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INTERACTION OF BOTHROPS JARARACA VENOM METALLOPROTEINASES WITH PROTEIN INHIBITORS
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Instituto Butantan. Laboratório Especial de Toxinologia Aplicada-CeTICS. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Instituto Butantan. Laboratório Especial de Toxinologia Aplicada-CeTICS. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Instituto Butantan. Laboratório Especial de Toxinologia Aplicada-CeTICS. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Toxonologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Instituto Butantan. Laboratório Especial de Toxinologia Aplicada-CeTICS. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Instituto Butantan. Laboratório Especial de Toxinologia Aplicada-CeTICS. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Instituto Butantan. Laboratório Especial de Toxinologia Aplicada-CeTICS. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Toxonologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Instituto Butantan. Laboratório Especial de Toxinologia Aplicada-CeTICS. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Abstract
Snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs) play important roles in the local and systemic
hemorrhage observed upon envenomation. In a previous study on the structural elements
important for the activities of HF3 (highly hemorrhagic, P-III-SVMP), bothropasin (hemorrhagic,
P-III-SVMP) and BJ-PI (non-hemorrhagic, P-I-SVMP), from Bothrops jararaca, it
was demonstrated that they differ in their proteolysis profile of plasma and extracellular
matrix proteins. In this study, we evaluated the ability of proteins DM43 and a2-
macroglobulin to interfere with the proteolytic activity of these SVMPs on fibrinogen
and collagen VI and with their ability to induce hemorrhage. DM43 inhibited the proteolytic
activity of bothropasin and BJ-PI but not that of HF3, and was not cleaved the three
proteinases. On the other hand, a2-macroglobulin did not inhibit any of the proteinases
and was rather cleaved by them. In agreement with these findings, binding analysis
showed interaction of bothropasin and BJ-PI but not HF3 to DM43 while none of the
proteinases bound to a2-macroglobulin. Moreover, DM43 promoted partial inhibition of
the hemorrhagic activity of bothropasin but not that of HF3. Our results demonstrate that
metalloproteinases of B. jararaca venom showing different domain composition, glycosylation
level and hemorrhagic potency show variable susceptibilities to protein inhibitors.
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