Polybia-MPII – Neuroscience Peptides

The crude venom of the wasp Polybia paulista consists of 30% polybia-MPII. Polybia-MPII is a mastoparan, it is rapidly distributed around the organism point of inoculation via the circulation. As a secretagogue, polybia-MPII has myotoxic action and minor neurotoxic effects. Polybia-MPII has been injected sub-cutaneously and intra-muscularly into mice for pathology and immunohistochemistry assays. As an antimicrobial agent, polybia-MPII is highly effective, with a lower haemolysis rate compared to other mastoparans. Polybia-MPII also shows considerable anti-fungal activity.