Artículo
Physicochemical and biological characterization of nanovenoms, a new tool formed by silica nanoparticles and Crotalus durissus terrificus venom
Baudou, Federico Gastón
; Fusco, Luciano Sebastian
; Giorgi, Exequiel David
; Díaz, María Eugenia
; Municoy, Sofia
; Desimone, Martín Federico
; Leiva, Laura Cristina Ana; de Marzi, Mauricio Cesar
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Fecha de publicación:
09/2020
Editorial:
Elsevier Science
Revista:
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces
ISSN:
0927-7765
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Inglés
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Resumen
Nanoparticles (NPs) are being studied due to their potential use as therapeutic and immunomodulatory tools, including their ability to transport antigens with the aim to induce a specific immune response. The production of snake antivenoms (AV) involves several inoculations of venom (V) in the presence of adjuvants (ADJ) to improve the immune response of inoculated animals, causing a decrease in its quality and shelf life. Therefore, it is interesting to develop new strategies for reduce these side effects. For that reason, associating V to NPs to replace conventional ADJ could be a useful tool for future AV production. In this work, nanovenoms (NVs) were generated by the adsorption of Crotalus durissus terrificus (Cdt) V proteins over silica NPs (SiNPs) synthesized according to the Stöber method. Microphotographies obtained under Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) displayed a protein crown over NPs and Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) presented the expected spectra for NVs resulting from the sum of those exhibited by Cdt V and SiNPs separately. SDS PAGE and immunoblotting assays confirmed the presence of proteins over SiNPs. Furthermore, the different enzymatic activities detected demonstrated that SiNPs were capable of binding V proteins preserving its activity and therefore would keep its native structure. In the same way, the NVs conserve the potential cytotoxic effects present in the V as we observed when culturing THP-1 cells with these complexes. This evidence allows us to infer that developed NVs could be used as a new platform for the production of antisera or for immunomodulatory therapies.
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Articulos(INEDES)
Articulos de INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGIA Y DESARROLLO SUSTENTABLE
Articulos de INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGIA Y DESARROLLO SUSTENTABLE
Articulos(IQUIBA-NEA)
Articulos de INSTITUTO DE QUIMICA BASICA Y APLICADA DEL NORDESTE ARGENTINO
Articulos de INSTITUTO DE QUIMICA BASICA Y APLICADA DEL NORDESTE ARGENTINO
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Articulos de INST.QUIMICA Y METABOLISMO DEL FARMACO (I)
Articulos de INST.QUIMICA Y METABOLISMO DEL FARMACO (I)
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Baudou, Federico Gastón; Fusco, Luciano Sebastian; Giorgi, Exequiel David; Díaz, María Eugenia; Municoy, Sofia; et al.; Physicochemical and biological characterization of nanovenoms, a new tool formed by silica nanoparticles and Crotalus durissus terrificus venom; Elsevier Science; Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces; 193; 111128; 9-2020; 111-128
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