Anticancer potentiality of Hottentotta saulcyi scorpion curd venom against breast cancer: an in vitro and in vivo study.

Authors: Nosouhian, Mahshid¹ (AUTHOR), Rastegari, Ali Asghar² (AUTHOR) AA.Rastegari@iau.ac.ir, Shahanipour, Kahin¹ (AUTHOR), Ahadi, Ali Mohammad^1,3 (AUTHOR), Sajjadieh, Mohammadreza Sheikh^1,4 (AUTHOR)

Source: Scientific Reports. 10/19/2024, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p1-19. 19p.

Subject Terms: *SCORPION venom, *CYTOTOXINS, *ELECTRIC stimulation, *GENETIC transcription, *FLUORESCENCE microscopy, *VENOM

Scorpion ‘spits’ venom to defend itself from predators.

Authors: Le Page, Michael (AUTHOR)

Source: New Scientist. 1/11/2025, Vol. 265 Issue 3525, p9-9. 1/4p. 1 Color Photograph.

Subjects: SCORPION venom, VENOM, PREDATORY animals, SCORPIONS

Animal Venoms and Their Components: Molecular Mechanisms of Action V 2.0.

Authors: Utkin, Yuri¹ (AUTHOR) yutkin@yandex.ru

Source: Toxins. Nov2024, Vol. 16 Issue 11, p461. 3p.

Subject Terms: *SCORPION venom, *BEE venom, *SNAKE venom, *VENOM, *FER-de-lance, *BLOOD coagulation, *VENOM glands

Transcriptomic Analysis of Venom Glands and Amino Acid Profile of Venom in Different Scorpion Species.

Authors: Aslan, Nevin¹, nevinaslan21@gmail.com, Toprak, Şahin¹, Koyuncu, İsmail², Yiğin, Akın³

Source: Polish Journal of Environmental Studies; 2025, Vol. 34 Issue 3, p2539-2554, 16p

Unveiling Tst3, a Multi-Target Gating Modifier Scorpion α Toxin from Tityus stigmurus Venom of Northeast Brazil: Evaluation and Comparison with Well-Studied Ts3 Toxin of Tityus serrulatus.

Authors: Tibery, Diogo Vieira¹ (AUTHOR) dtibery@gmail.com, Nunes, João Antonio Alves² (AUTHOR) joaotpw@hotmail.com, da Mata, Daniel Oliveira¹ (AUTHOR) daniel.oliveira.mata@gmail.com, Menezes, Luis Felipe Santos¹ (AUTHOR) luisfelipe_100@outlook.com, de Souza, Adolfo Carlos Barros¹ (AUTHOR) adolfo_quimica@hotmail.com, Fernandes-Pedrosa, Matheus de Freitas³ (AUTHOR) mffpedrosa@gmail.com, Treptow, Werner² (AUTHOR) treptow@unb.br, Schwartz, Elisabeth Ferroni¹ (AUTHOR) efschwa@unb.br

Source: Toxins. Jun2024, Vol. 16 Issue 6, p257. 19p.

Subject Terms: *TITYUS, *SCORPION venom, *VENOM, *ION channels, *TOXINS, *SCORPIONS, *SODIUM channels, *DRUG target, *PEPTIDES

Geographic Terms: BRAZIL

Development and Efficacy of the Antivenom Specific to Severe Envenomations in Morocco and North Africa: Advancements in Scorpion Envenomation Management.

Authors: Darkaoui, Bouchra^1,2 (AUTHOR) darkaoui.bouchra@hotmail.com, Hilal, Ines¹ (AUTHOR) drineshilal@gmail.com, Khourcha, Soukaina¹ (AUTHOR) khourcha.soukaina9@gmail.com, Lafnoune, Ayoub¹ (AUTHOR) ayoublafnoune@gmail.com, Chakir, Salma¹ (AUTHOR) salmachakir19@gmail.com, Aarab, Ayoub³ (AUTHOR) ayoub-aarab@hotmail.fr, Moustaghfir, Abdellah⁴ (AUTHOR) moustaghfir@um5r.ac.ma, Filali, Ouafaa Aniq² (AUTHOR), Oukkache, Naoual¹ (AUTHOR) naoual.oukkache@pasteur.ma

Source: Toxins. May2024, Vol. 16 Issue 5, p214. 17p.

Subject Terms: *ANTIVENINS, *SCORPION venom, *SCORPIONS, *ANTIBODY titer, *LYMPHATICS, *IMMUNOGLOBULINS, *VENOM glands

Geographic Terms: MOROCCO, MAGHREB (North Africa)

Novel Scorpion Toxin ω-Buthitoxin-Hf1a Selectively Inhibits Calcium Influx via Ca V 3.3 and Ca V 3.2 and Alleviates Allodynia in a Mouse Model of Acute Postsurgical Pain.

Authors: Wang, Dan^1,2 (AUTHOR) 3201603097@stmail.ujs.edu.cn, Herzig, Volker^3,4 (AUTHOR) vherzig@usc.edu.au, Dekan, Zoltan² (AUTHOR) p.alewood@imb.uq.edu.au, Rosengren, K. Johan⁵ (AUTHOR) j.rosengren@uq.edu.au, Payne, Colton D.⁵ (AUTHOR) c.payne@uq.net.au, Hasan, Md. Mahadhi⁶ (AUTHOR) mahadhi@pharm.ku.ac.bd, Zhuang, Jiajie¹ (AUTHOR), Bourinet, Emmanuel⁷ (AUTHOR) emmanuel.bourinet@igf.cnrs.fr, Ragnarsson, Lotten² (AUTHOR), Alewood, Paul F.² (AUTHOR), Lewis, Richard J.² (AUTHOR) danwang@ujs.edu.cn

Source: International Journal of Molecular Sciences. May2024, Vol. 25 Issue 9, p4745. 18p.

Subject Terms: *SCORPION venom, *POSTOPERATIVE pain, *AMINO acid residues, *LABORATORY mice, *PEPTIDOMIMETICS, *MEMBRANE proteins

Unveiling the Diversity and Modifications of Short Peptides in Buthus martensii Scorpion Venom through Liquid Chromatography-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry.

Authors: Zeng, Ling¹ (AUTHOR) zengling0619@163.com, Zhang, Cangman¹ (AUTHOR), Yang, Mingrong¹ (AUTHOR), Sun, Jianfeng¹ (AUTHOR), Lu, Jingguang¹ (AUTHOR), Zhang, Huixia¹ (AUTHOR), Qin, Jianfeng¹ (AUTHOR), Zhang, Wei¹ (AUTHOR), Jiang, Zhihong¹ (AUTHOR) zhjiang@must.edu.mo

Source: Toxins. Mar2024, Vol. 16 Issue 3, p155. 13p.

Subject Terms: *SCORPION venom, *VENOM, *PEPTIDES, *HIGH performance liquid chromatography, *DRUG discovery, *POST-translational modification

Characterization of Sodium Channel Peptides Obtained from the Venom of the Scorpion Centruroides bonito.

Authors: Restano-Cassulini, Rita¹ (AUTHOR) rita.restano@ibt.unam.mx, Olamendi-Portugal, Timoteo¹ (AUTHOR) timoteo.olamendi@ibt.unam.mx, Riaño-Umbarila, Lidia² (AUTHOR) lidia.riano@ibt.unam.mx, Zamudio, Fernando Z.¹ (AUTHOR) fernando.zamudio@ibt.unam.mx, Delgado-Prudencio, Gustavo¹ (AUTHOR) gustavo.delgado@ibt.unam.mx, Becerril, Baltazar¹ (AUTHOR) baltazar.becerril@ibt.unam.mx, Possani, Lourival D.¹ (AUTHOR) possani@ibt.unam.mx

Source: Toxins. Mar2024, Vol. 16 Issue 3, p125. 14p.

Subject Terms: *SCORPION venom, *PEPTIDES, *VENOM, *AMINO acid residues, *SODIUM channels, *SURFACE plasmon resonance, *ESCHERICHIA coli, *CHO cell

Geographic Terms: MEXICO

Yellow scorpion (Buthus sinidicus) venom peptides induce mitochondrial-mediated apoptosis in cervical, prostate and brain tumor cell lines.

Authors: Hassan, Humaira¹ (AUTHOR), Mirza, Munazza Raza¹ (AUTHOR) munzihyder@yahoo.com, Jabeen, Almas¹ (AUTHOR) munzihyder@yahoo.com, Alam, Mehtab² (AUTHOR), Kori, Junaid Ahmed¹ (AUTHOR), Sultan, Rabia¹ (AUTHOR), Rahman, Saeed ur³ (AUTHOR), Choudhary, M. Iqbal¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: PLoS ONE. 2/23/2024, Vol. 19 Issue 2, p1-16. 16p.

Subject Terms: *VENOM, *SCORPION venom, *CELL lines, *BRAIN tumors, *PROSTATE tumors, *CYTOTOXINS, *SCORPIONS, *CELL death, *APOPTOSIS

Geographic Terms: SINDH (Pakistan)

Extraction and quantification of antivenomous antibodies in chicken eggs against scorpion venom.

Alternate Title: Extração e quantificação de anticorpos entivenenos em ovos de galinha contra veneno de escorpião.

Authors: Andleeb, Mehvish¹ mehvish.andleeb01@gmail.com, Khan, Aleem Ahmed¹

Source: Ciência Rural. 2024, Vol. 54 Issue 2, p1-10. 10p.

Subject Terms: *SCORPION venom, *VENOM, *EGG yolk, *EGGS, *IMMUNOGLOBULINS, *ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay, *ANTIBODY titer, *ANTIVENINS, *POLYETHYLENE glycol

Geographic Terms: PAKISTAN, PUNJAB

High-Affinity Blocker of Insect Potassium Channels from the Venom of the Scorpion Orthochirus scrobiculosus.

Authors: Volkov, A. E.¹ (AUTHOR), Gigolaev, A. M.¹ (AUTHOR), Iunusova, V. A.¹ (AUTHOR), Ziganshin, R. H.¹ (AUTHOR), Kuzmenkov, A. I.¹ (AUTHOR), Vassilevski, A. A.¹ (AUTHOR) avas@ibch.ru

Source: Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry & Physiology. Jan2025, Vol. 61 Issue 1, p177-186. 10p.

Subject Terms: *SCORPION venom, *POTASSIUM channels, *TOXINS, *BIOLOGICAL insecticides, *ION channels, *DROSOPHILA melanogaster, *BIOTECHNOLOGY

Identification, classification, and characterization of alpha and beta subunits of LVP1 protein from the venom gland of four Iranian scorpion species.

Authors: Salabi, Fatemeh¹ (AUTHOR), Vazirianzadeh, Babak² (AUTHOR), Baradaran, Masoumeh³ (AUTHOR) mb.baradaran@gmail.com

Source: Scientific Reports. 12/14/2023, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p1-11. 11p.

Subject Terms: *VENOM glands, *SCORPION venom, *VENOM, *SCORPIONS, *PROTEOMICS, *PROTEINS, *SPECIES, *GENE mapping

Heteroctenus junceus Scorpion Venom Modulates the Concentration of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines in F3II Tumor Cells.

Authors: Yglesias-Rivera, Arianna¹ (AUTHOR) ariannayglesias@gmail.com, Sánchez-Rodríguez, Hermis² (AUTHOR) hermis@ipk.sld.cu, Soto-Febles, Carmen³ (AUTHOR) carmensoto@fbio.uh.cu, Monzote, Lianet² (AUTHOR) ariannayglesias@gmail.com

Source: Life (2075-1729). Dec2023, Vol. 13 Issue 12, p2287. 13p.

Subject Terms: *SCORPION venom, *VENOM, *ORAL drug administration, *CYTOKINES, *TUMOR growth, *CANCER invasiveness

Potentiality Assessment of The Activity of Scorpion Venom as An Insecticide Towards Spodoptera frugiperda: Histological and Electron Microscopy Studies.

Authors: Abd El-Aziz, Fatma El-Zahraa A.¹ fatma.abdelgalil1@science.aun.edu.eg, Dawood, Asmaa F. A.^2,3, Refaie, Shereen M.³, Khan, Shahina³

Source: Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. D, Histology & Histochemistry. Dec2023, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p89-100. 12p.

Subject Terms: *FALL armyworm, *SCORPION venom, *ELECTRON microscopy

The Anti-cancer Effect of Two Extract Fractions from the Hemiscorpius lepturus Scorpion Venom.

Authors: Setayesh-Mehr, Z.¹ (AUTHOR) setayeshmehr@uoz.ac.ir, Asoodeh, A.² (AUTHOR), Ghasemi, L. V.¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Applied Biochemistry & Microbiology. Dec2023, Vol. 59 Issue 6, p850-857. 8p.

Subject Terms: *SCORPION venom, *VENOM, *ANTINEOPLASTIC agents, *ERYTHROCYTES, *P53 antioncogene, *GENE expression

Of Seven New K + Channel Inhibitor Peptides of Centruroides bonito , α-KTx 2.24 Has a Picomolar Affinity for Kv1.2.

Authors: Shakeel, Kashmala¹ (AUTHOR) shakeel.kashmala@med.unideb.hu, Olamendi-Portugal, Timoteo² (AUTHOR) timoteo.olamendi@ibt.unam.mx, Naseem, Muhammad Umair¹ (AUTHOR) umair.naseem@med.unideb.hu, Becerril, Baltazar² (AUTHOR) baltazar.becerril@ibt.unam.mx, Zamudio, Fernando Z.² (AUTHOR) fernando.zamudio@ibt.unam.mx, Delgado-Prudencio, Gustavo² (AUTHOR) gustavo.delgado@ibt.unam.mx, Possani, Lourival Domingos² (AUTHOR) lourival.possani@ibt.unam.mx, Panyi, Gyorgy¹ (AUTHOR) lourival.possani@ibt.unam.mx

Source: Toxins. Aug2023, Vol. 15 Issue 8, p506. 20p.

Subject Terms: *AMINO acid residues, *SCORPION venom, *PEPTIDES, *AMINO acid sequence, *AMINO acids, *TOXINS

Unveiling the Protein Components of the Secretory-Venom Gland and Venom of the Scorpion Centruroides possanii (Buthidae) through Omic Technologies.

Authors: García-Villalvazo, Patricia Elizabeth¹ (AUTHOR) pgarcia29@ucol.mx, Jiménez-Vargas, Juana María^1,2 (AUTHOR) jjimenez45@ucol.mx, Lino-López, Gisela Jareth³ (AUTHOR) giselalino01@gmail.com, Meneses, Erika Patricia⁴ (AUTHOR) erika.meneses@ibt.unam.mx, Bermúdez-Guzmán, Manuel de Jesús⁵ (AUTHOR) bermudez.manuel@inifap.gob.mx, Barajas-Saucedo, Carlos Eduardo¹ (AUTHOR) carlos_barajas24@ucol.mx, Delgado Enciso, Iván⁶ (AUTHOR) ivan_delgado_enciso@ucol.mx, Possani, Lourival Domingos⁴ (AUTHOR) lourival.possani@ibt.unam.mx, Valdez-Velazquez, Laura Leticia¹ (AUTHOR) lourival.possani@ibt.unam.mx

Source: Toxins. Aug2023, Vol. 15 Issue 8, p498. 20p.

Subject Terms: *SCORPION venom, *VENOM glands, *LIQUID chromatography-mass spectrometry, *VENOM, *PROTEINS, *NUCLEOTIDE sequencing, *ION channels

Geographic Terms: MEXICO

Experimental approach to the dislodging effect and the mortality of a pesticide in the yellow scorpion Tityus serrulatus.

Authors: Murayama, Gabriel Pimenta^1,2 (AUTHOR) pimentamurayama@gmail.com, Barbosa, Bruna¹ (AUTHOR), Willemart, Rodrigo Hirata^1,2 (AUTHOR)

Source: PLoS ONE. 7/27/2023, Vol. 18 Issue 7, p1-10. 10p.

Subject Terms: *TITYUS, *SCORPION venom, *SCORPIONS, *MORTALITY

Geographic Terms: BRAZIL

Identification and Venom Characterization of Two Scorpions from the State of Chihuahua Mexico: Chihuahuanus coahuliae and Chihuahuanus crassimannus.

Authors: Alvarado-Gonzalez, Carolina^1,2 (AUTHOR) p274265@uach.mx, Clement, Herlinda³ (AUTHOR) herlindaclement@gmail.com, Ballinas-Casarrubias, Lourdes² (AUTHOR), Escarcega-Avila, Angelica⁴ (AUTHOR) maria.escarcega@uacj.mx, Arenas-Sosa, Ivan³ (AUTHOR) ivan@ibt.unam.mx, Lopez-Contreras, Karla Sofia¹ (AUTHOR) a342103@uach.mx, Zamudio, Fernando³ (AUTHOR) zam@ibt.unam.mx, Corzo, Gerardo³ (AUTHOR) gerardo.corzo@ibt.unam.mx, Espino-Solis, Gerardo Pavel^1,5 (AUTHOR) gespinos@uach.mx

Source: Toxins. Jul2023, Vol. 15 Issue 7, p416. 15p.

Subject Terms: *SCORPION venom, *VENOM, *SCORPIONS, *HIGH performance liquid chromatography, *GENETIC markers

Geographic Terms: CHIHUAHUA (Mexico : State), MEXICO