Immunotoxinological effects triggered by the rattlesnake Crotalus durissus cumanensis, mapanare (Bothrops colombiensis) venoms and its purified fractions on spleen and lymph nodes cells.

Immunotoxinological effects triggered by the rattlesnake Crotalus durissus cumanensis, mapanare (Bothrops colombiensis) venoms and its purified fractions on spleen and lymph nodes cells. Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol. 2020 Aug 17;:1-24 Authors: Pulido-Méndez MM, Azuaje E, Rodríguez-Acosta A Abstract The snakes in Venezuela vary in their different venom composition amid the species. In this sense, studies have been carried out elucidating mechanisms related to their immunostimulatory and/or immunosuppressive effects in vitro,measuring inhibition or stimulation on the mice spleen and lymph nodes lymphocytes under the rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus cumanensis)(Cdc) and mapanare (Bothrops colombiensis) crude venoms actions, and also its purified fraction crotoxin (CTX) (Cdc) and a semi-purified fraction (SPF) (Bc) activities. The stimulation of lymphocyte proliferation was carried out in the presence or absence of Concanavalin A (ConA) and Lipopolysaccharides (LPS).The lymphocyte response was measured by the Alamar Blue®(Resazurin) assay, observing that the Crotalus crude venom increased basal proliferation in the spleen and lymph nodes, being also increased with ConA and LPS.Crotoxin slightly decreased the proliferative response in the presence of mitogens.Both Bc venom and its SPF fraction had no significant effect on basal proliferation in the spleen and lymph nodes, but a decrease in the response with ConA was observed.These resul...
Source: Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology - Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol Source Type: research