Intraspecific variation in the venoms of the South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus terrificus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-36

  Francischetti, Ivo M B ^a   Gombarovits, Maria E C ^a   Valenzuela, Jesus G ^c   Carlini, Célia R ^b   Guimarães, Jorge A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Porto Alegre Brazil   (Brazil)

^c Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Convulxin; Crotalus durissus terrificus; Crotamine; Crotoxin; Intraspecific variation; Isoforms; Minas Gerais State; South American rattlesnake

Indexed keywords

CROTAMINE; CROTOXIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SNAKE VENOM;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEMAGGLUTINATION; INHERITANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GEOGRAPHY; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; PLATELET AGGREGATION; RABBITS;

EID: 0033832322     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(00)00129-8     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Aird S.D. A quantitative assessment of variation in venom constituents within and between three nominal rattlesnakes subspecies. Toxicon. 23:1985;1000-1004.
2. Aird S.D., Kaiser I.I. Comparative studies on three rattlesnake toxins. Toxicon. 23:1985;361-374.
3. Alexander G., Grothusen J., Zepeda H., Schwartzman R.J. Gyroxin, a toxin from the venom of Crotalus durissus terrificus, is a thrombin-like enzyme. Toxicon. 26:1988;953-960.
4. Amaral C.F.S., Rezende N.A., Pedrosa T.M.G., Silva O.A., Pedroso E.R.P. Afibrinogenemia secundária a acidente ofídico crotálico (Crotalus durissus terrificus). Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. São Paulo. 30:1988;288-292.
5. Anderson S.G., Gutierrez J.M., Ownby C.L. Comparison of the immunogenicity and antigenic composition of ten Central American snake venoms. Toxicon. 8:1993;1051-1059.
6. Araújo A.L., Radvanyi F. Determination of phospholipase A2 activity by a calorimetric assay using a pH indicator. Toxicon. 25:1987;1181-1188.
7. Azevedo-Marques M.M., Cupo P., Coimbra T.M., Hering S.E., Rossi M.A., Laure C.J. Myonecrosis, myoglobinuria and acute renal failure induced by South America rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus terrificus) envenomation in Brazil. Toxicon. 23:1985;631-636.
8. Brazil O.V., Excell B.J. Action of crotoxin and crotactin from the venom of Crotalus durissus terrificus (South American rattlesnake) on the frog neuromuscular junction. J. Physiol. Lond. 212:1971;34P-35P.
9. Carlini C.R., Barcellos G.B.S., Baeta-Neves A.D.V., Guimarães J.A. Immunoreactivity for canatoxin and concanavalin A among proteins of leguminous seeds. Phytochemistry. 27:1988;25-30.
10. Chaves F., Leon G., Alvarado V.H., Gutierrez J.M. Pharmacological modulation of edema induced by Lys-49 and Asp-49 myotoxic phospholipases A2 isolated from the venom of the snake Bothrops asper (terciopelo). Toxicon. 36:1988;1861-1869.
11. Chippaux J.-P., Williams V., White J. Snake venom variability: methods of study, results and interpretation. Toxicon. 29:1991;1270-1303.
12. Cupo P., Azevedo-Marques M.M., Hering S.E. Acute myocardial infarction-like enzymes profile in human victims of Crotalus durissus terrificus envenoming. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 84:1990;447-451.
13. Daltry J.C., Ponnudurai G., Shin C.K., Tan N.H., Thorpe R.S., Wuster W. Electrophoretic profiles and biological activities: intraspecific variation in the venom of the Malayan pit viper (Calloselasma rhodostoma). Toxicon. 34:1996;67-79.
14. Daltry J.C., Wuster W., Thorpe R.S. Diet and snake venom evolution. Nature. 379:1996;537-540.
15. Faure G., Guillaume J.L., Camoin L., Saliou B., Bon C. Multiplicity of acidic subunit isoforms of crotoxin, the phospholipase A2 neurotoxin from Crotalus durissus terrificus venom: results from posttranslational modifications. Biochemistry. 30:1991;8074-8083.
16. Faure G., Choumet V., Bouchier C., Camoin L., Guillaume J.L., Monegier B., Vuilhorgne M., Bon C. The origin of the diversity of crotoxin isoforms in the venom of Crotalus durissus terrificus. Eur. J. Biochem. 223:1994;161-164.
17. Ferreira M.L., Moura-da-Silva A.M., França F.O.S., Cardoso J.L., Mota I. Toxic activities of venoms from nine Bothrops species and their correlation with lethality and necrosis. Toxicon. 30:1992;1603-1608.
18. Francischetti I.M.B., Saliou B., Leduc M., Carlini C.R., Hatmi M., Randon J., Faili A., Bon C. Convulxin, a potent platelet-aggregating protein from Crotalus durissus terrificus venom, specifically binds to platelets. Toxicon. 35:1997;1217-1228.
19. Francischetti I.M.B., Araújo H.C., Zingali R.B., Carlini C.R., Guimarães J.A. Bothrops sp. snake venoms: comparison of some biochemical and physicochemical properties and interference in platelet function. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 119C:1998;21-29.
20. Furtado F.D., Maruyama M., Kamiguti A.S., Antonio L.C. Comparative study of nine Bothrops snake venoms from adult female snakes and their offspring. Toxicon. 29:1991;219-226.
21. Garcia E.S., Guimarães J.A., Prado J.L. Purification and characterization of a sulfhydryl-dependent protease from Rhodnius prolixus midgut. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 188:1988;315-322.
22. Gené J.A., Roy A., Rojas G., Gutierrez J.M., Cerdas L. Comparative study on coagulant, defibrinating, fibrinolytic and fibrinogenolytic activities of Costa Rica crotalinae snake venoms and their neutralization by a polyvalent antivenom. Toxicon. 27:1989;841-848.
23. Gibbs H.L., Prior K.A., Weatherhead P.J., Johnson G. Genetic structure of populations of the threatened Eastern Massassuga rattlesnake, Sistrurus c. catenatus: evidence from microsatellite DNA markers. Mol. Ecol. 6:1997;1123-1132.
24. Giorgi R., Bernardi M.M., Cury Y. Analgesic effect evoked by low molecular weight substances extracted from Crotalus durissus terrificus venom. Toxicon. 31:1993;1257-1265.
25. Glenn J.L., Straight R.C. Venom properties of the rattlesnake (Crotalus) inhabiting the Baja California region of Mexico. Toxicon. 23:1985;769-775.
26. Glenn J.L., Straight R.C. Intergradation of two venom populations of Mojave rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus) in Arizona. Toxicon. 27:1989;411-418.
27. Glenn J.L., Straight R.C., Wolfe M.C., Hardy D.L. Geographical variation in Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus (Mojave rattlesnake) venom properties. Toxicon. 21:1983;119-130.
28. Gregory-Dwyer V.M., Egan N.B., Bianchi Bosisio A., Righetti P.G., Russell F.E. An isoelectric focusing study of seasonal variation in rattlesnake venom proteins. Toxicon. 24:1996;995-1000.
29. Jayanthi G.P., Veerabasappa G. Geographical variation in India in the composition and lethal potency of Russell's viper (Vipera russeli) venom. Toxicon. 26:1996;257-264.
30. Jorge da Silva N., Griffin P.R., Aird S.D. Comparative chromatography of Brazilian coral snake (Micrurus) venoms. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 100B:1991;117-126.
31. Kornalik F., Táborská E. Intraspecies variability in the composition of the coagulant active snake venoms. Pirkle H., Markland F.S. Hemostasis and Animal Venoms. 1988;503-513 Marcel Dekker, New York.
32. Leite L.C.C., Furtado M.F.D., Correia T.C., Raw I. Characterization of the snake venoms from seven Brazilian species of Bothrops by FPLC anion-exchange chromatography. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 102B:1992;515-520.
33. Li Q., Colberg T.R., Ownby C.L. A simple and rapid method for isolating small myotoxins from rattlesnake venoms. Toxicon. 31:1993;1197-1201.
34. Mancin A.C., Soares A.M., Giglio C.A., Andriao-Escarso S.H., Vieira C.A., Giglio J.R. The histamine releasers crotamine, protamine and compound 48/80 activate proteases and phospholipases A2. Biochem. Mol. Biol. Int. 42:1997;1171-1177.
35. Ownby C.L., Colberg T.R., White S.P. Isolation characterization and crystallization of a phospholipase A myotoxin from the venom of the prairie rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis viridis). Toxicon. 35:1997;111-124.
36. Ownby C.L., De Araujo S., White S.P., Fletcher J.E. Lysine 49 phospholipase A2 proteins. Toxicon. 37:1999;411-445.
37. Prado-Franceschi J., Vital-Brazil O. Convulxin, a new toxin from the venom of the South American rattlesnake Crotalus durissus terrificus. Toxicon. 19:1981;875-887.
38. Raw I., Rocha M.C., Esteves M.I., Kamiguti A.S. Isolation and characterization of thrombin-like enzyme from the venom of Crotalus durissus terrificus. Braz. J. Med. Biol. Res. 19:1986;333-338.
39. Rosenberg P. Enzymes in snake venoms. Lee C.Y. Snake Venoms. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology. 52:1979;404-434 Springer, Berlin.
40. Rosenfeld G. Acidentes por animais peçonhentos (serpentes, aranhas e escorpiões). Veronesi R. Doenças infecciosas e parasitárias. 1976;970-983 Guanabara Koogan, Rio de Janeiro.
41. Sanchez E.F., Freitas T.V., Ferreira-Alves D.L., Velarde D.T., Diniz M.R., Cordeiro M.N., Agostini-Cotta G., Diniz C.R. Biological activities of venoms from South American snakes. Toxicon. 30:1992;95-103.
42. Schenberg S. Geographical pattern of crotamine distribution in the same rattlesnake subspecies. Science. 129:1950;1361-1363.
43. Serrano S.M.T., Mentele R., Sampaio C.A.M., Fink E. Purification, characterization, and amino acid sequence of a serine proteinase, PA-BJ, with platelet-aggregating activity from the venom of Bothrops jararaca. Biochemistry. 34:1995;7186-7193.
44. Soto J.G., Perez J.C., Minton S.A. Proteolytic, hemorrhagic and hemolytic activities of snake venoms. Toxicon. 26:1988;875-882.
45. Soto J.G., Perez J.C., Lopez M.M., Martinez M., Quintanilla-Hernandez T.B., Santa-Hernandez M., Turner K., Glenn J.L., Straight R., Minton S.A. Comparative enzymatic study of HPLC-fractioned Crotalus venoms. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 93B:1989;847-855.
46. Spector T. Refinement of the Coomassie Blue method of protein quantitation. A simple and linear spectrophotometric assay for <0.5 to 50 μg of protein. Anal. Biochem. 86:1978;142-148.
47. Williams V., White J. Variation in venom constituents within a single isolated population of peninsula tiger snake (Notechis ater niger). Toxicon. 25:1987;1240-1243.
48. Williams V., White J., Schwaner T.D., Sparrow A. Variation in venom proteins from isolated populations of tiger snakes (Notechis ater niger, N. scutatus) in South Australia. Toxicon. 26:1988;1067-1075.