Omega-conotoxin: direct and persistent blockade of specific types of calcium channels in neurons but not muscle.
AUTOR(ES)
McCleskey, E W
RESUMO
Blockade of Ca2+ channels by omega-conotoxin GVIA, a 27 amino acid peptide from the venom of the marine snail Conus geographus, was investigated with patch-clamp recordings of whole-cell and unitary currents in a variety of cell types. In dorsal root ganglion neurons, the toxin produces persistent block of L- and N-type Ca2+ channels but only transiently inhibits T-type channels. Its actions appear to be neuron-specific, since it blocks high-threshold Ca2+ channels in sensory, sympathetic, and hippocampal neurons of vertebrates but not in cardiac, skeletal, or smooth muscle cells. Block occurs through direct interaction of the toxin with an external site closely associated with the Ca2+ channel, without apparent involvement of a second messenger or dependence on channel gating. The tissue and channel-type specificity and the directness and slow reversibility of the block are features that favor use of omega-conotoxin as a tool for purifying particular neuronal Ca2+ channels and defining their physiological function.
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