Table 2 Targets for assessing the biological activity of Macrovipera crude venoms

From: The biology and toxinology of blunt-nosed vipers

142Target

M. l. lebetina

M. l. cernovi

M. l. obtusa

M. l. turanica

M. schweizeri

 

References

Human

CaCo-2 (colon adenocarcinoma)

  

   

39

HEK293T (Human Embryonic Kidney 293 variant)

 

 

36

HUVEC (Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells)

β, γ

γ

α, β,γ

γ

γ

 

143α; 142β, 36γ

K562 (chronic myelogenous leukaemia)

  

   

141

MCF-7 (breast cancer)

  

   

39

MDA-MB-231 (breast cancer)

 

 

36

U-87 MG (malignant glioblastoma)

  

   

39

Plasma

 

35

nAChR (nicotinic acetylcholine receptor) mimotopes

 

144

Monkey

Vero (Chlorocebus sabaeus kidney)

  

   

39

Mouse

L929 (fibroblast cells)

     

34

RAW264.7 (macrophage)

 

 

36

Liver, kidney, lung, and heart tissues

  

   

136;137

Rat

Neonatal cardiomyocytes and nonmyocytes

  

   

138

Atria and perfused mesenteric bed

  

   

145*

Paw oedema model

  

   

139

Guinea pig

Ileum

  

   

145*

Gram-positive bacteria

Bacillus cereus ATCC 7064

  

   

39

Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212

  

   

39

Enterococcus faecium DSM 13590

  

   

39

Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923

 

β

α,β

β

β

 

39α; 36β

Staphylococcus epidermidis ATCC 12228

 

β

α,β

β

β

 

39α; 36β

Listeria monocytogenes DSM 20600

 

 

36

Gram-negative bacteria

Escherichia coli ATCC 25922

 

β

α,β

β

β

 

39α; 36β

Escherichia coli 0157:H7

  

   

39

Proteus vulgaris ATCC 6957

  

   

39

Salmonella typhimurium CCM 5445

  

   

39

Fungi

Candida albicans ATCC 10239

  

   

39

Artificial

Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUV)

  

   

134; 135

  1. The table provides information on the tested targets, categorised by type, along with the Macrovipera taxon from which the analysed venom was obtained, and the corresponding references. In the case of human nAChR mimotopes, those from amphibians, birds, lizards and rodents (rats) were also tested. An asterisk (*) indicates publications where the assignment of the M. lebetina subspecies from which the analysed venom was sourced is uncertain.