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Elsevier, Toxicon: An Interdisciplinary Journal on the Toxins Derived from Animals, Plants and Microorganisms, 5(57), p. 739-746, 2011

DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2011.02.006

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Isolation and molecular cloning of beta-neurotoxins from the venom of the scorpion Centruroides suffusus suffusus

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Abstract

This communication reports the identification and characterization of two new toxins from the venom of the scorpion Centruroides suffusus suffusus, named: CssVIII and CssIX, according to the original nomenclature of toxins previously described for this scorpion. The isolation was obtained by means of two chromatographic steps, and a cDNA library was used to fully identify their precursors. CssVIII and CssIX contain signal peptides of 19 and 17 amino acid residues, and mature peptides of 66 and 65 residues, respectively. Intracranial injections into mice of both purified toxins showed toxicity results similar to those found for toxins CssII and CssIV. Additionally, they compete with the parent toxin CssIV, in binding and displacement experiments, conducted with brain synaptosomes showing nanomolar affinities. These results strongly support the conclusion that they are new β-neurotoxins and certainly would be of the interest of researchers in the field of venomics for studying sodium channels.