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Synergistically acting PLA₂: peptide hemorrhagic complex from Daboia russelii venom.

Authors: Madhukumar, Venkatesh; Veerabasappa, Gowda;

Synergistically acting PLA₂: peptide hemorrhagic complex from Daboia russelii venom.

Abstract

Snake venoms are complex mixture of enzymatic and non-enzymatic proteins. Non-covalent protein-protein interaction leads to protein complexes, which bring about enhanced pharmacological injuries by their synergistic action. Here we report identification and characterization of a new Daboia russelii hemorrhagic complex I (DR-HC-I) containing phospholipase A₂ (PLA₂) and non-enzymatic peptide. DR-HC-I was isolated from the venom of D. russelii by CM-Shepadex-C25 and gel permeation chromatography. Individual components were purified and identified by RP-HPL chromatography, mass spectrometry and N-terminal amino acid sequencing. DR-HC-I complex was lethal to mice with the LD₅₀ dose of 0.7 mg/kg body weight with hemorrhagic and neurotoxic properties. DR-HC-I complex consists of non-hemorrhagic PLA₂ and neurotoxic non-enzymatic peptide. The non-enzymatic peptide quenched the intrinsic fluorescence of PLA₂ in a dose dependent manner, signifying the synergistic interaction between two proteins. PLA₂ and peptide toxin in a 5:2 M ratio induced skin hemorrhage in mice with MHD 20 μg. However, addition of ANS (1-Anilino-8-naphthalene sulfonate) to DR-HC-I complex inhibited skin hemorrhagic effect and also synergic interaction. But there was no impact on PLA₂ due to this synergistic interaction, and indirect hemolytic or plasma re-calcification activity. However, the synergistic interaction of PLA₂ and non-enzymatic peptide contributes to the enhanced venom-induced hemorrhage and toxicity of Daboia russellii venom.

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Molecular Sequence Data, Hemorrhage, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Viper Venoms, Skin Diseases, Anilino Naphthalenesulfonates, Fluorescence, Mass Spectrometry, Daboia, Lethal Dose 50, Mice, Phospholipases A2, Multiprotein Complexes, Chromatography, Gel, Animals, Amino Acid Sequence, Peptides, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid

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