Photochromic blockers of voltage-gated potassium channels.
Photochromic blockers of voltage-gated potassium channels.
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200904504
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发表时间:
2009
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Trauner, Dirk
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作者:
Banghart, Matthew R.;Mourot, Alexandre;Fortin, Doris L.;Yao, Jennifer Z.;Kramer, Richard H.;Trauner, Dirk
Photochromic ligands (PCLs) can be optically switched between isomers that show different biological activities. As such, they offer an opportunity to convert ligand-actuated pathways into light-actuated pathways, thus making it possible to control a wide range of biological processes with light. PCLs have been explored for various classes of target proteins, including enzymes,[1–3] ligand-gated ion channels,[4–6] and G-protein-coupled receptors.[7] For instance, photochromic agonists [5] and antagonists [8] for the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, a ligand-gated ion channel, were described more than thirty years ago. More recently, we have introduced a photochromic version of glutamate that acts as a PCL on kainate receptors and can be used to trigger neuronal firing.[6] The PCL approach can be particularly effective in neural systems, where the nonlinear nature of cellular excitability can accentuate relatively small changes in efficacy or incomplete photoconversion between isomers. We report herein a family of amphiphilic azobenzene molecules that target tetrameric voltage-gated ion channels (Figure 1a). Channels of this type are not gated by extracellular ligands but can be blocked by small molecules such as lipophilic cations.[9, 10] Our molecules function as photochromic blockers of voltage-gated K+ channels and act on the intracellular tetraethylammonium (TEA) binding site (Figure 1b). They can be applied from the extracellular side and have long-lasting effects in cells after a single, transient application. In excitable cells, they function as photochromic neuromodulators and can be used to optically control action potential firing.We have previously reported the molecule AAQ (Acrylamide-Azo-Quaternary ammonium, 1), which was shown to photosensitize wild-type K+ channels.[11] We had hypothesized that AAQ functions as a photoswitchable tethered ligand (PTL) at the external tetraethylammonium (TEA) binding site and that it would attach to native residues through affinity labeling (Figure1c). However, our attempts to verify an interaction at this site were inconclusive (Figures S1 and S2 in the Supporting Information). Instead, our mechanistic studies indicate that AAQ is not covalently bound and acts as a PCL at the internal TEA binding site (Figure 1b). Potassium channels are not only blocked by alkyl ammonium ions at the external tetraethylammonium (TEA)
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DOI:
10.1085/jgp.58.4.413
发表时间:
1971-10
期刊:
The Journal of general physiology
影响因子:
--
作者:
Armstrong CM
通讯作者:
Armstrong CM
影响因子:
3.4
作者:
FRENCH, RJ;SHOUKIMAS, JJ
通讯作者:
SHOUKIMAS, JJ
影响因子:
56.9
作者:
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通讯作者:
YELLEN, G
影响因子:
3.8
作者:
ARMSTRONG, CM
通讯作者:
ARMSTRONG, CM
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.68.8.1820
发表时间:
1971-01-01
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
BARTELS, E;WASSERMANN, NH;ERLANGER, BF
通讯作者:
ERLANGER, BF