AVALIAÇÃO DA ATIVIDADE NÃO CITOTÓXICA DO VENENO DA BOTHROPS MOOJENI EM CÉLULAS MONONUCLEARES DO SANGUE PERIFÉRICO HUMANO

Abstract

Introduction: Today, Brazil has the second position among the countries with more richness of reptiles in their territory. The Bothrops moojeni is a poisonous snake found abundantly in the Midwest region of Brazil. Neurotoxins are complex mixtures containing neurotoxins, cytotoxins, myotoxins, proteases and nucleases. The venom of Bothrops moojeni and composed a great number of bioactive components that may eventually be a potential therapeutic use in scientific research focused on health. Objectives: The objective of this project was to evaluate the activity of noncytotoxic venom Bothrops moojeni in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (CMN). Methodology: In this work were obtained CMN donations from healthy individuals, MNCs were separated in the density gradient. After activation of CMN with phytohemagglutinin (PHA) and interleukin (IL2) was added different concentrations of cobra venom B. moojeni to evaluate its activity is not cytotoxic. Results: The levels of 0.5 and 0.05 mg / mL crude venom of Bothrops moojeni showed no cytotoxic activity on human peripheral blood CMN. Conclusion: The crude venom of Bothrops moojeni by not showing cytotoxicity at levels of 0.5 and 0.05 mg / mL, is potentially useful for evaluating potential therapeutic effects on these cells infected with microorganisms such as HIV - 1.