Local and systemic effects of BtaMP-1, a new weakly hemorrhagic Snake Venom Metalloproteinase purified from Bothriopsis taeniata Snake Venom

Frank Denis Torres-Huaco, Silvana Maruñak, Pamela Teibler, Soledad Bustillo, Ofelia Acosta de Pérez, Laura Cristina Leiva, Luis Alberto Ponce-Soto, Sergio Marangoni

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Abstract

A new weak hemorrhagic metalloproteinase named BtaMP-1 was purified from Bothriopsis taeniata snake venom by molecular exclusion followed by anion exchange chromatographies. This protein showed a molecular mass of 25,968.16 Da and is composed of 218 amino acid residues. The multiple alignments of its partial amino acid sequence showed high structural identity with other P-I class SVMP. BtaMP-1 showed caseinolytic activity that was enhanced by Ca2+ ion, completely inhibited by chelating and reducing agents and can be classified as an α-fibrinogenolytic enzyme. Locally, BtaMP-1 induces hemorrhage and edema, but not myotoxicity. These findings were confirmed by histological analysis of mouse gastrocnemius muscle. “In vitro” studies suggest that BtaMP-1 induce cytotoxicity in myoblast C2C12 but not in the myotubes cell line. BtaMP-1 induced systemic alterations in mice with one MHD and two hours exposure; histological analysis of lungs showed hemorrhagic areas, congestion, and increase the thickness of alveolar septum. Also, this protein induced mild effects on kidney and disruption of coagulation by depletion of fibrinogen plasma levels. This work provides insights into the importance of BtaMP-1 biological effects in envenomation by Bothropsis taeniata snake venom and providing further evidence to understand the role of P-I class SVMP in ophidian envenomation.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)1044-1054
Number of pages11
JournalInternational Journal of Biological Macromolecules
Volume141
DOIs
StateIndexed - 1 Dec 2019
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001 , and was part of the doctoral thesis of Frank Denis Torres Huaco.

Funding Information:
The author's thanks to Mr. Paulo A. Baldasso for technical assistance, to Prof. Dr. Stephen Hyslop for reviewing and correcting the English language, and the Mass Spectrometry Laboratory at Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory, CNPEM/ABTLUS, Campinas, Brazil, for its support with the MS analyses. This work was supported by the Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001, and was part of the doctoral thesis of Frank Denis Torres Huaco.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier B.V.

Keywords

  • Bothriopsis taeniata
  • Cytotoxicity
  • Lung hemorrhage

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