Polybitoxins: A group of phospholipases A2 from the venom of the neotropical social wasp paulistinha (Polybia paulista)
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1998-01-01
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Oliveira, Marcia Regina de
Palma, Mario Sergio [UNESP]
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The neotropical wasp Polybia paulista is very aggressive and endemic in south-east Brazil, where it frequently causes stinging accidents. By using gel filtration on Sephadex G-200, followed by ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-Cellulose under a pH gradient, a group of four toxins (designated as polybitoxins-I, II, lII and IV) presenting phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activities was purified. These toxins are dimeric with mol. wts ranging from 115,000 to 132,000 and formed by different subunits. The four toxins contain very high sugar contents attached to their molecules (22-43% w/w) and presented different values of pH optimum from 7.8 to 9.0; when dissociated, only residual catalytic activities were maintained. The catalytic activities of polybitoxins (from 18 to 771 μmoles/mg per minute) are lower than that of PLA2 from Apis mellifera venom and hornetin from Vespa basalis. The polybitoxins presented a non-linear steady-state kinetic behavior for the hydrolysis of phosphatidylcholine at pH 7.9, compatible with the negative co- operativity phenomena. All of the polybitoxins were very potent direct hemolysins, especially the polybitoxins-III and IV, which are as potent as the lethal toxin from V. basalis and hornetin from Vespa flavitarsus, respectively; polybitoxin-IV presented hemolytic action 20 times higher than that of PLA2 from A. mellifera, 17 times higher than that of neutral PLA2 from Naja nigricolis and about 37 times higher than that of cardiotoxin from Naja naja atra venom.
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hornetin, phospholipase a2, polybitoxin, sephadex, unclassified drug, animal cell, animal tissue, enzyme analysis, enzyme kinetics, enzyme purification, hemolysis, hydrolysis, ion exchange chromatography, molecular weight, nonhuman, priority journal, steady state, wasp, Animals, Erythrocytes, Hemolysis, Kinetics, Mice, Molecular Weight, Phospholipases A, Tropical Climate, Wasp Venoms, Animalia, Apis mellifera, Atra, Invertebrata, Naja, Naja atra, Naja naja, Polybia, Polybia paulista, Vespa basalis, Vespidae
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Toxicon, v. 36, n. 1, p. 189-199, 1998.