Lamia Borchani

Lamia Borchani


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Academic Career Length

16Years (2011-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 July 2011 in Toxicon
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LBLamia Borchani
Lamia Borchani
ASAtfa Sassi
Atfa Sassi
DSDelavar Shahbazzadeh
Delavar Shahbazzadeh
JSJean-Marc Strub
Jean-Marc Strub
HTHaïfa Tounsi-Guetteti
Haïfa Tounsi-Guetteti
MAMohamed El Ayeb
Mohamed El Ayeb

1 October 2015 in Toxicon
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IJImen Jridi
Imen Jridi
ICIvana Catacchio
Ivana Catacchio
HMHafed Majdoub
Hafed Majdoub
DSDelavar Shahbazeddah
Delavar Shahbazeddah
MAMohamed El Ayeb
Mohamed El Ayeb
LBLamia Borchani
Lamia Borchani

1 February 2017 in Toxicon
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IJImen Jridi
Imen Jridi
ICIvana Catacchio
Ivana Catacchio
HMHafed Majdoub
Hafed Majdoub
DSDelavar Shahbazzadeh
Delavar Shahbazzadeh
MAMohamed El Ayeb
Mohamed El Ayeb
LBLamia Borchani
Lamia Borchani

1 June 2013 in Toxicon
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LBLamia Borchani
Lamia Borchani
ASAtfa Sassi
Atfa Sassi
HGHaifa Ben Gharsa
Haifa Ben Gharsa
ISInes Safra
Ines Safra
DSDelavar Shahbazzadeh
Delavar Shahbazzadeh
MAMohamed El Ayeb
Mohamed El Ayeb

28 September 2011 in Toxicon
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LBLamia Borchani
Lamia Borchani
ASAtfa Sassi
Atfa Sassi
RYRamla Ben Yekhlef
Ramla Ben Yekhlef
ISInes Safra
Ines Safra
MAMohamed El Ayeb
Mohamed El Ayeb

1 October 2020 in Toxins
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RYRamla Ben Yekhlef
Ramla Ben Yekhlef
LFLiza Felicori
Liza Felicori
LSLucianna Helene Santos
Lucianna Helene Santos
COCamila F. B. Oliveira
Camila F. B. Oliveira
RFRaoudha Fadhloun
Raoudha Fadhloun
LBLamia Borchani
Lamia Borchani
The Hemiscorpius lepturus scorpion and brown spider Loxosceles intermedia represent a public health problem in Asia and America, respectively. Although distinct, these organisms contain similar toxins responsible for the principal clinical signs of envenomation. To better understand the properties of these toxins, we designed a study to compare recombinant Heminecrolysin (rHNC) and rLiD1, the major phospholipase D toxins of scorpion and spider venom, respectively. Using a competitive ELISA and a hemolytic inhibition test, we come to spot a cross reaction between scorpion and spider venoms along with an epitopic similarity between rHNC and rLiD1 associated with neutralizing antibodies. Results show that the ability of the rHNC to hydrolyze lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) is equivalent to that of rLiD1 to hydrolyze sphingomyelin and vice-versa. rHNC exclusively catalyze transphosphatidylation of LPC producing cyclic phosphatidic acid (cPA). The in-silico analysis of hydrogen bonds between LPC and toxins provides a possible explanation for the higher transphosphatidylase activity of rHNC. Interestingly, for the first time, we reveal that lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) can be a substrate for both enzymes using cellular and enzymatic assays. The finding of the usage of LPA as a substrate as well as the formation of cPA as an end product could shed more light on the molecular basis of Hemiscorpius lepturus envenomation as well as on loxoscelism.