Toxins 2016, 8(12), 372; doi:10.3390/toxins8120372
Proteomic Analyses of Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix Venom Using 2D Electrophoresis and MS Techniques
Aleksandra Bocian 1,*
, Małgorzata Urbanik 1, Konrad Hus 1, Andrzej Łyskowski 1
, Vladimír Petrilla 2,3, Zuzana Andrejčáková 2, Monika Petrillová 4 and Jaroslav Legáth 1,5
, Vladimír Petrilla 2,3, Zuzana Andrejčáková 2, Monika Petrillová 4 and Jaroslav Legáth 1,51
Faculty of Chemistry, Rzeszow University of Technology, Powstańców Warszawy 6, 35-959 Rzeszów, Poland
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Department of Physiology, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovak Republic
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Zoological Department, Zoological Garden Košice, Široká 31, 040 06 Košice-Kavečany, Slovac Republic
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Department of General Education Subjects, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovak Republic
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Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovak Republic
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Academic Editor: Syed A. Ali
Received: 26 October 2016 / Revised: 22 November 2016 / Accepted: 6 December 2016 / Published: 13 December 2016
(This article belongs to the Section Animal Venoms)
Abstract
Snake venom is a complex mixture of proteins and peptides which in the Viperidae is mainly hemotoxic. The diversity of these components causes the venom to be an extremely interesting object of study. Discovered components can be used in search for new pharmaceuticals used primarily in the treatment of diseases of the cardiovascular system. In order to determine the protein composition of the southern copperhead venom, we have used high resolution two dimensional electrophoresis and MALDI ToF/ToF MS-based identification. We have identified 10 groups of proteins present in the venom, of which phospholipase A2 and metalloprotease and serine proteases constitute the largest groups. For the first time presence of 5′-nucleotidase in venom was found in this group of snakes. Three peptides present in the venom were also identified. Two of them as bradykinin-potentiating agents and one as an inhibitor. View Full-Text
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Bocian, A.; Urbanik, M.; Hus, K.; Łyskowski, A.; Petrilla, V.; Andrejčáková, Z.; Petrillová, M.; Legáth, J. Proteomic Analyses of Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix Venom Using 2D Electrophoresis and MS Techniques. Toxins 2016, 8, 372.
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