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Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol ; 129(1): 52-60, 2021 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33742558

RESUMO

Conotoxins, which target ion channels or neurotransmitter receptors with high specificity, are valuable in drug development for pain, epilepsy and other neurological diseases. However, the toxicology of conotoxins is rarely reported. In this study, we primarily researched parts of the pharmacological and toxicological properties of an analgesic conotoxin lt14a. Three doses of lt14a (1, 5 and 10 mg/kg) could prolong the pentobarbital-induced sleep time of mice and showed no significant effect on the spontaneous locomotor activity of mice. Three doses of lt14a (50, 100 and 200 mg/kg) did not increase micronucleus rate in the micronucleus test. In addition, three doses of lt14a (200, 500 and 1000 mg/kg) showed no pathological change on the heart or brain of mice in the acute toxicity test. The high dose of lt14a (1000 times the effective analgesic dose) had a certain damaging effect on the liver and lung according to serological detection and histopathology. As part of the preclinical studies, our results provide acute toxicity and mutagenicity evaluation of the promising analgesic conotoxin lt14a.


Assuntos
Analgésicos/toxicidade , Conotoxinas/toxicidade , Analgésicos/administração & dosagem , Animais , Conotoxinas/administração & dosagem , Avaliação Pré-Clínica de Medicamentos , Feminino , Locomoção/efeitos dos fármacos , Masculino , Camundongos , Testes para Micronúcleos , Modelos Animais , Pentobarbital/administração & dosagem , Sono/efeitos dos fármacos , Testes de Toxicidade Aguda
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 111(7): 2758-63, 2014 Feb 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24497506

RESUMO

A cone snail venom peptide, µO§-conotoxin GVIIJ from Conus geographus, has a unique posttranslational modification, S-cysteinylated cysteine, which makes possible formation of a covalent tether of peptide to its target Na channels at a distinct ligand-binding site. µO§-conotoxin GVIIJ is a 35-aa peptide, with 7 cysteine residues; six of the cysteines form 3 disulfide cross-links, and one (Cys24) is S-cysteinylated. Due to limited availability of native GVIIJ, we primarily used a synthetic analog whose Cys24 was S-glutathionylated (abbreviated GVIIJSSG). The peptide-channel complex is stabilized by a disulfide tether between Cys24 of the peptide and Cys910 of rat (r) NaV1.2. A mutant channel of rNaV1.2 lacking a cysteine near the pore loop of domain II (C910L), was >10(3)-fold less sensitive to GVIIJSSG than was wild-type rNaV1.2. In contrast, although rNaV1.5 was >10(4)-fold less sensitive to GVIIJSSG than NaV1.2, an rNaV1.5 mutant with a cysteine in the homologous location, rNaV1.5[L869C], was >10(3)-fold more sensitive than wild-type rNaV1.5. The susceptibility of rNaV1.2 to GVIIJSSG was significantly altered by treating the channels with thiol-oxidizing or disulfide-reducing agents. Furthermore, coexpression of rNaVß2 or rNaVß4, but not that of rNaVß1 or rNaVß3, protected rNaV1.1 to -1.7 (excluding NaV1.5) against block by GVIIJSSG. Thus, GVIIJ-related peptides may serve as probes for both the redox state of extracellular cysteines and for assessing which NaVß- and NaVα-subunits are present in native neurons.


Assuntos
Conotoxinas/toxicidade , Dissulfetos/metabolismo , Canal de Sódio Disparado por Voltagem NAV1.2/metabolismo , Neurônios/metabolismo , Bloqueadores do Canal de Sódio Disparado por Voltagem/toxicidade , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Conotoxinas/genética , Conotoxinas/metabolismo , Cisteína/metabolismo , Primers do DNA/genética , DNA Complementar/genética , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Oócitos/metabolismo , Técnicas de Patch-Clamp , Ratos , Análise de Sequência de DNA , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem , Bloqueadores do Canal de Sódio Disparado por Voltagem/metabolismo
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Life Sci ; 87(15-16): 451-6, 2010 Oct 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20691706

RESUMO

The venoms of the cone snail (Conus) contain toxic peptides (conotoxins) that have remarkable selectivity for subtypes of a variety of mammalian voltage- and ligand-gated ion channels, G protein-coupled receptors, and neurotransmitter transporters. They thus have tremendous potential as pharmacologic tools. Less toxic analogs or mimetics could be highly-selective pharmacotherapeutic agents at their target sites. For this reason, conopeptides have been extensively studied and have progressed to clinical trials and even regulatory approval. However, the synthesis of the peptides remains difficult and stability and toxicity remain problems. A novel synthesis and testing of analogs incorporating diselenium bonds between selenocysteine residues in place of disulfide bonds between cysteine residues has recently been reported. The technique results in analogs that retain the folding of the native peptides, are more potent, and have the same or greater biological activity.


Assuntos
Conotoxinas/farmacologia , Sistemas de Liberação de Medicamentos , Selênio/química , Animais , Conotoxinas/síntese química , Conotoxinas/toxicidade , Caramujo Conus , Estabilidade de Medicamentos , Humanos , Canais Iônicos/efeitos dos fármacos , Canais Iônicos/metabolismo , Dobramento de Proteína , Selenocisteína/química
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