Studies of Conorfamide-Sr3 on Human Voltage-Gated Kv1 Potassium Channel Subtypes.
Mar Drugs
; 18(8)2020 Aug 13.
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Recently, Conorfamide-Sr3 (CNF-Sr3) was isolated from the venom of Conus spurius and was demonstrated to have an inhibitory concentration-dependent effect on the Shaker K+ channel. The voltage-gated potassium channels play critical functions on cellular signaling, from the regeneration of action potentials in neurons to the regulation of insulin secretion in pancreatic cells, among others. In mammals, there are at least 40 genes encoding voltage-gated K+ channels and the process of expression of some of them may include alternative splicing. Given the enormous variety of these channels and the proven use of conotoxins as tools to distinguish different ligand- and voltage-gated ion channels, in this work, we explored the possible effect of CNF-Sr3 on four human voltage-gated K+ channel subtypes homologous to the Shaker channel. CNF-Sr3 showed a 10 times higher affinity for the Kv1.6 subtype with respect to Kv1.3 (IC50 = 2.7 and 24 µM, respectively) and no significant effect on Kv1.4 and Kv1.5 at 10 µM. Thus, CNF-Sr3 might become a novel molecular probe to study diverse aspects of human Kv1.3 and Kv1.6 channels.
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Assunto principal:
Bloqueadores dos Canais de Potássio
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Superfamília Shaker de Canais de Potássio
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Venenos de Moluscos
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Animals
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En
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Mar Drugs
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BIOLOGIA
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FARMACOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article
País de afiliação:
México
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