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ArticleToxicon: X2020

Synthetic peptides to produce antivenoms against the Cys-rich toxins of arachnids.

Silvia A Camperi, Gerardo Acosta, Gabriela R Barredo, Lucía C Iglesias-García, Cleópatra Alves da Silva Caldeira, María C Martínez-Ceron, Silvana L Giudicessi, Osvaldo Cascone, Fernando Albericio

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Article in Toxicon: X, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Silvia A CamperiUniversidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Cátedra de Biotecnología, Junín 956, 1113, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Gerardo AcostaCIBER-BBN, Networking Centre on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, and Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Gabriela R BarredoUniversidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Cátedra de Biotecnología, Junín 956, 1113, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Lucía C Iglesias-GarcíaUniversidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Cátedra de Biotecnología, Junín 956, 1113, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Cleópatra Alves da Silva CaldeiraUniversidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Cátedra de Biotecnología, Junín 956, 1113, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
María C Martínez-CeronUniversidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Cátedra de Biotecnología, Junín 956, 1113, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Silvana L GiudicessiUniversidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Cátedra de Biotecnología, Junín 956, 1113, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Osvaldo CasconeUniversidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Cátedra de Biotecnología, Junín 956, 1113, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Fernando AlbericioCIBER-BBN, Networking Centre on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, and Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · ARUniversitat de Barcelona · ESCentro de Excelência em Bioinformática · BRInstituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular · ARUniversity of Buenos Aires · AR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Scorpion and spider envenomation is treated with the appropriate antivenoms, prepared as described by Césaire Auguste Phisalix and Albert Calmette in 1894. Such treatment requires the acquisition and manipulation of arachnid venoms, both very complicated procedures. Most of the toxins in the venoms of spiders and scorpions are extremely stable cysteine-rich peptide neurotoxins. Many strategies have been developed to obtain synthetic immunogens to facilitate the production of antivenoms against these toxins. For example, whole peptide toxins can be synthesized by solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS). Also, epitopes of the toxins can be identified and after the chemical synthesis of these peptide epitopes by SPPS, they can be coupled to protein carriers to develop efficient immunogens. Moreover, multiple antigenic peptides with a polylysine core can be designed and synthesized. This review focuses on the strategies developed to obtain synthetic immunogens for the production of antivenoms against the toxic Cys-rich peptides of scorpions and spiders.

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Carrier proteinCysteineEpitopeEpitopesImmunogen conjugateKnottinsScorpionSolid-phase peptide synthesisSpiderVenom

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PMID32550593
PMCPMC7285918
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