Proteins, lipids, lipoproteins and some enzyme characterizations of the venom extract from the centipede Scolopendra morsitans

Mohamed, Ahmed F.; Abu-Sinna, G.; El-Shabaka, H. A.; El-Aal, A. Abd

doi:10.1016/0041-0101(83)90093-4

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“…Centipede venoms are known as complex mixtures including 5-hydroxytryptamine, histamine, lipids, poly-saccharides, and various enzymes like proteinases, esterases, etc [4]. Gomes et al [5] demonstrated notable cardiovascular impacts of Scolopendra venom, mediated by histamine and a cardiodepressant factor described as toxin-S, which is a high-molecular acidic and heat-labile cardiotoxic protein.…”

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Cardiovascular collapse after myocardial infarction due to centipede bite

Üreyen

Arslan

Baş

2015

Wien Klin Wochenschr

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Centipede bites have been reported to cause localized and/or systemic symptoms including local pain, erythema and edema, nausea and vomiting, palpitations, headache, lymphadenopathy, and rhabdomyolysis. However, acute myocardial infarction due to centipede envenomation is reported in only three cases in English medical literature.We present a case of 31-year-old male bitten by a golden colored centipede leading to myocardial infarction and cardiopulmonary arrest which is seen very rarely. The patient was admitted to emergency department with a swollen and painful right foot. However, typical chest pain became the major complaint and cardiopulmonary arrest developed while electrocardiography was being obtained. The patient was resuscitated successfully for 5 min and acute infero-posterolateral myocardial infarction was detected on electrocardiography.

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Cardiovascular collapse after myocardial infarction due to centipede bite

Üreyen

Arslan

Baş

2015

Wien Klin Wochenschr

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“…[10] Mohamed et al reported that the venom extracted from centipedes Scolopendra morsitans contained phospholipids, cholesterol, free fatty acids, triglycerides, cholesterol esters, squalene, the enzyme esterase, alkaline phosphatases, amino acid naphthylamidase, and acid phosphatase. [11] Anticoagulation and coagulant components have also been identified. [12] Absorption from the stomach occurs if the venom is acid stable, but the PH stability of centipede venom has not been studied.…”

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Rhabdomyolysis, Acute Renal Failure, and Multiple Focal Neuropathies After Drinking Alcohol Soaked with Centipede

Wang¹,

Hsu²,

Chi³

et al. 2004

Renal Failure

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Many Chinese like to drink alcohol soaked with creatures for promoting health. This study reports a 49-year-old male who presented with multiple focal neuropathies of the upper limbs, coagulopathy, erythematous swelling of the bilateral upper extremities and trunk with bullous skin lesions, and rhabdomyolysis associated with acute renal failure after drinking alcohol soaked with centipede. Soaking a centipede, Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans, in 53% alcohol, produced the wine. Supportive treatment was administered, and the skin lesions and renal failure improved with subsequent neurologic deficit during the week following initial presentation. Alcohol binge or immobilization was the likely cause of neuropathy, bullous skin lesions and rhabdomyolysis in the patient. However, there is a possibility that centipede venom also contributed to the illness in this patient.

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“…Centipede venoms are complex mixtures containing 5-hydroxytryptamine, histamine, lipids, polysaccharides and various enzymes like proteinases, esterases etc. [4] It is thought that the centipede venom is a lipid-toxin complex, similar to that of scorpion venom, which facilitates local cellular penetration and absorption. Very little research has been performed regarding physiological effects of the venom.…”

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Acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction from a centipede bite

Meenakshisundaram¹,

Michaels

Suresh

et al. 2011

Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research

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Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) following a centipede bite has been very rarely reported. Here, we describe a 22 year-old man who had ST-segment elevation AMI after a centipede bite. He presented with typical chest pain, electro and echocardiographic abnormalities, and elevated cardiac enzymes with normal coronary angiography. The probable mechanisms were described. Practitioners treating centipede bites shall not consider it lightly, as centipede envenomation may produce a variety of systemic and local manifestations in susceptible individuals.

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Proteins, lipids, lipoproteins and some enzyme characterizations of the venom extract from the centipede Scolopendra morsitans

Cited by 39 publications

References 15 publications

Cardiovascular collapse after myocardial infarction due to centipede bite

Cardiovascular collapse after myocardial infarction due to centipede bite

Rhabdomyolysis, Acute Renal Failure, and Multiple Focal Neuropathies After Drinking Alcohol Soaked with Centipede

Acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction from a centipede bite

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