Toma Tatsuya, Logan Matthew M, Menard Frederic, Devlin A Sloan, Du Bois J
Department of Chemistry, Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305-5080, United States.
ACS Chem Neurosci. 2016 Oct 19;7(10):1463-1468. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.6b00212. Epub 2016 Aug 8.
A novel family of small molecule inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channels (Nas) based on the structure of batrachotoxin (BTX), a well-known channel agonist, is described. Protein mutagenesis and electrophysiology experiments reveal the binding site as the inner pore region of the channel, analogous to BTX, alkaloid toxins, and local anesthetics. Homology modeling of the eukaryotic channel based on recent crystallographic analyses of bacterial Nas suggests a mechanism of action for ion conduction block.
本文描述了一类基于著名的通道激动剂——蟾毒素(BTX)结构的新型电压门控钠通道(Nas)小分子抑制剂。蛋白质诱变和电生理实验表明,其结合位点为通道的内孔区域,类似于BTX、生物碱毒素和局部麻醉剂。基于细菌Nas最近的晶体学分析对真核通道进行的同源建模揭示了离子传导阻滞的作用机制。