Cloning, Synthesis and Functional Characterization of a Novel α-Conotoxin Lt1.3.
Cloning, Synthesis and Functional Characterization of a Novel α-Conotoxin Lt1.3.
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DOI：
10.3390/md16040112
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发表时间：
2018-03-31
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影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Dai Q
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作者：
Chen J;Liang L;Ning H;Cai F;Liu Z;Zhang L;Zhou L;Dai Q
α-Conotoxins (α-CTxs) are small peptides composed of 11 to 20 amino acid residues with two disulfide bridges. Most of them potently and selectively target nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subtypes, and a few were found to inhibit the GABAB receptor (GABABR)-coupled N-type calcium channels (Cav2.2). However, in all of α-CTxs targeting both receptors, the disulfide connectivity arrangement “C1-C3, C2-C4” is present. In this work, a novel α4/7-CTx named Lt1.3 (GCCSHPACSGNNPYFC-NH2) was cloned from the venom ducts of Conus litteratus (C. litteratus) in the South China Sea. Lt1.3 was then chemically synthesized and two isomers with disulfide bridges “C1-C3, C2-C4” and “C1-C4, C2-C3” were found and functionally characterized. Electrophysiological experiments showed that Lt1.3 containing the common disulfide bridges “C1-C3, C2-C4” potently and selectively inhibited α3β2 nAChRs and not GABABR-coupled Cav2.2. Surprisingly, but the isomer with the disulfide bridges “C1-C4, C2-C3” showed exactly the opposite inhibitory activity, inhibiting only GABABR-coupled Cav2.2 and not α3β2 nAChRs. These findings expand the knowledge of the targets and selectivity of α-CTxs and provide a new structural motif to inhibit the GABABR-coupled Cav2.2.
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