期刊
TOXICON
卷 49, 期 2, 页码 181-193出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.09.017
关键词
Na channel; gating currents; inactivation
资金
- NHLBI NIH HHS [R01 HL044630-15, R01 HL065661-05] Funding Source: Medline
Site-3 toxins are small polypeptide venoms from scorpions, sea anemones, and spiders that bind with a high specificity to the extracellular surface of voltage-gated Na channels. After binding to a site near the S4 segment in domain IV the toxin causes disruption of the normal fast inactivation transition resulting in a marked prolongation of the action potentials of excitable tissues including those of cardiac and skeletal muscle and nerve. In this review we discuss the specific binding interactions between residues of the toxin and those of the Na channel, and the specific modification of Na channel kinetic behavior leading to a change in fast inactivation focusing on interactions deduced primarily from the study of sea anemone toxins and the cardiac Na channel (Na(v)1.5). We also illustrate the usefulness of site-3 toxins in the study of altered Na channel behavior by drug-modification. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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