Isolation and identification of a sodium channel-inhibiting protein from eggs of black widow spiders
Isolation and identification of a sodium channel-inhibiting protein from eggs of black widow spiders
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从黑寡妇蜘蛛卵中分离和鉴定钠通道抑制蛋白。
DOI:
10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2014.01.004
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发表时间:
2014-04-01
影响因子:
8.2
通讯作者:
Liang, Songping
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作者:
Li, Jianjun;Yan, Yizhong;Liang, Songping
The eggs of black widow spider (L. tredecimguttatus) have been demonstrated to be rich in biologically active components that exhibit great research value and application foreground. In the present study, a protein toxin, named Latroeggtoxin-II, was isolated from the eggs using the combination of gel filtration, ion exchange chromatography and reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography. Electraspray mass spectrometric analysis indicated that the molecular weight of the protein was 28.69 kDa, and Edman degradation revealed that its N-terminal sequence was ESIQT STYVP NTPNQKFDYEVGKDY-. After being abdominally injected into mice and P. americana, the protein could make the animals especially P. americana display a series of poisoning symptoms. Electrophysiological experiments demonstrated that the protein could selectively inhibit tetrodotoxin-resistant Na+ channel currents in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons, without significant effect on the tetrodotoxin-sensitive Na+ channel currents. Using multiple proteomic strategies, the purified protein was shown to have only a few similarities to the existing proteins in the databases, suggesting that it was a novel protein isolated from the eggs of black widow spiders. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier B.V.