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Feature Review in Animal Venoms: Venom Apparatus Anatomy, Mode of Action/Delivery Mechanisms, and Major Toxin Families

A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Venoms".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 5506

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Bryan Grieg Fry

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Adaptive Biotoxicology Lab, School of the Environment, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
Interests: venom molecular evolution; phylogenetics and structure–function relationships; toxins
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Dr. Sebastien Dutertre

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Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (UMR 5247), Université Montpellier, CNRS, Place Eugène Bataillon, CEDEX 05, 34095 Montpellier, France
Interests: venoms; conotoxins; peptides; proteomics; transcriptomics; drug discovery
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

As Section Editor-in-Chief and Section Associate Editor of the Section “Animal Venoms” of Toxins, we are pleased to announce this Special Issue on “Feature Review in Animal Venoms: Venom Apparatus Anatomy, Mode of Action/Delivery Mechanisms, and Major Toxin Families”. This Special Issue will be a collection of reviews and systematic reviews from top researchers in the field describing and covering essential knowledge for venomous animal group (spiders, scorpions, snakes, cone snails, cnidarians, hymenopterans, fish, etc.) that include general venom apparatus anatomy, venom mode of action, and major toxin families. Therefore, for each group, the authors will detail the organization of the venom apparatus, including all organs involved and some specific histological features, the envenomation process and venom delivery mechanisms, and finally, the major toxin families, including their pharmacology and proposed ecological role.

This Special Issue aims to publish high-quality review papers, which will serve as a reference collection for researchers.

Feel free to contact us or the Section Managing Editor Mr. Jet Li (jet.li@mdpi.com) if you have any requests. We look forward to receiving your strong contributions.

Dr. Bryan Grieg Fry
Dr. Sebastien Dutertre
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • venom
  • apparatus anatomy
  • delivery mechanism
  • mode of action
  • toxin

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Predatory and Defensive Strategies in Cone Snails
by Zahrmina Ratibou, Nicolas Inguimbert and Sébastien Dutertre
Toxins 2024, 16(2), 94; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins16020094 - 7 Feb 2024
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Abstract
Cone snails are carnivorous marine animals that prey on fish (piscivorous), worms (vermivorous), or other mollusks (molluscivorous). They produce a complex venom mostly made of disulfide-rich conotoxins and conopeptides in a compartmentalized venom gland. The pharmacology of cone snail venom has been increasingly [...] Read more.
Cone snails are carnivorous marine animals that prey on fish (piscivorous), worms (vermivorous), or other mollusks (molluscivorous). They produce a complex venom mostly made of disulfide-rich conotoxins and conopeptides in a compartmentalized venom gland. The pharmacology of cone snail venom has been increasingly investigated over more than half a century. The rising interest in cone snails was initiated by the surprising high human lethality rate caused by the defensive stings of some species. Although a vast amount of information has been uncovered on their venom composition, pharmacological targets, and mode of action of conotoxins, the venom–ecology relationships are still poorly understood for many lineages. This is especially important given the relatively recent discovery that some species can use different venoms to achieve rapid prey capture and efficient deterrence of aggressors. Indeed, via an unknown mechanism, only a selected subset of conotoxins is injected depending on the intended purpose. Some of these remarkable venom variations have been characterized, often using a combination of mass spectrometry and transcriptomic methods. In this review, we present the current knowledge on such specific predatory and defensive venoms gathered from sixteen different cone snail species that belong to eight subgenera: Pionoconus, Chelyconus, Gastridium, Cylinder, Conus, Stephanoconus, Rhizoconus, and Vituliconus. Further studies are needed to help close the gap in our understanding of the evolved ecological roles of many cone snail venom peptides. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Review in Animal Venoms: Venom Apparatus Anatomy, Mode of Action/Delivery Mechanisms, and Major Toxin Families)
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