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The experimental groups were composed of 50 mice as controls and 50 mice that received the venom. Light microscopic analysis of renal biopsy specimens showed alterations including hyalinization of proximal and distal tubules, erythrocytes in Bowman's space, glomerular collapse, tubule epithelial cell blebs and vacuoles, interstitial edema, and deposition of eosinophilic material in the tubule lumen. Electron microscopic findings indicated changes including glomerular epithelial and endothelial cell cytotoxicity as well as disorders of the basement membrane. Tubule alterations include epithelial cell cytotoxicity with cytoplasmic membrane blebs, mitochondrial changes, increase in smooth endoplasmic reticulum, presence of autophagosomes, and deposits of amorphous material in the tubules. We also found that the venom caused azotemia with elevation of blood urea levels but did not decrease C3 complement concentration or cause hemolysis in vivo. Confocal microscopy with antibodies against venom proteins showed direct binding of toxins to renal structures, confirmed by competition assays. Double-staining immunofluorescence reactions with antibodies against type IV collagen or laminin, antibodies to venom toxins, and fluorescent cytochemistry with DAPI revealed deposition of toxins in glomerular and tubule epithelial cells and in renal basement membranes. Two-dimensional electrophoresis showed venom rich in low molecular mass and cationic toxins. By immunoblotting with antibodies to venom toxins on renal extracts from venom-treated mice, we detected a renal binding toxin at 30 kD. 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