Analysis of the intersexual variation in Thalassophryne maculosa fish venoms
| Autor: | Ines Sosa-Rosales, Fernanda Miriane Bruni, Fernanda C. V. Portaro, Katia Conceição, Anderson D. Ramos, Mônica Lopes-Ferreira, Carla Lima |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine Necrosis Physiology Poison control Venom Toxicology medicine.disease_cause complex mixtures Lesion Mice 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound Sex Factors Fish Venoms medicine Animals Edema Envenomation Evans Blue business.industry Toxin Anatomy Batrachoidiformes Venezuela 030104 developmental biology Nociception chemistry Electrophoresis Polyacrylamide Gel Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Toxicon. 115:70-80 |
| ISSN: | 0041-0101 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.toxicon.2016.02.022 |
| Popis: | Gender related variation in the molecular composition of venoms and secretions have been described for some animal species, and there are some evidences that the difference in the toxin (s) profile among males and females may be related to different physiopathological effects caused by the envenomation by either gender. In order to investigate whether this same phenomenon occurs to the toadfish Thalassophryne maculosa, we have compared some biological and biochemical properties of female and male venoms. Twenty females and males were collected in deep waters of the La Restinga lagoon (Venezuela) and, after protein concentration assessed, the induction of toxic activities in mice and the biochemical properties were analyzed. Protein content is higher in males than in females, which may be associated to a higher size and weight of the male body. In vivo studies showed that mice injected with male venoms presented higher nociception when compared to those injected with female venoms, and both venoms induced migration of macrophages into the paw of mice. On the other hand, mice injected with female venoms had more paw edema and extravasation of Evans blue in peritoneal cavity than mice injected with male venoms. We observed that the female venoms had more capacity for necrosis induction when compared with male venoms. The female samples present a higher proteolytic activity then the male venom when gelatin, casein and FRETs were used as substrates. Evaluation of the venoms of females and males by SDS-PAGE and chromatographic profile showed that, at least three components (present in two peaks) are only present in males. Although the severity of the lesion, characterized by necrosis development, is related with the poisoning by female specimens, the presence of exclusive toxins in the male venoms could be associated with the largest capacity of nociception induction by this sample. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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