Toxicon 1991: Vol 29 Table of Contents

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An International Journal Devoted to the Exchange of Knowledge on the
Poisons Derived from Animals, Plants and Microorganisms
Official Journal of the International Society on Toxinology
TOXICON
Editor: PHILIP ROSENBERG, Storrs, CT, U.S.A.
VOLUME 29, 1991
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TOXICON
An International Journal Devoted to the Exchange of Knowledge on the Poisons Derived
from Animals, Plants and Microorganisms.
Official Journal of the International Society on Toxinology.
Editors
Dr PHILIP ROSENBERG, Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Connecticut, School
of Pharmacy, Storrs, CT 06269, U.S.A.
Dr GERHARD HABERMEHL, Department of Chemistry, School of Veterinary Medicine,
Bischofsholer Damm 15, 3000 Hannover |, Federal Republic of Germany (Assistant Editor)
Editorial Council
K. ANGELIDES, Houston E. HABERMANN, Giessen A. MENEZ, Gif-sur-Yvette
B. E. C. BANKs, London J. B. Harris, Newcastle-upon-Tyne J. L. MIDDLEBROOK, Frederick
A. L. BieBER, Tempe A. L. Harvey, Glasgow S. A. MINTON Jr, /ndianapolis
B. Bizzini, Paris R. J. HUXTABLE, Tucson S. OLSNES, Oslo
J. W. Burnett, Baltimore H. IKEZAWA, Nagoya C. L. Ownsy, Stillwater
W. W. CARMICHAEL, Dayton M. IsmaiL, Riyadh A. M. PAPPENHEIMER JR,
E. ConpreA, Tel-Aviv C. Y. Kao, New York Cambridge, MA
J. W. Day, Bethesda E. Karisson, Uppsala T. PiEK, Amsterdam
M. F. EL-Asmar, Cairo W. R. Kem, Gainesville L. D. Possani, Cuernavaca
J. E. FLETCHER, Philadelphia E. Kocuva, Tel-Aviv F. E. RusseL_, Tucson
L. Freire-Mata, Belo Horizonte F. KORNALiK, Prague W. T. SHIER, Minneapolis
P. GOPALAKRISHNAKONE, Singapore M. LazpunskI, Nice K. STOCKER, Basel
E. GrisHin, Moscow C. Y. Lee, Taipei G. R. STRICHARTZ, Boston
F. Gupensek, Ljubljana F. S. MARKLAND Jr, Los Angeles P. N. StRONG, London
J. M. GuTIERREZ, San José D. Mess, Frankfurt R. D. G. THEAKSTON, Liverpool
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LIST OF CONTENTS
1991
Vol. 29, No. 1
Instructions for Contributors to Toxicon
J. Liu and K. M. BLUMENTHAL Identification of oleic acid binding sites in cytolysin A-III from the
heteronemertine Cerebratulus lacteus
O. B. STABELL, V. HORMAZABAL, I. STEFFENAK Diarrhetic shellfish toxins: improvement of sample clean-up for HPLC
and K. PEDERSEN determination
J.-L. HUANG and W. R. TRUMBLE Cardiotoxin from cobra venom affects the Ca-Mg-ATPase of cardiac
sarcolemmal membrane vesicles
M. T. C. RUNNEGAR, R. G. GERDES The uptake of the cyanobacterial hepatotoxin microcystin by isolated
and I. R. FALCONER rat hepatocytes
J. Manar, G. L. LukAcs, Y. Li, S. HALL Pharmacological and biochemical properties of saxiphilin, a soluble
and E. MocZYDLOWSKI saxitoxin-binding protein from the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
Y. Yasuki, Y. OGucHi and H. TAKAHASHI Purification of a kininogenase (kininogenase-2) from the venom of
Agkistrodon caliginosus (Kankoku-Mamushi)
B. Francis, T. R. JOHN, C. SEEBART New toxins from the venom of the common tiger snake (Notechis
and I. I. KAISER Scutatus scutatus )
M. K. Buat, S. Kasturi and T. V. Gowpa Structure-function relationships among neurotoxic phospholipases:
NN-XIII-PLA, from Indian cobra (Naja naja naja) and VRV PL-V
from Russell’s viper (Vipera russelli) venoms
E. SuGur, A. MAHAR and J. SuGur B-Fibrinogenase from the venom of Vipera lebetina
Short Communications
J. VARGAS-VILLARREAL, J. J. MARTIN-POLO, A new affinity adsorbent for the purification of phospholipases A, and
E. REYNAUD and A. C. ALAGON A; from animal venoms
S. Sorer, H. SHALEV, Z. WEIZMAN, Acute pancreatitis in children following envenomation by the yeilow
E. SHAHAK and M. GUERON scorpion Leiurus quinquestriatus
M. KLuG and J. WEBER An extract from Hydra vulgaris (Cnidaria) nematocysts increases
cytoplasmic Ca** levels in fibroblasts
D. K. STEVENS and R. I. KRIEGER Effect of route of exposure and repeated doses on the acute toxicity in
mice of the cyanobacterial nicotinic alkaloid anatoxin-A
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T. PIEK 139 Review article—Neurotoxic kinins from wasp and ant venoms
J. STORZEBECHER, U. NEUMANN and J. MEIER Inhibition of the protein C activator Protac®, a serine proteinase from
the venom of the southern copperhead snake Agkistrodon contortrix
contortrix
IV
N. Opa, H. NAKAMURA, S. SAKAMOTO, Amino acid sequence of a phospholipase A, from the venom of
S.-Y. Liu, H. Kimara, C.-C. CHANG Trimeresurus gramineus (green habu snake)
and M. OHNO
D. K. Stevens and R. I. KRIEGER Stability studies on the cyanobacterial nicotinic alkaloid anatoxin-A
P. MarXEN, G. ERDMANN and H. BIGALKE The translocation of Botulinum A neurotoxin by chromaffin cells is
promoted in low ionic strength solution and is insensitive to trypsin
C. TaKasak1, H. Yosuipa, T. SHIMAZU, Studies on the venom components of the long-glanded coral snake,
T. Teruucui, M. Toripa and N. TAMIYA Maticora bivirgata
K. TAKANO, F. KIRCHNER and M. MIzoTE Intact inhibition of the stretch reflex during general tetanus
M. NaGAHAMA and J. SAKURAI Distribution of labeled Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin in mice
M* F. D. Furtapo, M. MARUYAMA, Comparative study of nine Bothrops snake venoms from adult female
A. S. Kamicuti and L. C. ANTONIO snakes and their offspring
S. A. WEINSTEIN, J. J. SCHMIDT, Characterization and amino acid sequences of two lethal peptides
A. W. BERNHEIMER and L. A. SMITH isolated from venom of Wagler’s pit viper, Trimeresurus wagleri
G. LANDAN, A. BDOLAH, Z. WOLLBERG, Evolution of the sarafotoxin/endothelin superfamily of proteins
E. Kocuva and D. GRAUR
R. HaHin, GING-Kuo WANG, B. I. SHAPIRO Alterations in sodium channel gating produced by the venom of the
and G. STRICHARTZ marine mollusc Conus striatus
Short Communications
N. Yoxkosawa, K. Tsuzuk1, B. SyuTo, Binding of botulinum type Cl, D and E neurotoxins to neuronal cell
N. Fusn, K. Kimura and K. OGUMA lines and synaptosomes
S. D. Airp, W. G. KRUGGEL and I. I. KaIsER Multiple myotoxin sequences from the venom of a single prairie
rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis viridis)
J. PUNGer¢aR, D. Korps, B. STRUKELJ, Cloning and nucleotide sequence of a cDNA encoding ammodytoxin
NinG-SHENG LIANG and F. GuBENSEK A, the most toxic phospholipase A, from the venom of long-nosed
viper (Vipera ammodytes)
Meeting Announcement Fumonisins: A Current Perspective and a View to the Future,
24-25 April 1991, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
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S. P. Hawser, G. A. Copp, D. G. Capone 277 A neurotoxic factor associated with the bloom-forming cyano-
and E. J. CARPENTER bacterium Trichodesmium
Report and Abstracts 279 Ninth European Symposium on Animal, Plant and Microbial Toxins,
Lohusalu, Estonia, 23-26 September 1990
P. K. KNOEFEL 301 Review article—Abati’s work on the amazing nature of the viper and
its miraculous powers
A. De Luca, M. J. Rano, J. J. Rei Differential sensitivities of avian and mammalian neuromuscular junc-
and D. F. Story tions to inhibition of cholinergic transmission by w-conotoxin GVIA
G. MAstRoME!, C. BARBERIO, S. PISTOLES! A bactericidal protein in Bombina variegata pachypus skin venom
and G. DELFINO
G. B. QuisTabD, C. C. REUTER, W. S. SKINNER, Paralytic and insecticidal toxins from the funnel web spider, Hololena
P. A. DENNIS, S. SUWANRUMPHA and E. W. Fu curta
G. A. Miura, N. A. Rosinson, Hepatotoxicity of microcystin-LR in fed and fasted rats
W. B. Lawrence and J. G. Pace
W. M. VALENTINE, D. J. SCHAEFFER Electromyographic assessment of the neuromuscular blockade pro-
and V. R. BEASLEY duced in vivo by anatoxin-a in the rat
J. L. MIDDLEBROOK Preparation and characterization of monoclonal antibodies against
pseudexin
Short Communications
E. G. Rowan, A. L. Harvey and A. MENEZ Neuromuscular effects of nigexine, a basic phospholipase A, from Naja
nigricollis venom
J. A. Pearson, M. I. TYLER Immunological relationships between the subunits of textilotoxin and
and M. E. H. HowpEN rabbit antisera raised against textilotoxin and some snake venoms
J. S. KinCHBERG and T. M. Davipson Envenomation by the colubrid snake Atractaspis bibronii: a case report
S. Sorer, E. SHAHAK, A. SLONIM Myocardial injury without heart failure following envenomation by the
and M. GUERON scorpion Leiurus quinquestriatus in children
M. WaACHSMAN, L. AURELIAN Human immunosuppression induced by sea nettle (Chrysaora quin-
and J. W. BURNETT quecirrha) venom
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N. C. BUCKNALL 397 Electrical treatment of venomous bites and stings
S. A. WEINSTEIN, D. CHISZAR, 401 Lethal potency and fractionation of Duvernoy’s secretion from the
R. C. Bett and L. A. SMITH brown tree snake, Boiga irregularis
A. R. Mattocks, S. CROSWELL, 409 Identity of a biliary metabolite formed from monocrotaline in isolated,
R. Jukes and R. J. HUXTABLE perfused rat liver
W. MALorni, S. Parapisi, M. L. Duputs, 417 Enhancement of cell-mediated cytotoxicity by Clostridium difficile
C. FIORENTINI and C. RAMONI toxin A: an in vitro study
S. NisHipa and N. TAMIYA Tryptophan residues of phospholipase A, from the venom of an
Australian elapid snake (Pseudechis australis)
V. CHouMmET, M. S. JIANG, I. SPECKER Immunochemical cross-reactivity of two phospholipase A, neuro-
and C. Bon toxins, agkistrodotoxin and crotoxin
C. BARJA-FIDALGO, J. A.G UIMARAES Lipoxygenase-mediated secretory effect of canatoxin the toxic protein
and C. R. CARLINI from Canavalia ensiformis seeds
Y. Sameyima, Y. Aoki and D. MEBs Amino acid sequence of a myotoxin from venom of the eastern
diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus )
Vi
C. F. B. HOLMES Liquid chromatography-linked protein phosphatase bioassay; a highly
sensitive marine bioscreen for okadaic acid and related diarrhetic
shellfish toxins
K. HarabDa, K. OGawa, K. MATsuuRA, Isolation of two toxic heptapeptide microcystins from an axenic strain
H. NaGat, H. Murata, M. SuZUKI, of Microcystis aeruginosa, K-139
Y. ITEzoNo, N. NAKAYAMA, M. SHIRAI
and M. NAKANO
L. Ya, YUKELSON, G. TANS, Procoagulant activities in venoms from central Asian snakes
M. C. L. G. D. THOMASSEN,
H. C. HEMKER and J. RosiInG
B. G. STILES A non-radioactive receptor assay for snake venom postsynaptic
neurotoxins
Short Communications
M. A. BENITEZ, E. NAVARRO, M. FERIA, Pharmacological study of the muscle paralyzing activity of the juice of
J. TRuuLLO and J. BoaDA the banana trunk
F. Ducance., E. G. Rowan, E. Cassar, Amino acid sequence of a muscarinic toxin deduced from the cDNA
A. L. Harvey, A. MENEz and J.-C. BOULAIN nucleotide sequence
E. KARLSSON, C. RISINGER, M. JOLKKONEN, Amino acid sequence of a snake venom toxin that binds to the
C. WERNSTEDT and A. ADEM muscarinic acetylcholine receptor
M. BaRRAL-NetTO and R. L. VON SOHSTEN Serum kinetics of crotoxin from Crotalus durissus terrificus venom in
mice: evidence for a rapid clearance
D. K. Vest, S. P. MACKESSY The unique Duvernoy’s secretion of the brown tree snake (Boiga
and K. V. KARDONG irregularis )
H. P. DEsMOND, J.M . CRAMPTON Rapid isolation and partial characterization of two phospholipases
and R. D. G. THEAKSTON from Kenyan Echis carinatus leakeyi (Leakey’s saw-scaled viper)
venom
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26-29 September 1991, Ivano Fracena, Trento, Italy
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C. FIORENTINI and M. THELESTAM 543 Review article—Clostridium difficile toxin A and its effects on cells
S. M. Carneiro, V. R. Pinto, C. JARED, 569 Morphometric studies on venom secretory cells from Bothrops jarara-
L. A. B. M. Luta, F. P. Faria and A. Sesso cussu (Jararacugu) before and after venom extraction
B. KaurMaAN, D. C. WriGut, W. R. BALLou 581 Protection against tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin intoxication by a cross-
and D. MONHEIT protective rabbit anti-tetrodotoxin antiserum
S. B. Hooser, M. S. KUHLENSCHMIDT, 589 Uptake and subcellular localization of tritiated dihydro-microcystin-
A. M. DaHiem, V. R. BEASLEY, LR in rat liver
W. W. CARMICHAEL and W. M. HascHEK
D. D. SHeumack, C. A. PHILLIPS, Protection of monkeys against the lethal effects of male funnel-web
E. J. MYLECHARANE, I. SPENCE, R. CLAASSENS, spider (Atrax robustus) venom by immunization with a toxoid
M. R. Brown, A. Comis and
M. E. H. HOwDEN
Vil
R. D. CROSLAND Effect of drugs on the lethality in mice of the venoms and neurotoxins
from sundry snakes
K. Terao, E. ITo, M. Oarapba, Y. ISHIBASHI, Light and electron microscopic studies of pathologic changes induced
A.-M. LEGRAND and T. YasuMOTO in mice by ciguatoxin poisoning
R. M. Davin, N. R. KrisHNA and D.D. Watt Characterization of cationic binding sites of neurotoxins from venom
of the scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus Ewing) using lanthanides as
binding probes
. V. Sampaio, E. C. ARANTES, W. A. PRADO, Further characterization of toxins T,IV (TsTX-III) and T,IV from
. R. Neto and J. R. GiGLio Tityus serrulatus scorpion venom
. M. Tanizak1, H. Kawasak1, K. Suzuki Purification of a proteinase inhibitor from the plasma of Bothrops
and F. R. MANDELBAUM jararaca (jararaca)
H. M. CHEN, A. L. Guan and Immunological properties of the fibrinolytic enzyme (fibrolase) from
F. S. MARKLAND, JR southern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix) venom and its
purification by immunoaffinity chromatography
B. Lomonte, J. M. GuTiERREz, G. Rosas Quantitation by enzyme-immunoassay of antibodies against Bothrops
and L. CALDERON myotoxins in four commercially-available antivenoms
K. YONAHA, M. IHa, Y. TOMIHARA, Characterization of three hemorrhagic factors from the venom of
M. Nozaki and M. YAMAKAWA Okinawa habu (Trimeresurus flavoviridis )
A. M. Moura-bDa-SILva, H. DESMOND, Isolation and comparison of myotoxins isolated from venoms of
G. LainG and R. D. G. THEAKSTON different species of Bothrops snakes
E. Giusa, H. BRAUNS and K. STOCKER Endothelium-dependent relaxant effect of thrombocytin, a serine
proteinase from Bothrops atrox snake venom, on isolated pig coronary
arteries
A. S. KREGER Detection of a cytolytic toxin in the venom of the stonefish (Synanceia
trachynis )
F. ALARD, S. GEERTS et L. TRIEST Toxicite d’Ambrosia maritima L., plante molluscicide, sur les
organismes aquatiques non-cibles
N. SuGIMOTO, YUN-MING CHEN, Pathodynamics of intoxication in rats and mice by enterotoxin of
SHu-YvueE Lee, M. MaTsuDa and Clostridium perfringens type A
CHEN-YUAN LEE
M. J. Howmes, R. J. Lewis, M. A. Pout and Strain dependent production of ciguatoxin precursors (gambiertoxins)
N. C. GILLESPIE by Gambierdiscus toxicus (Dinophyceae) in culture
G. S. Baitey, A. At-Jouri, S. RawaT and Neutralization of kinin-releasing enzymes of crotalid venoms by
D. C. SMITH monospecific and polyspecific antivenoms
Short Communications
M. R. D’Império Lima, M. C. Dos SANTOS, Susceptibility of different strains of mice to South American rattle-
D. V. TaMBouRGI, T. MARQUES, snake (Crotalus durissus terrificus) venom: correlation between lethal
W. Dias Da Sitva and T. KIpNis effect and creatine kinase release
S. ManasBe, D. C. NusBer and Y. C. Lin Zone-specific hepatotoxicity of gossypol in perfused rat liver
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C. R. CaRLini and J. A. GUIMARAES 791 Review article—Plant and microbial toxic proteins as hemilectins:
emphasis on canatoxin
S. WEISSENBERG, M. Ovap1A, G. FLEMINGER Antihemorrhagic factors from the blood serum of the western
and E. KocHva diamondback rattlesnake Crotalus atrox
V. M. MAHNIR and E. P. KOZLOVSKAYA Structure-toxicity relationships of neurotoxin RTX-III from the sea
anemone Radianthus macrodactylus: modification of amino groups
A. Gasi, M. Karoul, Z. BENLASFAR, Purification and characterization of a fibrinogenase from Vipera
H. Karout, M. Et Ayes and K. DELLAG! lebetina (desert adder) venom
H. Topa, F. SakryaMA, M. You, Tryptophan 65 is essential for hemolytic activity of the thermostable
T. Honpa and T. MIwATANI direct hemolysin from Vibrio parahaemolyticus
T. NoGucui, A. E. Axi, O. ARAKAWA, Tetrodonic acid-like substance; a possible precursor of tetrodotoxin
K. Miyazawa, S. KANOH, Y. SHIDA,
S. NisHio and K. HasHIMOTO
K. H. Munvicn, S. SENGOTTUVELU, Pathophysiology of sea nettle (Chrysaora quinquecirrha), enveno-
P. N. MANSON, R. A. M. MYERs, mation in a rat model and the effects of hyperbaric oxygen and
J. W. BuRNETT and L: MARZELLA verapamil treatment
W. K. Hayes Ontogeny of striking, prey-handling and envenomation behavior of
prairie rattlesnakes (Crotalus v. viridis)
P. Bette, A. OKSCHE, F. MAULER, A comparative biochemical, pharmacological and immunological
C. v. EiCHEL-STREIBER, M. R. Poporr and study of Clostridium novyi «-toxin, C. difficile toxin B and C. sordellii
E. HABERMANN lethal toxin
Short Communications
M. K. BEITLER Toxicity of adductor muscles from the purple hinge rock scallop
(Crassadoma gigantea) along the Pacific coast of North America
K. SAITANU, S. LAOBHRIPATR, Toxicity of the freshwater puffer fish Tetraodon fangi and T. palemban-
K. LIMPAKARNJANARAT, O. SANGWANLOY, gensis from Thailand
S. SUDHASANEYA, B. ANUCHATVORAKUL
and S. LEELASITORN
P. E. GRaNuM and M. RICHARDSON Chymotrypsin treatment increases the activity of Clostridium perfrin-
gens enterotoxin
T. Lanaras, C. M. Cook, J. E. Eriksson, Computer modelling of the 3-dimensional structures of the cyano-
J. A. O. MeriLuoto and M. HoToKKa bacterial hepatotoxins microcystin-LR and nodularin
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D. S. CHAPMAN 907 In Memoriam—Poul Agerholm Christensen
In Appreciation 911
R. V. ConsipinE and L. L. Simpson 913 Review article—Cellular and molecular actions of binary toxins
possessing ADP-ribosyltransferase activity
S.-R. Lin and C.-C. CHANG Studies on the status of amino groups in a-bungarotoxin
H. ZeRROuK, P. E. Bouais, B. CEARD, Analysis by high-performance liquid chromatography of Androctonus
A. BENSLIMANE and M. F. MARTIN-EAUCLAIRE mauretanicus mauretanicus (black scorpion) venom
A. S. KamicuTi, J. L. C. Carposo, Coagulopathy and haemorrhage in human victims of Bothrops
R. D. G. THEAKSTON, I. S. SANO-MARTINS, jararaca envenoming in Brazil
R. A. Hutton, F. P. RUGMAN,
D. A. WARRELL and C. R. M. Hay
L. L. DeGn, C. S. SEEBART and I. I. Kaiser Specific binding of crotoxin to brain synaptosomes and synaptosomal
membranes
. STRAIN, T. G. SNIDER, Hyperbaric oxygen effects on brown recluse spider (Loxosceles reclusa)
_ TEDFORD and G. H. CoHN envenomation in rabbits
. Fortes-Dias, B. C. B. FONSECA, Purification and properties of an antivenom factor from the plasma of
ocHvVA and C. R. Diniz the South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus terrificus)
iy" Rosinson, D. R. FRANZ and Effects of lyngbyatoxin A from the blue-green alga Lyngbya majuscula
; BONDURA on rabbit aorta contractions
. F.H wan, K. P. Tai, C. H. CHUEH, Tetrodotoxin and derivatives in several species of the gastropod
=, Lin and S. S. JENG Naticidae
-P. SauviaT, D. LAURENT, Fumonisin, a toxin from the fungus Fusarium moniliforme Sheld blocks
. KOHLER and F. PELLEGRIN both the calcium current and the mechanical activity in frog atrial
muscle
C. L. Ho and L. L. HWANG Local edema induced by the black-bellied hornet (Vespa basalis)
venom and its components
Short Communication
I. H. AL-ABDULLA, A. M. SIDKI An indirect haemolytic assay for assessing antivenoms
and J. LANDON
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E. KOCHVA 1049 The burrowing asps genus Atractaspis belongs to a separate family of
venomous snakes—the Atractaspididae
R. S. NORTON 1051 Review article—Structure and structure—function relationships of sea
anemone proteins that interact with the sodium channel
M. Murata, F. Gusovsky, M. SASAKI, 1085 Effect of maitotoxin analogues on calcium influx and phosphoinositide
A. YOKOYAMA, T. YASUMOTO breakdown in cultured cells
and J. W. DaLy
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