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Background/Aims   Micrurus  is one of the four snake genera of medical importance in Brazil. Coral snakes have a broad geographic distribution from the southern United States to Argentina. Micrurine envenomation is characterized by neurotoxic symptoms leading to dyspnea and death. Moreover, various local manifestations, including edema formation, have been described in patients bitten by different species of  Micrurus . Thus, we investigated the ability of  Micrurus lemniscatus  venom (MLV) to induce local edema. We also explored mechanisms underlying this effect, focusing on participation of neuropeptides and mast cells.    Methodology/Principal findings  Intraplantar injection of MLV (1–10 μg/paw) in rats caused dose- and time-dependent edema with a peak between 15 min and 1 h after injection. MLV also induced degranulation of peritoneal mast cells (MCs). MC depletion by compound 48/80 markedly reduced MLV-induced edema. Pre-treatment (30 min) of rats with either promethazine a histamine H 1  receptor antagonist or methysergide, a nonselective 5-HT receptor antagonist, reduced MLV-induced edema. However, neither thioperamide, a histamine H 3 /H 4  receptor antagonist, nor co-injection of MLV with HOE-140, a BK 2  receptor antagonist, altered the response. Depletion of neuropeptides by capsaicin or treatment of animals with NK 1 - and NK 2 -receptor antagonists (SR 140333 and SR 48968, respectively) markedly reduced MLV-induced edema.    Conclusions/Significance  In conclusion, MLV induces paw edema in rats by mechanisms involving activation of mast cells and substance P-releasing sensory C-fibers. Tachykinins NKA and NKB, histamine, and serotonin are major mediators of the MLV-induced edematogenic response. Targeting mast cell- and sensory C-fiber-derived mediators should be considered as potential therapeutic approaches to interrupt development of local edema induced by  Micrurus  venoms.

Neurogenic mediators contribute to local edema induced by Micrurus lemniscatus venom