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An in-depth snake venom proteopeptidome characterization: Benchmarking Bothrops jararaca.

Abstract：

:A large-scale proteomic approach was devised to advance the understanding of venom composition. Bothrops jararaca venom was fractionated by OFFGEL followed by chromatography, generating peptidic and proteic fractions. The latter was submitted to trypsin digestion. Both fractions were separately analyzed by reversed-phase nanochromatography coupled to high resolution mass spectrometry. This strategy allowed deeper and joint characterizations of the peptidome and proteome (proteopeptidome) of this venom. Our results lead to the identification of 46 protein classes (with several uniquely assigned proteins per class) comprising eight high-abundance bona fide venom components, and 38 additional classes in smaller quantities. This last category included previously described B. jararaca venom proteins, common Elapidae venom constituents (cobra venom factor and three-finger toxin), and proteins typically encountered in lysosomes, cellular membranes and blood plasma. Furthermore, this report is the most complete snake venom peptidome described so far, both in number of peptides and in variety of unique proteins that could have originated them. It is hypothesized that such diversity could enclose cryptides, whose bioactivities would contribute to envenomation in yet undetermined ways. Finally, we propose that the broad range screening of B. jararaca peptidome will facilitate the discovery of bioactive molecules, eventually leading to valuable therapeutical agents. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE:Our proteopeptidomic strategy yielded unprecedented insights into the remarkable diversity of B. jararaca venom composition, both at the peptide and protein levels. These results bring a substantial contribution to the actual pursuit of large-scale protein-level assignment in snake venomics. The detection of typical elapidic venom components, in a Viperidae venom, reinforces our view that the use of this approach (hand-in-hand with transcriptomic and genomic data) for venom proteomic analysis, at the specimen-level, can greatly contribute for venom toxin evolution studies. Furthermore, data were generated in support of a previous hypothesis that venom gland secretory vesicles are specialized forms of lysosomes. Two testable hypotheses also emerge from the results of this work. The first is that a nucleobindin-2-derived protein could lead to prey disorientation during envenomation, aiding in its capture by the snake. The other being that the venom's peptidome might contain a population of cryptides, whose biological activities could lead to the development of new therapeutical agents.

journal_name

J Proteomics

journal_title

Journal of proteomics

authors

Nicolau CA,Carvalho PC,Junqueira-de-Azevedo IL,Teixeira-Ferreira A,Junqueira M,Perales J,Neves-Ferreira AG,Valente RH

doi

10.1016/j.jprot.2016.06.029

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-01-16 00:00:00

pages

214-231

eissn

1874-3919

issn

1876-7737

pii

S1874-3919(16)30268-8

journal_volume

151

pub_type

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An in-depth snake venom proteopeptidome characterization: Benchmarking Bothrops jararaca.