Edematogenic Activity of Scorpion Venoms from the Buthidae Family and the Role of Platelet-Activating Factor and Nitric Oxide in Paw Edema Induced by Tityus Venoms
| Autor: | D. N. Severino, Denise Maria Cândido, Rafael Pereira, Irene Knysak, Fábio H. Kwasniewski |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Tityus serrulatus Immunology Scorpion Venoms Venom Pharmacology Nitric Oxide complex mixtures Nitric oxide Scorpions Mice chemistry.chemical_compound Species Specificity Buthidae Edema medicine Animals Immunology and Allergy Potency Platelet Activating Factor biology Platelet-activating factor biology.organism_classification Hindlimb chemistry Anesthesia medicine.symptom |
| Zdroj: | Inflammation. 32:57-64 |
| ISSN: | 1573-2576 0360-3997 |
| Popis: | We compared the edematogenic activity of venoms of scorpions from the Buthidae family, Tityus bahiensis (Tbv), Tityus serrulatus (Tsv) and Rhopalurus rochai (Rrv). Three doses (20, 40 and 80 microg/kg sc) of each venom were administrated in hind paw of mice and edema was measured from 5 min to 24 h. Tbv and Tsv both induced edema of rapid onset (135% of increase at 15 min); Rrv induced only a mild edema (40% of increase). We then investigated the involvement of platelet-activating factor (PAF) and endogenous nitric oxide (NO) in Tbv and Tsv-induced paw edema. Pretreatment of mice with a PAF antagonist (WEB-2170) inhibited Tsv but not Tbv-induced edema. Pretreatment with a non selective inhibitor of NO-synthases (L: -NAME) inhibited or increased the edema depending on the dose and the time the edema was measured. In conclusion, the venoms from Tityus are stronger inducers of edema than the venom from the Rhopalurus scorpion. The venoms of Tityus species are similar in potency and time-course edema development. PAF is involved in the edema induced only by Tsv. |
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