The immunochemical reactivity and neutralizing capacity of polyvalent Vipera (European) antivenom on enzymatic and toxic activities in the venoms of Crotalids from Argentina
J. venom. anim. toxins
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5(1): 67-83, 1999. ilus, tab, graf
Artigo
em Inglês
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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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Assunto principal:
Mordeduras de Serpentes
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Antivenenos
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Crotalus
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Venenos de Crotalídeos
Limite:
Animais
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Argentina
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
J. venom. anim. toxins
Assunto da revista:
Toxicologia
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Argentina
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