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Journal Article
Systemic vascular leakage induced in mice by Russell’s viper venom from Pakistan
2018
Overview
Envenomings by some populations of the Russell’s viper (
Daboia russelii
) are characterized by a systemic capillary leak syndrome (CLS) which causes hemoconcentration, and is associated with the severity of envenoming. We adapted a model of CLS in mice by assessing hemoconcentration. The venom of
D. russelii
from Pakistan, but not that of another viperid,
Bothrops asper
, induced hemoconcentration and an increment in vascular permeability, being devoid of hemorrhagic activity at the doses tested. These findings reveal a dichotomous pattern of vasculotoxicity in viperid snake venoms. This difference might depend on variations in venom composition, especially regarding metalloproteinases (SVMPs), which are low in Pakistani
D. russelii
and high in
B. asper
. Inhibition of SVMPs and phospholipases A
2
in
D. russelii
venom did not abrogate hemoconcentration. An hemoconcentration-inducing fraction was obtained by chromatography, which contains vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a known potent inducer of increment in vascular permeability. Exudates collected from tissue injected with venom also induced hemoconcentration, and the effect was inhibited by antivenom. However, the amount of venom in exudate required to induce the effect is low, as compared with venom dissolved in saline solution, hence suggesting that endogenous proteins present in the exudate, probably inflammatory mediators, potentiate the effect.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group
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