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Inhibition of Lung Tumor Colonization and Cell Migration with the Disintegrin Crotatroxin 2 Isolated from the Venom of Crotalus atrox
Autor
Galán, Jacob A
Sánchez, Elda E
Rodríguez-Acosta, Alexis
Soto, Julio G
Bashir, Sajid
McLane, Mary Ann
Paquette-Straub, Carrie
Pérez, John C
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Resumen
Disintegrins are low molecular weight proteins (4-15 kDa) with an RGD binding region
at their binding loop. Disintegrin and disintegrin-like proteins are found in the venom of four
families of snakes: Atractaspididae, Elapidae, Viperidae and Colubridae. This report describes
the biological activity of a disintegrin, crotatroxin 2, isolated by a three-step chromatography
procedure from the venom of the Western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox). The intact
molecular mass for crotatroxin 2 was 7.384 kDa and 71 amino acids. Crotatroxin 2 inhibited
human whole blood platelet aggregation with an IC50 of 17.5 nM, inhibited cell (66.3p) migration
by 63%, and inhibited experimental lung tumor colonization in BALB/c mice at 1000 μg/kg. Our
data suggest that while crotatroxin 2 inhibits platelet aggregation, cancer cell migration, and lung
tumor colonization it is done via different integrins Research Group (CBRG), Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University-Kingsville,
FONACIT (G-2005000400), Caracas,Venezuela, and grant # CA098056 (MAM), University of
Delaware.