Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8395959 | Toxicon | 2014 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Jingzhaotoxin-35 (JZTX-35), a 36-residue polypeptide, was purified from the venom of the Chinese tarantula Chilobrachys jingzhao. JZTX-35 inhibited Nav1.5 and Kv2.1 currents with the IC50 value of 1.07 μM and 3.62 μM, respectively, but showed no significant effect on either Na+ currents or Ca2+ currents evoked in hippocampal neurons. It shifted the activation of the Nav1.5 and Kv2.1 channels to more depolarized voltages, and markedly shifted the steady-state inactivation of Nav1.5 currents toward more hyperpolarized potentials. Moreover, JZTX-35 can bind to a close state of Nav1.5 and Kv2.1 channels. These results indicate that JZTX-35 is a new gating modifier toxin. JZTX-35 shares high sequence similarity with Jingzhaotoxins (JZTXs) targeting Nav1.5 or Kv2.1 channels, but they showed different ion channel selectivity. Structure-function analysis in this study would provide important clues for the exploration of ion channel selectivity of JZTXs.
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Authors
Peng Wei, Changxi Xu, Qiaoqi Wu, Lang Huang, Songping Liang, Chunhua Yuan,