STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP OF PHILANTHOTOXINS .1. PRESYNAPTIC AND POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION OF THE LOCUST NEUROMUSCULAR-TRANSMISSION
STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP OF PHILANTHOTOXINS .1. PRESYNAPTIC AND POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION OF THE LOCUST NEUROMUSCULAR-TRANSMISSION
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DOI:
10.1016/0742-8413(91)90236-m
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发表时间:
1991-01-01
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
VANWEERENKRAMER, J
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作者:
KARST, H;PIEK, T;VANWEERENKRAMER, J
1. Like the natural toxin, synthetic delta-philanthotoxin, now called PTX-4.3.3 acts as a reversible postsynaptic open ion-channel blocker of the glutamatergic neuromuscular system of the locust.2. It also inhibits the high-affinity re-uptake of glutamate in the nerve endings and glial cells.3. To study the structure-activity relationship, three parts of the PTX-4.3.3 molecule were changed.4. One of these PTX-analogues, trifluoromethyl-PTX-4.3.3, proved to be a more potent postsynaptic blocker.5. Moreover, compared with PTX-4.3.3 a delayed recovery period is seen with trifluoromethyl-PTX-4.3.3.6. A number of PTX-analogues were equipotent to PTX-4.3.3 regarding the inhibition of iontophoretically evoked, postsynaptic glutamate potentials.7. However, complete inactivation was achieved by reducing the length of the polyamine chain, moreover dideaza-PTX-12 was nearly completely inactive and a reduced activity was seen with dephenol-PTX-4.3.3.8. A decrease of the decay time constant of glutamate potentials, normally seen by open ion-channel blockers in Con A pretreated preparations, was unaffected during application of the latter two analogues.9. Possibly these two toxins act as weak receptor antagonists.10. The presynaptic inhibition of the glutamate re-uptake, seemed to be a very specific property of PTX-4.3.3. Only one of the tested analogues (dehydroxy-PTX-4.3.3) exhibited this capacity.