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J. venom. anim. toxins ; 5(1): 67-83, 1999. ilus, tab, graf
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-290436

ABSTRACT

The immunochemical reactivity and neutralizing capacity of polyvalent Vipera antivenom (Vipera ammodytes, Vipera aspis, Vipera berus, Vipera lebetina, and Vipera xanthina) were tested on the enzymatic and biological activities of Crotalus durissus terrificus and the following Bothrops venoms from Argentina (Bothrops alternatus, Bothrops ammodytoides, Bothrops neuwiedii, Bothrops jararaca, Bothrops jararacussu, and Bothrops moojeni). The Vipera antivenom reacted weakly when tested by double immunoprecipitation (DIP) and reacted with all the venoms when tested by ELISA. Several components in all the venoms studied were recognized in Western blots. Vipera antivenom deactivated to different degrees in vitro procoagulant, (indirect) hemolytic, and proteolytic activities in all the venoms studied. Preincubation of Bothrops alternatus venom with Vipera antivenom neutralized a lethal potency of 4.5 LD50 in mice with an ED50 of 1.25 ñ 0.25 µl per µg of venom, and with 1.0 µl/µg inhibited 54 per cent of the hemorragic activity and 48 per cent of necrotic activity. Vipera antivenom (2.0 µl per µg toxin) inhibited the phospholipase A2 activity of purified crotoxin and decreased its lethal potency by 60 per cent, while the neutralizing capacity on the lethal potency of crude Crotalus durissus terrificus venom was poor even at a level of 5.0 µl/µg of venom.


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Animals , Rats , Antivenins/pharmacology , Antivenins/therapeutic use , Crotalus , Snake Bites/chemically induced , Crotalid Venoms/enzymology , Crotalid Venoms/pharmacology , Crotalid Venoms/toxicity , Argentina/epidemiology , Immunochemistry , Neutralization Tests
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Medicina (B.Aires) ; 43(2): 131-6, 1983.
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-16317

ABSTRACT

Sueros de pacientes con enfermedad de Chagas cronica han sido serologicamente analizados. Todos ellos contenian anticuerpos anti-T. cruzi de tipo IgG, con titulos que oscilaban entre 1/640 y 1/2560 determinados por ELISA y hemaglutinacion pasiva, y 1/10 a 1/40 valorados por fijacion de complemento con lectura del 50% de lisis. En algunos sueros se han observado marcados fenomenos de prozona y variaciones en los titulos cuando fueron cuantificados por hemaglutinacion usando globulos rojos de carnero y humanos sensibilizados. Los resultados obtenidos hacen suponer que en el suero de los chagasicos cronicos deben existir anticuerpos coprecipitantes de tipo IgG, los que compiten con los anticuerpos precipitantes IgG por el antigeno, de alli las variaciones en los resultados. Como consecuencia, en la serologia de la enfermedad de anticuerpos IgG, ya que el comportamiento biologico de los anticuerpos precipitantes y coprecipitantes es distinto


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Humans , Antigens , Chagas Disease , Trypanosoma cruzi , Serologic Tests
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