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Toxins (Basel) ; 12(10)2020 10 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33019554

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The Hemiscorpius lepturus scorpion and brown spider Loxosceles intermedia represent a public health problem in Asia and America, respectively. Although distinct, these organisms contain similar toxins responsible for the principal clinical signs of envenomation. To better understand the properties of these toxins, we designed a study to compare recombinant Heminecrolysin (rHNC) and rLiD1, the major phospholipase D toxins of scorpion and spider venom, respectively. Using a competitive ELISA and a hemolytic inhibition test, we come to spot a cross reaction between scorpion and spider venoms along with an epitopic similarity between rHNC and rLiD1 associated with neutralizing antibodies. Results show that the ability of the rHNC to hydrolyze lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) is equivalent to that of rLiD1 to hydrolyze sphingomyelin and vice-versa. rHNC exclusively catalyze transphosphatidylation of LPC producing cyclic phosphatidic acid (cPA). The in-silico analysis of hydrogen bonds between LPC and toxins provides a possible explanation for the higher transphosphatidylase activity of rHNC. Interestingly, for the first time, we reveal that lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) can be a substrate for both enzymes using cellular and enzymatic assays. The finding of the usage of LPA as a substrate as well as the formation of cPA as an end product could shed more light on the molecular basis of Hemiscorpius lepturus envenomation as well as on loxoscelism.


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Antivenenos/farmacologia , Aranha Marrom Reclusa , Fosfolipase D/toxicidade , Diester Fosfórico Hidrolases/toxicidade , Venenos de Escorpião/toxicidade , Escorpiões , Pele/efeitos dos fármacos , Venenos de Aranha/toxicidade , Animais , Antivenenos/imunologia , Aranha Marrom Reclusa/enzimologia , Aranha Marrom Reclusa/imunologia , Reações Cruzadas , Epitopos , Hemólise/efeitos dos fármacos , Mordeduras e Picadas de Insetos/enzimologia , Lisofosfatidilcolinas/metabolismo , Necrose , Fosfolipase D/imunologia , Fosfolipase D/metabolismo , Diester Fosfórico Hidrolases/imunologia , Venenos de Escorpião/enzimologia , Venenos de Escorpião/imunologia , Escorpiões/enzimologia , Escorpiões/imunologia , Pele/enzimologia , Pele/patologia , Esfingomielinas/metabolismo , Venenos de Aranha/enzimologia , Venenos de Aranha/imunologia , Especificidade por Substrato
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