Estudo comparativo dos venenos de escorpiões tityus bahiensis e tityus serrulatus e serrulatus e de suas principais toxinas

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2000

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T. bahiensis and T.serrulatus are the main scorpion species involved in envenomations in the Brazil, the latter being the more widely distributed. Clinically, envenomations by T. serrulatus is more serious than that by T. bahiensis. In this thesis, the lethal and neurotoxic activities of venoms from these two species were compared. Male Swiss withe mice (18-20 g) were used to determine the Lv. LDso of the venoms and the rat phrenic nerve-diaphragm preparations was used to examine the neuroxic activity. The LDso for T. bahiensis and T. serrulatus venom was 0,72 (95% CI: 0,68 -0,75) mg/Kg and 0,54 (95% CI: 0,45-0,64) mg/Kg, respectively. In phrenic nerve-diaphragm preparations, both venoms (2,5 _g/ml) produced similar responses, namely, na increase in contraction amplitude and in the number of fasciculations, as well as mucle contracture followed by neuromuscular blockade. Similar effects were observed for the two venoms in the chik biventer cervicis neuromuscular preparation. T.serrulatus venom completely reverted the neuromuscular blockade produced by d-tubocurarine (d-Tc 1,46 M) in 35,0.:!: 1,8 min and 18,0.:!: 1,2 min at the concentrations of 2,5 _g/ml and 5 _glml, respectively. At these same concentrations, T. bahiensis venom produced only partial reversal after 60 mino Both venoms (100-600_g/Kg) produced marked alterations in the blood pressure of anesthesized rats, including hypo- and hypertensive responses as well as bradycardia. The latter effect was also observed in guinea-pig isolated atria. In both of these preparations, T. bahiensis venom was moe potent than T.serrulatus venom. The fractionation of T. bahiensis and T.serrulatus venoms by gel filtration on Superdex 75 resulted in 13 na 12 peaks, respectively. Ali peaks were tested neuromuscular activity in the isolated phrenic nerve-diaphragm preparation. Several peaks increased the amplitude of the contractions in indirectly stimulated preparations and produced neuromuscular blockade and fasciculations, as well as spontaneous muscle contractions. In general, the venoms of T. bahiensis and T. serrulatus produced similar pharmacological effects but differed in potency. Since Tityus scorpions venoms contain a variety of alfa and beta neurotoxins with marked neuromuscular activity, the differences seen between these two venoms may reflect variation in their content of these toxind or may indicate the presence of novel toxins with similar pharmacological effects on the mammalian neuromuscular junction

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bioquimica - experiencias farmacologia escorpião - veneno junção neuromuscular neurotoxicologia toxicologia

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