Abstract:
:Rhinella icterica is a poisonous toad whose toxic secretion has never been studied against entomotoxic potential. Sublethal doses of Rhinella icterica toxic secretion (RITS) were assayed in Nauphoeta cinerea cockroaches, in order to understand the physiological and behavioral parameters, over the insect central and peripheral nervous system. RITS (10 μg/g) injections, induced behavioral impairment as evidenced by a significant decrease (38 ± 14%) in the distance traveled (p < .05), followed by an increase (90 ± 6%) of immobile episodes (p < .001, n = 28, respectively). In cockroaches semi-isolated heart preparations, RITS (16 μg/200 μl) induced a significant irreversible dose-dependent negative chronotropism, reaching ~40% decrease in heart rate in 20 min incubation. In in vivo cockroach neuromuscular preparations, RITS (20, 50 and 100 μg/g of animal weight) induced a time-dependent inhibition of twitch tension that was complete for 20 μg/g, in 120 min recordings. RITS (10 μg/g) also induced a significant increase in the insect leg grooming activity (128 ± 10%, n = 29, p < .01), but not in the antennae counterparts. The RITS increase in leg grooming activity was prevented in 90% by the pretreatment of cockroaches with phentolamine (0.1 μg/g). The electrophysiological recordings of spontaneous neural compound action potentials showed that RITS (20 μg/g) induced a significant increase in the number of events, as well as in the rise time and duration of the potentials. In conclusion, RITS showed to be entomotoxic, being the neuromuscular failure and cardiotoxic activity considered the main deleterious effects. The disturbance of the cockroaches' behavior together with the electrophysiological alterations, may unveil the presence of some toxic components present in the poison with inherent biotechnological potentials.
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Pestic Biochem Physioljournal_title
Pesticide biochemistry and physiologyauthors
Leal AP,Oliveira RS,Perin APA,Borges BT,de Brum Vieira P,Dos Santos TG,Vinadé L,Valsecchi C,Belo CADdoi
10.1016/j.pestbp.2018.04.016subject
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2018-06-01 00:00:00pages
175-181eissn
0048-3575issn
1095-9939pii
S0048-3575(18)30072-5journal_volume
148pub_type
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