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Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 365(1): 107-12, 2008 Jan 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17983598

RESUMO

Fire corals (Millepora spp.) cause severe pain and inflammatory effects in humans upon contact, and the organs responsible for these effects are called nematocysts. Here, we isolated an active cytotoxin of ca. 18 kDa (MCTx-1) from nematocysts of Millepora dichotoma var. tenera. MCTx-1 was potently cytotoxic (EC50 value 79 ng/mL) towards L1210 mouse leukemia cells, hemagglutinated a 0.8% suspension of sheep erythrocytes (0.2 microg protein/mL) and was lethal in crayfish (LD50, 106 microg/kg). We deduced the primary structure of MCTx-1 from the corresponding cDNA sequence and found that MCTx-1 is a novel dermatopontin that is an extracellular matrix protein in mammals. This is the first characterization of a proteinaceous toxin from fire coral.


Assuntos
Antozoários/metabolismo , Citotoxinas/química , Citotoxinas/isolamento & purificação , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Bovinos , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Clonagem Molecular , Humanos , Camundongos , Alinhamento de Sequência
2.
J Dermatol ; 35(3): 162-7, 2008 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18346260

RESUMO

A case of skin injuries due to stings by crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci, in a 53-year-old Okinawan woman is reported. She went to a beach to gather shellfish on 8 April 2001 and fell to the ground with her left palm on a crown-of-thorns starfish that happened to be close to her. She hurried to the emergency section of our hospital. An emergency doctor sterilized the wound and administered an antibiotic, an analgesic agent and an injection of a tetanus antitoxin. He tried to remove the remaining spines from the palm with great difficulty. Because swelling and subcutaneous indurations of the left palm had persisted thereafter, oral and topical administration of corticosteroid started on 13 April. Physical examination at the dermatology section revealed approximately 10 stab wounds of the left palm with pus, subcutaneous bleeding and many abrasions around them. X-rays of the left hand showed foreign bodies, 2-10 mm in size, located on the lesions. The patient was treated with a topical injection of 2 mg triamcinolone acetonide (Kenacort-A), diluted fivefold with 1% Xylocaine, once a week. Some of the foreign body granulomatous lesions improved but pain and subcutaneous indurations persisted in most of the lesions. Because the X-ray photographs showed many remaining spines, surgical excision to remove them was performed under local anesthesia 3 months after the injury. All the symptoms improved after the operation. Scanning electron microscopic examination of the spines revealed that their tips had fragile lattice-like structures.


Assuntos
Mordeduras e Picadas/terapia , Corpos Estranhos/etiologia , Corpos Estranhos/terapia , Pele , Estrelas-do-Mar , Animais , Feminino , Corpos Estranhos/diagnóstico , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade
3.
Shokuhin Eiseigaku Zasshi ; 49(1): 11-5, 2008 Feb.
Artigo em Japonês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18344653

RESUMO

Caulerpa lentillifera is a kind of edible seaweed, known as 'sea grape' or 'green caviar'. It is used in fresh salads. However, it is sensitive to low temperature and osmotic pressure, and is easily spoilt by storage in a refrigerator or washing with tap water. That is the reason why it is difficult to prevent food poisoning, especially due to Vibrio parahaemolyticus. In this study we investigated of marine bacteria and V. parahaemolyticus in C. lentillifera and cultured them in order to develop effective control of bacteria in commercial farms. The sixteen farms in the Okinawa Islands were investigated from August to September in 2006. A total of 176 samples were collected from eleven points during the cultivation processes and from the products. About 10(3) cfu/mL of marine bacteria were detected in the seawater used in the tank culture, but after cultivation of C. lentillifera the number had increased to about 10(6) cfu/mL. The number of marine bacteria in C. lentillifera did not change significantly through the process of planting to the final product (about 10(7) cfu/g). V. parahaemolyticus was detected in seawater from all processes and C. lentillifera was isolated from 56% of seawater, 25% of seed-stocks, and 18.8% of product samples, though but thermostable direct hemolysin gene was not detected from enrichment cultures or isolated V. parahaemolyticus strains. These results indicate that for prevention of food poisoning by V. parahaemolyticus in C. lentillifera, it is important to establish a suitable sterilization procedure for each process.


Assuntos
Caulerpa/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Caulerpa/microbiologia , Vibrio parahaemolyticus/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Bactérias/isolamento & purificação , Doenças Transmitidas por Alimentos/prevenção & controle , Humanos , Água do Mar/microbiologia
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Toxicon ; 49(8): 1208-10, 2007 Jun 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17368498

RESUMO

The sea anemone Phyllodiscus semoni has been known as one of the most venomous sea anemones. Previously, we reported the isolation of the major lethal protein toxins, PsTX-60A and PsTX-60B, from P. semoni and the primary structure of PsTX-60A. In this paper, we report the complete sequence of cDNA (1600 base pairs) encoding PsTX-60B and the deduced primary structure (488 amino acids) of PsTX-60B. The amino acid sequence of PsTX-60B showed the homology with those of PsTX-60A and Actineria villosa toxin, AvTX-60A. The results showed that PsTX-60B is a new member of the membrane-attack complex/perforin (MACPF) family toxin.


Assuntos
Venenos de Cnidários/genética , Perforina/genética , Anêmonas-do-Mar/química , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sequência de Bases , DNA Complementar/genética , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Análise de Sequência de DNA , Homologia de Sequência
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Toxicon ; 43(2): 225-8, 2004 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15019483

RESUMO

The Okinawan sea anemone Actineria villosa causes severe cases of stinging. We isolated the 60 kDa A. villosa toxin (AvTX-60A) as the major toxin from the isolated nematocysts of this species. AvTX-60A showed fatal toxicity to mice with intraperitoneal injection at a minimum lethal dose of less than 250 microg/kg. The N-terminal amino acid sequence was determined and the corresponding cDNA encoding AvTX-60A was sequenced. The deduced amino acid sequence of AvTX-60A showed high similarity with PsTX-60A, which had been isolated as one of the major toxins from the venomous sea anemone Phyllodiscus semoni. These sea anemone toxins are new members of the family of proteins containing membrane-attack complex/perforin (MACPF) domains, best known in pore forming proteins such as perforin. These are the first examples of MACPF domain proteins as toxins for prey acquisition or repelling predators in nature.


Assuntos
Venenos de Cnidários/genética , Venenos de Cnidários/isolamento & purificação , Anêmonas-do-Mar/química , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sequência de Bases , DNA Complementar/genética , Japão , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína , Análise de Sequência de DNA
7.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem ; 66(12): 2621-5, 2002 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12596857

RESUMO

The venomous sea anemone Phyllodiscus semoni causes cases of severe stinging. We isolated Phyllodiscus semoni toxin 20A (PsTX-20A), a hemolytic and lethal polypeptide (20 kDa), from the nematocyst venom of this species for the first time. Furthermore, we sequenced the cDNA encoding PsTX-20A. The deduced amino acid sequence of PsTX-20A showed that this toxin was a new member of the actinoporin family, which consists of several cytolytic polypeptides originating from sea anemones. PsTX-20A showed lethal toxicity to the shrimp Palaemon paucidens when administered via intraperitoneal injection (LD50, 50 microg/kg) and hemolytic activity toward 0.8% sheep red blood cells (ED50, 80 ng/ml).


Assuntos
Venenos de Cnidários/química , Venenos de Cnidários/toxicidade , Peptídeos/isolamento & purificação , Peptídeos/toxicidade , Anêmonas-do-Mar/química , Anêmonas-do-Mar/citologia , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Venenos de Cnidários/genética , Japão , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Palaemonidae/efeitos dos fármacos , Peptídeos/química , Peptídeos/genética , Anêmonas-do-Mar/genética , Alinhamento de Sequência , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos
8.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 294(4): 760-3, 2002 Jun 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12061771

RESUMO

The Okinawan sea anemone Phyllodiscus semoni is known to cause cases of severe stinging. We isolated P. semoni toxins 60A and 60B (PsTX-60A and PsTX-60B; ca. 60 kDa) as the major toxins from the isolated nematocysts of this species for the first time. PsTX-60A and PsTX-60B showed lethal toxicity to the shrimp Palaemon paucidence when administered via intraperitoneal injection (LD(50) values: 800-900 and 800 microg/kg, respectively) and hemolytic activity toward a 0.8% suspension of sheep red blood cells (ED(50) values: 600 and 300 ng/ml, respectively). Furthermore, we sequenced the cDNA encoding PsTX-60A. The deduced amino acid sequence of PsTX-60A did not show any similarity to previously reported proteins. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of PsTX-60B showed homology with that of PsTX-60A. These toxins represent a novel class of cytolytic proteinaceous toxins.


Assuntos
Toxinas Marinhas/química , Toxinas Marinhas/isolamento & purificação , Algoritmos , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Clonagem Molecular , DNA Complementar/metabolismo , Decápodes , Eritrócitos/efeitos dos fármacos , Toxinas Marinhas/toxicidade , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Biossíntese de Proteínas , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Anêmonas-do-Mar , Análise de Sequência de DNA , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos , Ovinos
9.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem ; 66(1): 97-102, 2002 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11866126

RESUMO

The deadly box jellyfish (Sea Wasp, Habu-kurage in Japanese) Chiropsalmus quadrigatus Haeckel (Cubozoa) is distributed widely in the tropical Pacific region. In Japan, three fatal cases due to stings from this species have been reported officially. We successfully isolated C. quadrigatus toxin-A (CqTX-A, 44 kDa), a major proteinaceous toxin, for the first time, from the nematocysts of C. quadrigatus. CqTX-A showed lethal toxicity to crayfish when administered via intraperitoneal injection (LD50 = 80 microg/kg) and hemolytic activity toward 0.8% sheep red blood cells (ED50 = 160 ng/ml). Furthermore, we sequenced the cDNA encoding CqTX-A. The deduced amino acid sequence of CqTX-A (462 amino acids) showed 25.2% and 21.6% sequence similarity to Carybdea rastoni toxins (CrTXs) and Carybdea alata toxin-A (CrTX-A), respectively, which are Cubozoan jellyfish toxins.


Assuntos
Venenos de Cnidários/classificação , Proteínas/classificação , Cifozoários , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Astacoidea , Sequência de Bases , Venenos de Cnidários/genética , Venenos de Cnidários/isolamento & purificação , Venenos de Cnidários/toxicidade , DNA Complementar , Eritrócitos/efeitos dos fármacos , Hemólise , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Mapeamento de Peptídeos , Estrutura Secundária de Proteína , Proteínas/genética , Proteínas/isolamento & purificação , Proteínas/toxicidade , Análise de Sequência de Proteína , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos , Ovinos
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