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This submission belongs to the session S3. Use of toxins as tools for research, drug discovery, and therapeutics of the event 1st International Electronic Conference on Toxins
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14 Jan, 2021
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Fernanda D'Amélio, Hugo Vigerelli de Barros, Daniel Carvalho Pimenta, Eduardo Osorio Frare, Isabel de Fátima Correia Batista, Irina Kerkis, Álvaro Rossan de Brandão Prieto da Silva, Bothrops moojeni venom: a new tool to investigate osteoclasts differentiation, in Proceedings of 1st International Electronic Conference on Toxins, 16 January–31 January 2021, MDPI: Basel, Switzerland, doi: 10.3390/IECT2021-09136
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Bothrops moojeni venom: a new tool to investigate osteoclasts differentiation

Fernanda D'Amélio 1,2
Hugo Vigerelli de Barros 3,4
Álvaro Rossan de Brandão Prieto da Silva 1
Eduardo Osorio Frare 1,4
Isabel de Fátima Correia Batista 4
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Daniel Carvalho Pimenta 5
Irina Kerkis 1,4
1. Laboratory of Genetics, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil; Laboratory of Biochemistry, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2. The Postgraduate Program in Toxinology, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil
3. Laboratory of Genetics, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil; Laboratory of Biochemistry, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
4. Centre of Excellence in New Target Discovery (CENTD), Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil
5. Laboratory of Biochemistry, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil
Abstract

Bothrops moojeni, a Brazilian lanced-head viper, presents a rich, but not well explored, venom composition. This venom is a powerful tool for the discovery of new molecular targets in many different biological processes. Osteoclasts (OC) are extremely important for bone maintenance, calcium physiology, and balance of tissue regeneration being involved in such diseases as osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis. The goal of our study was to evaluate the effect of Bothrops moojeni's venom and its fractions of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells derived OCs in vitro differentiation.

After the induction of OCs differentiation, on day 4 the venom was added at different concentrations (5, 0.5, and 0.05 µg/mL), and the reduction of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase positive (TRAP+) osteoclasts, which was more prominent at the concentration of 5 µg / mL were observed. In order to evaluate the effect of major venom’s components (metalloproteases and serinoproteases) on TRAP+ OCs, the EDTA, and aprotinin were used to inhibit the catalytic activity of both proteases. The results suggest that proteases were not crucial for the reduction of TRAP+ OCs. Phalloidin staining was used for morphological analyzes of F-actin rings integrity. Venom provoked F-actin ring disruption in treated versus control OCs. We obtain high molecular weight (HW) and low molecular weight (LW) venom fractions. Both fractions induced the reduction of TRAP+ OCs (HW fraction at a concentration of 5 µg / mL and LW fraction at -1 µg / mL, respectively).

We performed a secretome analysis of OCs treated with venom and its fractions using mass spectrometry (LC-MS/IT-Tof). The data obtained demonstrate possible pathways and mechanisms involved in OCs reduction after the treatment. Example giving is catabolic mechanisms for HW and proteins correlated with genetic modifications for LW. New experiments are in progress, aiming to discover the molecules that possibly interfering in the osteoclasts differentiation.

Keywords
Bothrops moojeni
Osteoclasts
Cell Differentiation.
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