Mehranoush Saffarpour; Nooshin Sohrabi; Delavar Shahbazzadeh; Alireza Gholami
Abstract
Among Iranian venomous snakes, the most important groups causing envenomation are Naja Naja Oxiana, Echis,Vipera albicornuta, Vipera latifii Mertens, pseudocerastes peersicus and Vipera lebetina. Many researchers believe natural snake venom ...
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Among Iranian venomous snakes, the most important groups causing envenomation are Naja Naja Oxiana, Echis,Vipera albicornuta, Vipera latifii Mertens, pseudocerastes peersicus and Vipera lebetina. Many researchers believe natural snake venom toxins are containing several pharmacologically active components that could be of potential therapeutic value. In the past, studies have shown that some neurotoxic fractions of snake venom interfere with some infectious and non-infectious diseases such as cancer. we purified snake venom of V. lebetina by fast protein liquid chromatography (FPLC) using Sephacryl S-200 hr column. The fractions collected and evaluated by SDS-PAGE analysis. The cytotoxicity effect of crude venom and fractions on Vero cells were demonstrated using 3-(4,5- dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide and adhesion assay. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of Macrovipera lebetina (one of the native snakes of many parts of iran) , in order to create an appropriate animal cell culture model to evaluate the effects of protein complexes on diseases such as viral infections.
