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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
25
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-7-31
pubmed:abstractText
At least six topologically separated neurotoxin receptor sites have been identified on sodium channels that reveal strong allosteric interactions among them. We have studied the allosteric modulation induced by veratridine, binding to receptor site 2, and brevetoxin PbTx-1, occupying receptor site 5, on the binding of alpha-scorpion toxins at receptor site 3, on three different neuronal sodium channels: rat brain, locust, and cockroach synaptosomes. We used 125I-AaH II, the most active alpha-scorpion toxin on vertebrates, and 125I-Lqh alpha IT, shown to have high activity on insects, as specific probes for receptor site 3 in rat brain and insect sodium channels. Our results reveal that brevetoxin PbTx-1 generates three types of effects at receptor site 3:1) negative allosteric modulation in rat brain sodium channels, 2) positive modulation in locust sodium channels, and 3) no effect on cockroach sodium channel. However, PbTx-1 activates sodium channels in cockroach axon similarly to its activity in other preparation. Veratridine positively modulates both rat brain and locust sodium channels but had no effect on alpha-toxin binding in cockroach. The dramatic differences in allosteric modulations in each sodium channel subtype suggest structural differences in receptor sites for PbTx-1 and/or at the coupling regions with alpha-scorpion toxin receptor sites in the different sodium channels, which can be detected by combined application of specific channel modifiers and may elucidate the dynamic gating activity and the mechanism of allosteric interactions among various neurotoxin receptors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
270
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
15153-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7797499-Allosteric Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:7797499-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7797499-Axons, pubmed-meshheading:7797499-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:7797499-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:7797499-Grasshoppers, pubmed-meshheading:7797499-Iodine Radioisotopes, pubmed-meshheading:7797499-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:7797499-Marine Toxins, pubmed-meshheading:7797499-Membrane Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:7797499-Neurotoxins, pubmed-meshheading:7797499-Oxocins, pubmed-meshheading:7797499-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:7797499-Periplaneta, pubmed-meshheading:7797499-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:7797499-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:7797499-Scorpion Venoms, pubmed-meshheading:7797499-Sodium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:7797499-Synaptosomes, pubmed-meshheading:7797499-Veratridine
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Alpha-scorpion toxins binding on rat brain and insect sodium channels reveal divergent allosteric modulations by brevetoxin and veratridine.
pubmed:affiliation
Faculty of Medicine Nord, Institut Féderatif de Recherche Jean Roche, Laboratory of Biochemistry, URA CNRS 1455, Marseille, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't