S, Deregnaucourt C, Schrével J, Doglio A, Gutiérrez JM, Lazdunski M, Gelb MH, and Lambeau G
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Chickens, Drosophila, Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, Escherichia coli drug effects, HIV drug effects, HIV physiology, Male, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Phospholipases A metabolism, Phospholipases A pharmacology, Phospholipases A2, Plasmodium falciparum drug effects, Protein Conformation, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Virus Replication drug effects, Phospholipases A chemistry, Phospholipases A toxicity, Snake Venoms enzymology
- Abstract
Several snake venom secreted phospholipases A2 (sPLA2s) including OS2 exert a variety of pharmacological effects ranging from central neurotoxicity to anti-HIV activity by mechanisms that are not yet fully understood. To conclusively address the role of enzymatic activity and map the key structural elements of OS2 responsible for its pharmacological properties, we have prepared single point OS2 mutants at the catalytic site and large chimeras between OS2 and OS1, a homologous but nontoxic sPLA2. Most importantly, we found that the enzymatic activity of the active site mutant H48Q is 500-fold lower than that of the wild-type protein, while central neurotoxicity is only 16-fold lower, providing convincing evidence that catalytic activity is at most a minor factor that determines central neurotoxicity. The chimera approach has identified the N-terminal region (residues 1-22) of OS2, but not the central one (residues 58-89), as crucial for both enzymatic activity and pharmacological effects. The C-terminal region of OS2 (residues 102-119) was found to be critical for enzymatic activity, but not for central neurotoxicity and anti-HIV activity, allowing us to further dissociate enzymatic activity and pharmacological effects. Finally, direct binding studies with the C-terminal chimera, which poorly binds to phospholipids while it is still neurotoxic, led to the identification of a subset of brain N-type receptors which may be directly involved in central neurotoxicity.
- Published
- 2006
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