OD1, the first toxin isolated from the venom of the scorpion Odonthobuthus doriae active on voltage-gated Na+ channels

Amir Jalali, Frank Bosmans, Mehriar Amininasab, Elke Clynen, Eva Cuypers, Abbas Zaremirakabadi, Mohammad-Nabi Sarbolouki, Liliane Schoofs, Hossein Vatanpour, Jan Tytgat

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In this study, we isolated and pharmacologically characterized the first alpha-like toxin from the venom of the scarcely studied Iranian scorpion Odonthobuthus doriae. The toxin was termed OD1 and its primary sequence was determined: GVRDAYIADDKNCVYTCASNGYCNTECTKNGAESGYCQWIGRYGNACWCIKLPDEVPIRIPGKCR. Using the two-electrode voltage clamp technique, the pharmacological effects of OD1 were studied on three cloned voltage-gated Na+ channels expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes (Na(v)1.2/beta1, Na(v)1.5/beta1, para/tipE). The inactivation process of the insect channel, para/tipE, was severely hampered by 200 nM of OD1 (EC50 = 80+/-14 nM) while Na(v)1.2/beta1 still was not affected at concentrations up to 5 microM. Na(v)1.5/beta1 was influenced at micromolar concentrations.

Originele taal-2English
Pagina's (van-tot)4181-4186
Aantal pagina's6
TijdschriftFEBS Letters
Volume579
Nummer van het tijdschrift19
DOI's
StatusPublished - 1 aug. 2005

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