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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-1-11
pubmed:abstractText
A potent antihemorrhagic factor (BaSAH1) was isolated from the serum of the snake Bothrops asper by ammonium sulfate precipitation at 40-60%, Sephacryl S-200 and Sephadex G-50 gel filtration, DEAE-Sepharose, and hydrophobic Phenyl-Sepharose chromatography. The purified protein showed one band with an isoelectric point of 5.2 and a molecular weight of 66 kDa. 4 micrograms of the purified factor BaSAH were needed to neutralize the hemorrhagic dose of B. asper whole venom compared to 60 micrograms of the clinically used horse polyvalent immunoglobulins. Moreover, 0.35 microgram of BaSAH were sufficient to achieve complete neutralization of the main hemorrhagic toxin (BaH1), with a molar ratio of 2:1. The antihemorrhagic activity was stable between pH 1.5-9 and up to 60 degrees C but lost activity completely after 30 min of heating at 70 degrees C. BaSAH did not digest the hemorrhagic toxin BaH1 or formed a precipitin line with it, nor with the whole venom. Both ELISA experiments and chromatography of BaSAH after incubation with the 125I-labeled hemorrhagic toxin BaH1 demonstrated that the mechanism of the neutralization involves a formation of an inactive soluble complex between the natural antihemorrhagin and the main hemorrhagin of B. asper venom.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
1245
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
232-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Isolation, characterization and mode of neutralization of a potent antihemorrhagic factor from the serum of the snake Bothrops asper.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.