| Literature DB >> 27501251 |
Tatsuya Toma1, Matthew M Logan1, Frederic Menard1, A Sloan Devlin1, J Du Bois1.
Abstract
A novel family of small molecule inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channels (NaVs) 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 NaVs suggests a mechanism of action for ion conduction block.Entities:
Keywords: SAR; Site II; batrachotoxin; electrophysiology; protein mutagenesis; sodium channel
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27501251 PMCID: PMC5555364 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.6b00212
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ACS Chem Neurosci ISSN: 1948-7193 Impact factor: 4.418