Lipid-soluble toxins thought to be specific for Na+ channels block Ca2+ channels in neuronal cells
Lipid-soluble toxins thought to be specific for Na+ channels block Ca2+ channels in neuronal cells
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脂溶性毒素被认为对 Na 通道具有特异性,可阻断神经元细胞中的 Ca2 通道
DOI:
10.1038/297079a0
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发表时间:
1982
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影响因子:
64.8
通讯作者:
M. Lazdunski
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作者:
G. Romey;M. Lazdunski
Many toxic compounds alter specifically the functioning of the fast sodium conductance that is responsible for the generation of action potentials in neuronal and muscle cells. One important class of these compounds consists of the lipid-soluble toxins, such as veratridine and other ceveratrum alkaloids, batrachotoxin, aconitine, and the diterpenoid grayanotoxins. These molecules are thought to bind to a common receptor site on the Na+ channel1–5, thus inducing a membrane depolarization which can be suppressed by the addition of tetrodotoxin (TTX) or by the removal of Na+ from the incubation medium3. We show here that this family of molecules is not specific for the Na+ channel in neuroblastoma cells. Blockade of the voltage-dependent calcium channel is also observed, either in the toxin concentration range in which the molecules act on the Na+ channel (veratridine, grayanotoxin) or at even lower concentration (batrachotoxin).