Title
Serological, biochemical and enzymatic alterations in rodents after experimental envenomation with Hadruroides lunatus scorpion venom
Date Issued
10 July 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Costal-Oliveira F.
Guerra-Duarte C.
Castro K.L.P.
Bonilla C.
Silva W.
Fujiwara R.
Melo M.M.
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
Toxic effects of Peruvian Hadruroides lunatus scorpion venom on different biochemical and enzymatic parameters in blood serum of Wistar rats and Swiss mice were determined after experimental envenomation. An increase in enzymatic activities of Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST), Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) and levels of serum protein and albumin were observed while a decrease in creatinine level in serum was perceived after 30 min of envenomation. No alterations in urea levels and in kidney histology were detected in the envenomed rats. The global leukocytes count was diminished, with decrease in lymphocytes, eosinophils and neutrophils levels in the bloodstream, while no alterations were found in hematological parameters of red series in rats injected with H. lunatus venom. IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, INF-γ, TNF, IL-17A and IL-10 levels were evaluated 0.5, 3 and 6 h after experimental envenomation of mice with H. lunatus venom. From all the analyzed cytokines, only IL-6 showed an increase in serum levels. Taken together, these results point out that envenomation by H. lunatus can impair hematological and immunological parameters and therefore might be monitored in accidents involving this species.
Start page
129
End page
134
Volume
103
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Toxicología
Bioquímica, Biología molecular
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84936775368
PubMed ID
Source
Toxicon
ISSN of the container
00410101
Sources of information:
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