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Pomacea canaliculata perivitellin-2
Identifiers
OrganismPomacea canaliculata (golden apple snail)
SymbolPcPV2
Alt. symbolsPV2

Perivitellin-2 (PV2) is the second most abundant perivitellin (~20 % total protein) found in the perivitelline fluid from Pomacea maculata (PmPV2) and Pomacea canaliculata (PcPV2) snail eggs. These ~172-kDa proteins are dimers of AB toxins, each composed of a carbohydrate-binding protein of the tachylectin family (targeting module) disulfide-linked to a pore-forming protein of the Membrane Attack Complex and Perforin (MACPF) family (toxic unit).[1][2]

As part of the perivitelline fluid, perivitellin-2 constitutes a nutrient source for the developing embryo, notably in the last stages where it is probably used as an endogenous source of energy and structural molecules during the transition to the free life.[3] Apart from this, PV2s play different roles related to a complex defense system that protects the embryos against predation.[1][4][5]

Pomacea maculata perivitellin-2
Identifiers
OrganismPomacea maculata (giant apple snail)
SymbolPmPV2
Alt. symbolsPV2

Like most other studied perivitellins from Pomacea snails, PV2s are highly stable in a wide range of pH values and withstand gastrointestinal digestion, characteristics associated with an antinutritive defense system that deters predation by lowering the nutritional value of the eggs.[1][5][6]

PV2s have both lectin and perforin activities, which are related to the two different subunits found in their particular structures.[1][2] As a lectin, PV2s can agglutinate rabbit red blood cells and bind to the plasma membrane of intestinal cells both in vitro and in vivo.[1][5][7] As a perforin, PV2s are able to disrupt intestinal cells altering the plasma membrane conductance and to form large pores in artificial lipid bilayers.[2] An interesting issue with these perivitellins is that the combination of two immune proteins (lectin and perforin) gave rise to a new toxic entity, an excellent example of protein exaptation.[1][2] This binary structure includes PV2s within “AB-toxins”, a group of toxins mostly described in bacteria and plants. In PV2 toxins, the lectin would bind to target membranes through the recognition of specific glycans, acting as a delivery “B” subunit, and then the pore-forming “A” subunit would disrupt lipid bilayers forming large pores and leading to cell death, therefore constituting a true pore-forming toxin.[2]

PV2 toxins proved to be highly toxic to mice when it enters the bloodstream (LD50, 96 h 0.25 mg/kg, i.p.) and those receiving sublethal doses displayed neurological signs including weakness and lethargy, low head and bent down position (ortopneic), half-closed eyes, taquipnea, hirsute hair, extreme abduction of the rear limbs, paresia and were not able to support their body weight (tetraplegic), among others.[2][4] Histopathological analyses of affected mice showed that PV2 toxins affect the dorsal horn of the spinal cord, particularly on the 2nd and 3rd gray matter laminas, where alters the calcium metabolism and causes neuron apoptosis.[4] Apart from its neurotoxicity, it has been recently shown that PV2s are also enterotoxic to mice when ingested, a function that had never been ascribed to animal proteins.[5] At the cellular level, PV2 is cytotoxic to intestinal cells, on which it causes changes in their surface morphology increasing the membrane roughness. At the system level, oral administration of PV2 induces large morphological changes on mice intestine mucosa, reducing its absorptive surface. Additionally, PV2 reaches the Peyer's patches where it activates lymphoid follicles and triggers apoptosis.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Dreon MS, Frassa MV, Ceolín M, Ituarte S, Qiu JW, Sun J, et al. (2013-05-30). "Novel animal defenses against predation: a snail egg neurotoxin combining lectin and pore-forming chains that resembles plant defense and bacteria attack toxins". PLOS ONE. 8 (5): e63782. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063782. PMC 3667788. PMID 23737950.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e f Giglio ML, Ituarte S, Milesi V, Dreon MS, Brola TR, Caramelo J, et al. (August 2020). "Exaptation of two ancient immune proteins into a new dimeric pore-forming toxin in snails". Journal of Structural Biology. 211 (2): 107531. doi:10.1016/j.jsb.2020.107531. PMID 32446810.
  3. ^ Heras H, Garin CF, Pollero RJ (1998). "Biochemical composition and energy sources during embryo development and in early juveniles of the snail Pomacea canaliculata (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Journal of Experimental Zoology. 280 (6): 375–383. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19980415)280:6<375::AID-JEZ1>3.0.CO;2-K. ISSN 1097-010X.
  4. ^ a b c Heras H, Frassa MV, Fernández PE, Galosi CM, Gimeno EJ, Dreon MS (September 2008). "First egg protein with a neurotoxic effect on mice". Toxicon. 52 (3): 481–8. doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.06.022. PMID 18640143.
  5. ^ a b c d e Giglio ML, Ituarte S, Ibañez AE, Dreon MS, Prieto E, Fernández PE, Heras H (2020). "Novel Role for Animal Innate Immune Molecules: Enterotoxic Activity of a Snail Egg MACPF-Toxin". Frontiers in Immunology. 11: 428. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2020.00428. PMC 7082926. PMID 32231667.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  6. ^ Frassa MV, Ceolín M, Dreon MS, Heras H (July 2010). "Structure and stability of the neurotoxin PV2 from the eggs of the apple snail Pomacea canaliculata". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics. 1804 (7): 1492–9. doi:10.1016/j.bbapap.2010.02.013. PMID 20215051.
  7. ^ Dreon MS, Fernández PE, Gimeno EJ, Heras H (June 2014). "Insights into embryo defenses of the invasive apple snail Pomacea canaliculata: egg mass ingestion affects rat intestine morphology and growth". PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 8 (6): e2961. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002961. PMC 4063725. PMID 24945629.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)