30 有毒哺乳動物カモノハシ由来の神経毒に関する生物有機化学的研究(口頭発表の部)

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  • Bioorganic Study on the Neurotoxic Substances from Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), an Australian Unique Mammal

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The duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is one of the few venomous Australian mammals. The adult male platypus carries a thorn on each hind leg, and uses this device to inject their competitors with poison. However, the structure and function of their active compounds remais unclear. We found that the crude platypus venom showed potent Ca^<2+> influx in human neuroblastoma (IMR-32) cells. Guided by this bioassay, we identified 11 novel peptides, including a heptapeptide 1, H-His-Asp-His-Pro-Asn-Pro-Arg-OH. Compounds 1-4 and 5-11 coincided with the 6-9 N-terminal residues of Ornithorhynchus venom C-type natriuretic peptide (OvCNP), and the 132-150 part of OvCNP precursor peptide, respectivel. Heptapeptide 1, which is one of he primary components of the venom fluid(-200ng/μL), induced a significant increase in [Ca^<2+>]_i in IMR-32 cells at 75μM. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first example of the isolation of the N-terminal linear fragments of CNPs in any mammal. Heptapeptide 1 also facilitated neurogenic twitch in guinea pig ileum speciments at 30μM (39% contraction relative to 1.7μM histamine response). We have also established that a proteinous venom fraction strongly hydrolyzed Pro-Phe-Arg-MCA and cleaved a human low-molucular-weight kininogen, as with porcine pancreas kallikrein. These results indicated that platypus venom contained tissue kallikrein-like protease(s), and its proteolytic activity might synergistically contribute to toxicity through the specific cleavage of venom constituents.

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  • CRID
    1390282681054242816
  • NII論文ID
    110009757754
  • DOI
    10.24496/tennenyuki.52.0_175
  • ISSN
    24331856
  • 本文言語コード
    ja
  • データソース種別
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
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