Proteomic and functional profiling of the venom of Bothrops ayerbei from Cauca, Colombia, reveals striking interspecific variation with Bothrops asper venom
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2014-01Autor
Mora Obando, Diana
Guerrero Vargas, Jimmy
Prieto Sánchez, Rodrigo
Beltrán, José
Rucavado Romero, Alexandra
Sasa Marín, Mahmood
Gutiérrez, José María
Ayerbe, Santiago
Lomonte, Bruno
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Bothrops ayerbei, a pitviper inhabiting the Patía River's basin (Valle Alto del Río Patía) in the Southwestern Department of Cauca, Colombia, was considered as a variant form of Bothrops asper prior to being proposed as a new species in 2010, on the basis of subtle morphological differences. This study reports the proteomic and functional profiling of B. ayerbei venom. Its most striking feature is an almost complete absence (0.7%) of phospholipases A2 (PLA2), which is in contrast to the high proportion of these enzymes (25.3%) in the venom of B. asper from Cauca, as well as in other species of Bothrops. The predominant proteins in B. ayerbei venom are metalloproteinases (53.7%), in agreement with its higher hemorrhagic and lethal activities compared to B. asper venom. Moreover, the negligible content of PLA2s in B. ayerbei venom correlates with its weaker myotoxic effect, in contrast to B. asper venom, here shown to contain abundantAsp49- and Lys49-type PLA2s responsible for its strong myotoxic activity. Other
components identified in B. ayerbei venom include bradykinin-potentiating-like peptides and proteins belonging to the C-type lectin/lectin-like, serine proteinase, L-amino acid oxidase, disintegrin, cysteine-rich secretory protein, nerve growth factor, and phosphodiesterase families. The venom composition of B. ayerbei resembles that of neonate specimens of B. asper, which shows a predominance of metalloproteinases, with only low amounts of PLA2s. Therefore, the present findings suggest that the expression of venom proteins in B. ayerbei, in contrast to B. asper, might retain a marked ‘paedomorphic’ condition. Altogether, the proteomic and toxicological characterization of the venom of B. ayerbei here reported argues in favor of its
taxonomical separation from B. asper in Cauca, Colombia.
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doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2013.11.005
artículo (arbitrado) -- Universidad de Costa Rica, Instituto de Investigaciones Clodomiro Picado. 2013. Este item es privado debido a limitaciones de derechos de autor.
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- Microbiología [1170]