Block of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by philanthotoxins is strongly dependent on their subunit composition
Philanthotoxin-433 (PhTX-433) is an active component of the venom from the Egyptian digger wasp, Philanthus triangulum. PhTX-433 inhibits several excitatory ligand-gated ion channels, and to improve selectivity two synthetic analogues, PhTX-343 and PhTX-12, were developed. Previous work showed a 22-...
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| description | Philanthotoxin-433 (PhTX-433) is an active component of the venom from the Egyptian digger wasp, Philanthus triangulum. PhTX-433 inhibits several excitatory ligand-gated ion channels, and to improve selectivity two synthetic analogues, PhTX-343 and PhTX-12, were developed. Previous work showed a 22-fold selectivity of PhTX-12 over PhTX-343 for embryonic muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in TE671 cells. We investigated their inhibition of different neuronal nAChR subunit combinations as well as of embryonic muscle receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Whole-cell currents in response to application of acetylcholine alone or co-applied with PhTX analogue were studied by using two-electrode voltage-clamp. α3β4 nAChRs were most sensitive to PhTX-343 (IC50=12 nM at −80 mV) with α4β4, α4β2, α3β2, α7 and α1β1γδ being 5, 26, 114, 422 and 992 times less sensitive. In contrast α1β1γδ was most sensitive to PhTX-12 along with α3β4 (IC50values of 100 nM) with α4β4, α4β2, α3β2 and α7 being 3, 3, 26 and 49 times less sensitive. PhTX-343 inhibition was strongly voltage-dependent for all subunit combinations except α7, whereas this was not the case for PhTX-12 for which weak voltage dependence was observed. We conclude that PhTX-343 mainly acts as an open-channel blocker of nAChRs with strong subtype selectivity. |
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| spelling | nottingham-400742020-05-04T18:19:24Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40074/ Block of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by philanthotoxins is strongly dependent on their subunit composition Kachel, Hamid S. Patel, Rohit N. Franzyk, Henrik Mellor, Ian R. Philanthotoxin-433 (PhTX-433) is an active component of the venom from the Egyptian digger wasp, Philanthus triangulum. PhTX-433 inhibits several excitatory ligand-gated ion channels, and to improve selectivity two synthetic analogues, PhTX-343 and PhTX-12, were developed. Previous work showed a 22-fold selectivity of PhTX-12 over PhTX-343 for embryonic muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in TE671 cells. We investigated their inhibition of different neuronal nAChR subunit combinations as well as of embryonic muscle receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Whole-cell currents in response to application of acetylcholine alone or co-applied with PhTX analogue were studied by using two-electrode voltage-clamp. α3β4 nAChRs were most sensitive to PhTX-343 (IC50=12 nM at −80 mV) with α4β4, α4β2, α3β2, α7 and α1β1γδ being 5, 26, 114, 422 and 992 times less sensitive. In contrast α1β1γδ was most sensitive to PhTX-12 along with α3β4 (IC50values of 100 nM) with α4β4, α4β2, α3β2 and α7 being 3, 3, 26 and 49 times less sensitive. PhTX-343 inhibition was strongly voltage-dependent for all subunit combinations except α7, whereas this was not the case for PhTX-12 for which weak voltage dependence was observed. We conclude that PhTX-343 mainly acts as an open-channel blocker of nAChRs with strong subtype selectivity. Nature Publishing Group 2016-11-30 Article PeerReviewed Kachel, Hamid S., Patel, Rohit N., Franzyk, Henrik and Mellor, Ian R. (2016) Block of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by philanthotoxins is strongly dependent on their subunit composition. Scientific Reports, 6 . p. 38116. ISSN 2045-2322 http://www.nature.com/articles/srep38116 doi:10.1038/srep38116 doi:10.1038/srep38116 |
| spellingShingle | Kachel, Hamid S. Patel, Rohit N. Franzyk, Henrik Mellor, Ian R. Block of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by philanthotoxins is strongly dependent on their subunit composition |
| title | Block of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by philanthotoxins is strongly dependent on their subunit composition |
| title_full | Block of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by philanthotoxins is strongly dependent on their subunit composition |
| title_fullStr | Block of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by philanthotoxins is strongly dependent on their subunit composition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Block of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by philanthotoxins is strongly dependent on their subunit composition |
| title_short | Block of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by philanthotoxins is strongly dependent on their subunit composition |
| title_sort | block of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by philanthotoxins is strongly dependent on their subunit composition |
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