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- Title
Purificación parcial de péptidos presentes en el veneno del escorpión Tityus macrochirus (Buthidae) y evaluación preliminar de su actividad citotóxica.
- Authors
Rincón-Cortés, Clara Andrea; Reyes-Montaño, Édgar Antonio; Vega-Castro, Nohora Angélica
- Abstract
Introduction: Scorpion venom contains peptides with neurotoxic action primarily active on ion channels in the nervous system of insects and mammals. They are also characterized as cytolytic and anticancer, biological characteristics that have not yet been reported for the Tityus macrochirus venom. Objective: To assess if the total T. macrochirus venom and the fraction of partially purified peptides decrease the viability of various tumor-derived cell lines. Materials and methods: The scorpion venom was collected by electrical stimulation and, subsequently, subjected to chromatography, electrophoresis, and ultrafiltration with Amicon Ultra 0.5® membranes for the partial identification and purification of its peptides. The cytotoxic activity of the venom and the peptides fraction trials on tumor-derived cell lines were carried out by the MTT method. Results: The T. macrochirus scorpion venom has peptides with molecular weights ranging between 3 and 10 kDa. They were partially purified using the ultrafiltration technique, and assessed by the RP-HPLC method. Cytotoxicity trials with the whole T. macrochirus venom showed a higher viability decrease on the PC3 cell line compared to the other cell lines assessed, while the partially purified peptides decreased the HeLa cell line viability. Conclusion: Peptides in the T. macrochirus scorpion venom showed cytotoxic activity on some tumorderived cell lines. We observed some degree of selectivity against other cell lines assessed
- Publication
Biomédica: Revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2017, Vol 37, Issue 2, p238
- ISSN
0120-4157
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7705/biomedica.v37i3.3265