Abstract
Several families of peptide toxins from cone snails affect voltage-gated sodium (Na(V)) channels: mu-conotoxins block the pore, delta-conotoxins inhibit channel inactivation, and muO-conotoxins inhibit Na(V) channels by an unknown mechanism. The only currently known muO-conotoxins MrVIA and MrVIB from Conus marmoreus were applied to cloned rat skeletal muscle (Na(V)1.4) and brain (Na(V)1.2) sodium channels in mammalian cells. A systematic domain-swapping strategy identified the C-terminal pore loop of domain-3 as the major determinant for Na(V)1.4 being more potently blocked than Na(V)1.2 channels. muO-conotoxins therefore show an interaction pattern with Na(V) channels that is clearly different from the related mu- and delta-conotoxins, indicative of a distinct molecular mechanism of channel inhibition.
| Originalsprache | Englisch |
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| Zeitschrift | FEBS Letters |
| Jahrgang | 580 |
| Ausgabenummer | 5 |
| Seiten (von - bis) | 1360-4 |
| Seitenumfang | 5 |
| ISSN | 0014-5793 |
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| Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - 20.02.2006 |