Chemical modification of histidine and lysine residues of myotoxic phospholipases a, isolated from Bothrops asper and Bothrops godmani snake venoms: Effects on enzymatic and pharmacological properties

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DiazOreiro, C
Gutierrez, JM
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[1] Institute Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José
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10.1016/S0041-0101(96)00128-6
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R9 [药学];
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1007 ;
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Lysine and histidine residues of two myotoxic phospholipases A(2), Bothrops asper myotoxin III and Bothrops godmani myotoxin I, were chemically modified in order to study the effects of these treatments on enzymatic and pharmacological properties. After lysine acetylation the overall basicity of these toxins was lost and their enzymatic activity was significantly reduced, although a residual effect remained, which corresponded to 25% of the activity of native toxins. This treatment abolished both myotoxic and anticoagulant effects, and partially reduced liposome-disrupting activity. Histidine alkylation with p-bromophenacyl bromide affected phospholipase A(2), myotoxic and anticoagulant effects in a parallel way. After 24 hr of incubation with the alkylating reagent, these three activities were totally inhibited, in contrast to the liposome-disrupting effect which was only partially affected by this treatment. It is suggested that: (1) catalytic activity plays a role in the pharmacological effects of these myotoxins; (2) lysine residues are relevant for the toxic effects induced by these phospholipases A(2); and (3) despite the apparent relevance of enzymatic activity to the pharmacological properties of these toxins, the dissociation observed in lysine acetylation experiments suggests that these myotoxins have a molecular region, different from the catalytic site, which might be also involved in the toxic effects observed. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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