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  • Title: Plasma arginine-vasotocin and hydroosmotic status of the terrestrial pit viper Bothrops jararaca.
    Author: Silveira PF, Koike TI, Schiripa LN, Reichl AP, Magnoli FC, Mimura OM.
    Journal: Gen Comp Endocrinol; 1998 Mar; 109(3):336-46. PubMed ID: 9480741.
    Abstract:
    Peaks corresponding to arg-vasotocin obtained by HPLC from Sep-Pak C18 column extracts of Bothrops jararaca plasma were identified by radioimmunoassay and amino acid analysis. Plasma vasotocin and protein levels, osmolality, and L-cystine-di-beta-naphthylamidase were also compared in snakes under normal hydration conditions with or without chronic administration of vasotocin or in the presence of chronic hydroosmotic challenges. Sep-Pak C18 and radioimmunoassay were validated for the extraction and determination of this peptide, respectively (about 80% recovery). EDTA presented a protective action on this recovery compared to the use of heparin as anticoagulant for snake blood. A reduction of vasotocin content related to the time of incubation of this peptide added to snake plasma was detected by radioimmunoassay. Snake plasma activity also on L-cystine-di-beta-naphthylamide indicated that this vasotocin-destroying effect was due to hydrolysis by a cystine-aminopeptidase-like activity. Plasma levels of vasotocin revealed an unexpected dispersion and absent correlation with plasma levels of osmolality. Measurable vasotocin in a large number of snakes associated with lower levels of l-cystine-di-beta-naphthylamidase in acute than in chronic salt loading suggested the role of this enzyme activity in long-term regulation of the vasotocin system in this snake.
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