Department of Biochemistry, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo 04023-901, Brazil.
Laboratory of Applied Toxinology, Center of Toxins, Immune-Response and Cell Signalig, CeTICS, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo 05503-900, Brazil.
J Proteome Res. 2022 Nov 4;21(11):2783-2797. doi: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.2c00593. Epub 2022 Oct 19.
is an Amazonian spider described for the first time almost a century ago. However, little is known about their venom composition. Here, we present a multiomics characterization of venom by a combination of transcriptomics, proteomics, and peptidomics approaches. Transcriptomics of female venom glands resulted in 93,979 unique assembled mRNA transcript encoding proteins. A total of 92 proteins were identified in the venom by mass spectrometry, including 14 mature cysteine-rich peptides (CRPs). Quantitative analysis showed that CRPs, cysteine-rich secretory proteins, metalloproteases, carbonic anhydrases, and hyaluronidase comprise >90% of the venom proteome. Relative quantification of venom toxins was performed by DIA and DDA, revealing converging profiles of female and male specimens by both methods. Biochemical assays confirmed the presence of active hyaluronidases, phospholipases, and proteases in the venom. Moreover, the venom promoted paralytic activities in crickets, consistent with the high concentration of CRPs. Overall, we report a comprehensive analysis of the arsenal of toxins of and highlight their potential biotechnological and pharmacological applications. Mass spectrometry data were deposited to the ProteomeXchange Consortium via the PRIDE repository with the dataset identifier PXD013149 and via the MassIVE repository with the dataset identifier MSV000087777.
是一种近一个世纪前首次被描述的亚马逊蜘蛛。然而,关于它们毒液的组成知之甚少。在这里,我们通过转录组学、蛋白质组学和肽组学方法的结合,对毒液进行了多组学表征。雌性毒腺的转录组学研究产生了 93979 个独特的编码蛋白质的组装 mRNA 转录本。通过质谱共鉴定出 92 种毒液蛋白,包括 14 种成熟的富含半胱氨酸的肽(CRPs)。定量分析表明,CRPs、富含半胱氨酸的分泌蛋白、金属蛋白酶、碳酸酐酶和透明质酸酶构成了毒液蛋白质组的>90%。通过 DIA 和 DDA 对毒液毒素进行相对定量,两种方法均显示出雌性和雄性标本的趋同图谱。生化分析证实了毒液中存在活性透明质酸酶、磷脂酶和蛋白酶。此外,毒液促进了蟋蟀的麻痹活性,这与 CRPs 的高浓度一致。总的来说,我们报告了 的毒素武器库的综合分析,并强调了它们在生物技术和药理学应用方面的潜力。质谱数据已通过 ProteomeXchange 联盟的 PRIDE 存储库(数据集标识符为 PXD013149)和 MassIVE 存储库(数据集标识符为 MSV000087777)进行了提交。