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TOXINS
卷 14, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/toxins14020116
关键词
botulinum neurotoxins; exocytosis; calcitonin gene-related peptide; migraine; nociception; trigeminal ganglion; capsaicin; SNAREs; SNAP-25; TRPV1
资金
- Investigators Programme (IvP) award from Science Foundation Ireland [15/IA/3026]
- Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) [15/IA/3026] Funding Source: Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
Chimeras of botulinum neurotoxin serotype A and E protease showed potential analgesic effects by inhibiting nocifensive behavior and decreasing CGRP release.
Chimeras of botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) serotype A (/A) combined with /E protease might possess improved analgesic properties relative to either parent, due to inheriting the sensory neurotropism of the former with more extensive disabling of SNAP-25 from the latter. Hence, fusions of /E protease light chain (LC) to whole BoNT/A (LC/E-BoNT/A), and of the LC plus translocation domain (H-N) of /E with the neuronal acceptor binding moiety (H-C) of /A (BoNT/EA), created previously by gene recombination and expression in E. coli., were used. LC/E-BoNT/A (75 units/kg) injected into the whisker pad of rats seemed devoid of systemic toxicity, as reflected by an absence of weight loss, but inhibited the nocifensive behavior (grooming, freezing, and reduced mobility) induced by activating TRPV1 with capsaicin, injected at various days thereafter. No sex-related differences were observed. c-Fos expression was increased five-fold in the trigeminal nucleus caudalis ipsi-lateral to capsaicin injection, relative to the contra-lateral side and vehicle-treated controls, and this increase was virtually prevented by LC/E-BoNT/A. In vitro, LC/E-BoNT/A or /EA diminished CGRP exocytosis from rat neonate trigeminal ganglionic neurons stimulated with up to 1 mu M capsaicin, whereas BoNT/A only substantially reduced the release in response to 0.1 mu M or less of the stimulant, in accordance with the /E protease being known to prevent fusion of exocytotic vesicles.
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