BnP1, a novel P-I metalloproteinase from Bothrops neuwiedi venom: Biological effects benchmarking relatively to jararhagin, a P-IIISVMP


Autoria(s): BALDO, C.; TANJONI, I.; LEON, I. R.; BATISTA, I. F. C.; DELLA-CASA, M. S.; CLISSA, P. B.; WEINLICH, R.; LOPES-FERREIRA, M.; LEBRUN, I.; AMARANTE-MENDES, G. P.; RODRIGUES, V. M.; PERALES, J.; VALENTE, R. H.; MOURA-DA-SILVA, A. M.
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

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20/10/2012

20/10/2012

2008

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Snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs) have been extensively studied and their effects associated with the local bleeding observed in human accidents by viper snakes. Representatives of P-I and P-III classes of SVMPs similarly hydrolyze extracellular matrix proteins or coagulation factors while only P-III SVMPs induce significant hemorrhage in experimental models. In this work, the effects of P-I and P-III SVMPs on plasma proteins and cultures of muscle and endothelial cells were compared in order to enlighten the mechanisms involved in venom-induced hemorrhage. To reach this comparison, BnP1 was isolated from B. neuwiedi venom and used as a weakly hemorrhagic P-I SVMPs and jararhagin was used as a model of potently hemorrhagic P-III SVMP. BnP1 was isolated by size exclusion and anion-exchange chromatographies, showing apparent molecular mass of approximately 24kDa and sequence similarity with other members of SVMPs, which allowed its classification as a group P-I SVMP. The comparison of local effects induced by SVMPs showed that BnP1 was devoid of significant myotoxic and hemorrhagic activities and jararhagin presented only hemorrhagic activity. BnP1 and jararhagin were able to hydrolyze fibrinogen and fibrin, although the latter displayed higher activity in both systems. Using HUVEC primary cultures, we observed that BnP1 induced cell detachment and a decrease in the number of viable endothelial cells in levels comparable to those observed by treatment with jararhagin. Moreover, both BnP1 and jararhagin induced apoptosis in HUVECs while only a small increase in LDH supernatant levels was observed after treatment with jararhagin, suggesting that the major mechanism involved in endothelial cell death is apoptosis. Jararhagin and BnP1 induced little effects on C2C12 muscle cell cultures, characterized by a partial detachment 24h after treatment and a mild necrotic effect as evidenced by a small increase in the supernatants LDH levels. Taken together, our data show that P-I and P-III SVMPs presented comparable effects except for the hemorrhagic activity, suggesting that hydrolysis of coagulation factors or damage to endothelial cells are not sufficient for induction of local bleeding. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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TOXICON, v.51, n.1, p.54-65, 2008

0041-0101

http://producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/28241

10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.08.005

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.08.005

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Palavras-Chave #snake venom #metalloproteinases #hemorrhage #endothelial cells #myotoxicity #ENDOTHELIAL-CELL APOPTOSIS #SNAKE-VENOM #DISINTEGRIN-LIKE #JARARACA VENOM #CYSTEINE-RICH #PROTEIN #DOMAINS #FAMILY #IDENTIFICATION #PURIFICATION #Pharmacology & Pharmacy #Toxicology
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