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Herein, we compared the effects of snake venom CRiSPs (svCRiSPs) from the most medically important species of North American snakes on endothelial cell permeability and vascular permeability. We used reverse phase protein array (RPPA) to identify key signaling molecules on human dermal lymphatic (HDLECs) and blood (HDBECs) endothelial cells treated with svCRiSPs. The results showed that Css-CRiSP isolated from Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus and App-CRiSP from Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus are the most potent causes of increase vascular and endothelial permeability in comparison with other svCRiSPs used in this study. We examined the protein expression levels and their activated phosphorylation states in HDLECs and HDBECs induced by App-CRiSP and Css-CRiSP using RPPA. Interestingly, both App-CRiSP and Css-CRiSP induced caveolin-1 expression in HDBECs. We also found that stimulating HDBECs with Css-CRiSP and App-CRiSP significantly induced the phosphorylation of mTOR and Src, respectively. In HDLECs, Css-CRiSP significantly downregulated the expression of N-Cadherin and phospholipase C-gamma, while App-CRiSP significantly enhanced Akt and JNK phosphorylation. These results suggest that the increased endothelial permeability in HDLECs and HDBECs by Css-CRiSP and App-CRiSP may occur through different pathways.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/toxins13090613","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,31]],"date-time":"2021-08-31T22:58:15Z","timestamp":1630450695000},"page":"613","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Evaluation of Signaling Pathways Profiling in Human Dermal Endothelial Cells Treated by Snake Venom Cysteine-Rich Secretory Proteins (svCRiSPs) from North American Snakes Using Reverse Phase Protein Array (RPPA)"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8955-7806","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Montamas","family":"Suntravat","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National Natural Toxins Research Center (NNTRC), Texas A&M University-Kingsville, MSC 224, 975 West Avenue B, Kingsville, TX 78363, USA"},{"name":"Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, MSC 161, Kingsville, TX 78363, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Oscar","family":"Sanchez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Natural Toxins Research Center (NNTRC), Texas A&M University-Kingsville, MSC 224, 975 West Avenue B, Kingsville, TX 78363, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Armando","family":"Reyes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Natural Toxins Research Center (NNTRC), Texas A&M University-Kingsville, MSC 224, 975 West Avenue B, Kingsville, TX 78363, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Abcde","family":"Cirilo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Natural Toxins Research Center (NNTRC), Texas A&M University-Kingsville, MSC 224, 975 West Avenue B, Kingsville, TX 78363, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jack S.","family":"Ocheltree","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Natural Toxins Research Center (NNTRC), Texas A&M University-Kingsville, MSC 224, 975 West Avenue B, Kingsville, TX 78363, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jacob A.","family":"Galan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Natural Toxins Research Center (NNTRC), Texas A&M University-Kingsville, MSC 224, 975 West Avenue B, Kingsville, TX 78363, USA"},{"name":"Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, MSC 161, Kingsville, TX 78363, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9996-1116","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emelyn","family":"Salazar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Natural Toxins Research Center (NNTRC), Texas A&M University-Kingsville, MSC 224, 975 West Avenue B, Kingsville, TX 78363, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Peter","family":"Davies","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX 77843, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Elda E.","family":"Sanchez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Natural Toxins Research Center (NNTRC), Texas A&M University-Kingsville, MSC 224, 975 West Avenue B, Kingsville, TX 78363, USA"},{"name":"Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, MSC 161, Kingsville, TX 78363, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"17063","DOI":"10.1038\/nrdp.2017.63","article-title":"Snakebite envenoming","volume":"3","author":"Gutierrez","year":"2017","journal-title":"Nat. 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