Journal article
Proteomic comparison of Hypnale hypnale (Hump-Nosed Pit-Viper) and Calloselasma rhodostoma (Malayan Pit-Viper) venoms
Syed A Ali, Kate Baumann, Timothy NW Jackson, Kelly Wood, Steven Mason, Eivind AB Undheim, Amanda Nouwens, Ivan Koludarov, Iwan Hendrikx, Alun Jones, Bryan Grieg Fry
JOURNAL OF PROTEOMICS | ELSEVIER | Published : 2013
Abstract
UNLABELLED: Treatment of Hypnale hypnale bites with commercial antivenoms, even those raised against its sister taxon Calloselasma rhodostoma, has never been clinically successful. As these two genera have been separated for 20million years, we tested to see whether significant variations in venom had accumulated during this long period of evolutionary divergence, and thus could be responsible for the failure of antivenom. Proteomic analyses of C. rhodostoma and H. hypnale venom were performed using 1D and 2D PAGE as well as 2D-DIGE. C. rhodostoma venom was diverse containing large amounts of Disintegrin, Kallikrein, l-amino acid oxidase, Lectin, phospholipase A2 (acidic, basic and neutral) ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
SAA was the recipient of postdoctoral fellowship (PDRF Phase II Batch-V) from Higher Education Commission (HEC Islamabad) Pakistan. BGF was funded by an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship and by the University of Queensland. TNWJ was funded by an Australian Postgraduate Award. EABU acknowledges funding from the University of Queensland (International Postgraduate Research Scholarship, UQ Centennial Scholarship, and UQ Advantage Top-Up Scholarship) and the Norwegian State Education Loans Fund.