Snake venomics of monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia) and investigation of human IgG response against venom toxins

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Snake venomics of monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia) and investigation of human IgG response against venom toxins. / Laustsen, Andreas Hougaard; Lohse, Brian; Rasmussen, Arne Redsted.

In: Toxicon, Vol. 99, 2015, p. 23-35.

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Laustsen, AH, Lohse, B & Rasmussen, AR 2015, 'Snake venomics of monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia) and investigation of human IgG response against venom toxins', Toxicon, vol. 99, pp. 23-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2015.03.001

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Laustsen, A. H., Lohse, B., & Rasmussen, A. R. (2015). Snake venomics of monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia) and investigation of human IgG response against venom toxins. Toxicon, 99, 23-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2015.03.001

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Laustsen AH, Lohse B, Rasmussen AR. Snake venomics of monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia) and investigation of human IgG response against venom toxins. Toxicon. 2015;99:23-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2015.03.001

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Laustsen, Andreas Hougaard ; Lohse, Brian ; Rasmussen, Arne Redsted. / Snake venomics of monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia) and investigation of human IgG response against venom toxins. In: Toxicon. 2015 ; Vol. 99. pp. 23-35.

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title = "Snake venomics of monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia) and investigation of human IgG response against venom toxins",
abstract = "The venom proteome of the monocled cobra, Naja kaouthia, from Thailand, was characterized by RP-HPLC, SDS-PAGE, and MALDI-TOF-TOF analyses, yielding 38 different proteins that were either identified or assigned to families. Estimation of relative protein abundances revealed that venom is dominated by three-finger toxins (77.5%; including 24.3% cytotoxins and 53.2% neurotoxins) and phospholipases A2 (13.5%). It also contains lower proportions of components belonging to nerve growth factor, ohanin/vespryn, cysteine-rich secretory protein, C-type lectin/lectin-like, nucleotidase, phosphodiesterase, metalloproteinase, l-amino acid oxidase, cobra venom factor, and cytidyltransferase protein families. Small amounts of three nucleosides were also evidenced: adenosine, guanosine, and inosine. The most relevant lethal components, categorized by means of a {\textquoteleft}toxicity score{\textquoteright}, were α-neurotoxins, followed by cytotoxins/cardiotoxins. IgGs isolated from a person who had repeatedly self-immunized with a variety of snake venoms were immunoprofiled by ELISA against all venom fractions. Stronger responses against larger toxins, but lower against the most critical α-neurotoxins were obtained. As expected, no neutralization potential against N. kaouthia venom was therefore detected. Combined, our results display a high level of venom complexity, unveil the most relevant toxins to be neutralized, and provide prospects of discovering human IgGs with toxin neutralizing abilities through use of phage display screening.",
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