CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACOLOGY OF SKIN TOXINS FROM FROG ATELOPUS-ZETEKI (ATELOPIDTOXIN-ZETEKITOXIN)
CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACOLOGY OF SKIN TOXINS FROM FROG ATELOPUS-ZETEKI (ATELOPIDTOXIN-ZETEKITOXIN)
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DOI:
10.1016/0041-0101(77)90030-7
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
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影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
FUHRMAN, FA
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作者:
BROWN, GB;KIM, YH;FUHRMAN, FA
Zetekitoxins were obtained in purified form from skins of the Panamanian frog A. zeteki by a series of steps which used preparative free-flowing electrophoresis in the last stages. The minor, less toxic component (zetekitoxin C) had an LD50 of 80 .mu.g/kg (i.p., mouse), and the major, more toxic compont (zetekitoxin AB) had an LD50 of 11 .mu.g/kg. These toxins are water-soluble, low MW, non-polypeptide, non-steroid and non-carbohydrate in nature. The zetekitoxins are clearly different from tetrodotoxin and chiriquitoxin. A. zeteki were resistant to toxin obtained from their own skins. Zetekitoxin AB (1.5-3 .mu.g/kg) produced sustained hypotension in anesthetized dogs and cats, during which time the pressor response to epinephrine and norepinephrine was unchanged, but that to carotid occlusion was reduced. The toxin at a concentration of 0.5 .mu.g/1 blocked vasoconstriction caused by electrical stimulation of perfused rabbit ear arteries, and this effect was antagonized by dextroamphetamine. It did not reduce contraction of the nicitating membrane or block .alpha.-andrenergic receptors (vas deferns). It partially blocked .beta.-adrenergic receptors (guinea pig atria) only in high concentrations above 10 .mu.g/1.