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ReviewToxins2016

The Biochemical Toxin Arsenal from Ant Venoms.

Axel Touchard, Samira R Aili, Eduardo Gonçalves Paterson Fox, Pierre Escoubas, Jérôme Orivel, Graham M Nicholson, Alain Dejean

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Review in Toxins, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

75 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Axel TouchardCNRS, UMR Écologie des Forêts de Guyane (AgroParisTech, CIRAD, CNRS, INRA, Université de Guyane, Université des Antilles), Campus Agronomique, BP 316, Kourou Cedex 97379, France. t.axel@hotmail.fr.
Samira R AiliNeurotoxin Research Group, School of Medical & Molecular Biosciences, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia. samira.aili@uts.edu.au.
Eduardo Gonçalves Paterson FoxRed Imported Fire Ant Research Center, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China. ofoxofox@gmail.com.
Pierre EscoubasVenomeTech, 473 Route des Dolines-Villa 3, Valbonne 06560, France. escoubas@venometech.com.
Jérôme OrivelCNRS, UMR Écologie des Forêts de Guyane (AgroParisTech, CIRAD, CNRS, INRA, Université de Guyane, Université des Antilles), Campus Agronomique, BP 316, Kourou Cedex 97379, France. Jerome.Orivel@ecofog.gf.
Graham M NicholsonNeurotoxin Research Group, School of Medical & Molecular Biosciences, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia. graham.nicholson@uts.edu.au.
Alain DejeanCNRS, UMR Écologie des Forêts de Guyane (AgroParisTech, CIRAD, CNRS, INRA, Université de Guyane, Université des Antilles), Campus Agronomique, BP 316, Kourou Cedex 97379, France. alain.dejean@wanadoo.fr.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ants (Formicidae) represent a taxonomically diverse group of hymenopterans with over 13,000 extant species, the majority of which inject or spray secretions from a venom gland. The evolutionary success of ants is mostly due to their unique eusociality that has permitted them to develop complex collaborative strategies, partly involving their venom secretions, to defend their nest against predators, microbial pathogens, ant competitors, and to hunt prey. Activities of ant venom include paralytic, cytolytic, haemolytic, allergenic, pro-inflammatory, insecticidal, antimicrobial, and pain-producing pharmacologic activities, while non-toxic functions include roles in chemical communication involving trail and sex pheromones, deterrents, and aggregators. While these diverse activities in ant venoms have until now been largely understudied due to the small venom yield from ants, modern analytical and venomic techniques are beginning to reveal the diversity of toxin structure and function. As such, ant venoms are distinct from other venomous animals, not only rich in linear, dimeric and disulfide-bonded peptides and bioactive proteins, but also other volatile and non-volatile compounds such as alkaloids and hydrocarbons. The present review details the unique structures and pharmacologies of known ant venom proteinaceous and alkaloidal toxins and their potential as a source of novel bioinsecticides and therapeutic agents.

Indexed as

AlkaloidsAnimalsAntsAnt VenomsHumansInsect ProteinsPeptidesAlkaloidsAnt VenomsInsect ProteinsPeptidesalkaloidsant venomenzymesformic acidpeptidestoxinsvenom biochemistry

Identifiers

PMID26805882
PMCPMC4728552

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