Title
Purification and Characterization of a Novel Factor of Crotoxin Inter-CRO (V-1), a New Phospholipase A<inf>2</inf> Isoform from Crotalus durissus collilineatus Snake Venom Using an In Vitro Neuromuscular Preparation
Date Issued
01 July 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
MDPI
Abstract
The fractionation of Crotalus durissus collilineatus whole venom through an HPLC chromatographic method enabled the purification of a new V-1 neurotoxin. Inter-CRO (V-1) presents similarity in its primary structure to crotoxin B (CB), suggesting another isoform of this toxin. The aim of this study was to compare V-1 to the crotoxin complex (CA/CB) and CB to elucidate aspects related to its functionality. The homogeneity of the purified protein was confirmed with a molecular mass of 1425.45 Da, further verified by mass spectrometry. The sequence of the protein showed high similarity to other viperid snake venom PLA2 proteins. The results of this study report that V-1 is an uncharacterized novel toxin with different biological activities from CB. V-1 maintained catalytic activity but presented neurotoxic activity as observed by the 2.5-fold increase in twitch tension record compared to control values on isolated muscle cells.
Volume
10
Issue
7
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Farmacología, Farmacia
Métodos de investigación bioquímica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85137209556
Source
Processes
ISSN of the container
22279717
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus