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The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2025/26: Ion channels

British Journal of Pharmacology, Volume 182, Issue S1, Page S152-S241, December 2025.
The Concise Guide to Pharmacology 2025/26 marks the seventh edition in this series of biennial publications in the British Journal of Pharmacology. Presented in landscape format, the guide provides a comparative overview of the pharmacology of drug target families. The concise nature of the Concise Guide refers to the style of presentation, being clear,
Stephen P. H. Alexander, Jörg Striessnig, Alasdair J. Gibb, Alistair A. Mathie, Emma L. Veale, Eamonn Kelly, Chloe J. Peach, Jane F. Armstrong, Elena Faccenda, Simon D. Harding, Christopher Southan, Jamie A. Davies, Richard W. Aldrich, Bernard Attali, Austin M. Baggetta, Elvir Becirovic, David J. Beech, Martin Biel, Roslyn M. Bill, Ana I. Caceres, William A. Catterall, Han Chow Chua, Alex C. Conner, Henry Danahay, Paul Davies, Katrien De Clerq, Markus Delling, Francesco Di Virgilio, Simonetta Falzoni, Wei Fang, Stefanie Fenske, Anna Fortuny‐Gomez, Samuel Fountain, George K. Chandy, Mohammad‐Reza Ghovanloo, Steve A. N. Goldstein, Martin Gosling, Christian Grimm, Stephan Grissmer, Kotdaji Ha, Tim G. Hales, Verena Hammelmann, Israel Hanukoglu, Meiqin Hu, Ad P. Ijzerman, Sairam V. Jabba, Mike Jarvis, Anders A. Jensen, Sven E. Jordt, Leonard K. Kaczmarek, Stephan Kellenberger, Charles Kennedy, Brian King, Philip Kitchen, Qiang Liu, Joseph W. Lynch, Rian W. Manville, Jessica Meades, Verena Mehlfeld, Annette Nicke, Stefan Offermanns, Edward Pérez‐Reyes, Leigh D. Plant, Stephan A. Pless, Lachlan D. Rash, Dejian Ren, Hussein N. Rubaiy, Mootaz M. Salman, Werner Sieghart, Lucia G. Sivilotti, Trevor G. Smart, Terrance P. Snutch, Paolo Tammaro, Jinbin Tian, James S. Trimmer, Charlotte Van den Eynde, Paola Vergani, Joris Vriens, Stephen G. Waxman, Aguan D. Wei, Brenda T. Winn, Heike Wulff, Haoxing Xu, Fan Yang, Lixia Yue, Xiaoli Zhang, Michael Zhu   +86 more
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Structural Basis for α-Conotoxin Potency and Selectivity [PDF]

, 2009
Parkinson\u27s disease is a debilitating movement disorder characterized by altered levels of α6β2* nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) localized on presynaptic striatal catecholaminergic neurons.
Narver, Andrew, Eidemiller, Seth, McDougal, Owen M., Turner, Matthew, Martin, Bryan, Marshall, Joshua, Cornell, Kenneth A.   +6 more
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Nicotinic Receptors in the Medial Habenula to Interpeduncular Nucleus Pathway: Modulators of Reward, Aversion and Emotion

European Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 62, Issue 11, December 2025.
ABSTRACT The medial habenula–interpeduncular nucleus pathway is a highly conserved and densely innervated brain circuit known for its unique cholinergic transmission and exceptional expression of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. This pathway plays a critical role in regulating motivational and emotional processes, particularly those related to ...
Maria Ciscato, Mathilde Chouvaeff, Alexandre Mourot   +2 more
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Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Pathways in Cancer: From Psychiatric Clues to Therapeutic Opportunities

Cancer Reports, Volume 8, Issue 11, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Background The prevalence of cancer poses significant challenges to treatment, largely because of drug resistance along with other side effects. Current studies have been investigating the growth factors more than other biologic tumor features, such as neurobiologic features.
Mohammad Hossein Azadi, Pouya Pazooki, Soheila Ajdary, Hamed Shafaroodi   +3 more
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Mitochondrial Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Support Liver Cells Viability After Partial Hepatectomy

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2018
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) expressed on the cell plasma membrane are ligand-gated ion channels mediating fast synaptic transmission, regulating neurotransmitter and cytokine release and supporting the viability of many cell types.
Kateryna Uspenska, Olena Lykhmus, Maria Obolenskaya, Stephanie Pons, Uwe Maskos, Serhiy Komisarenko, Maryna Skok   +6 more
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Structural similarities reveal an expansive conotoxin family with a two‐finger toxin fold

Protein Science, Volume 34, Issue 11, November 2025.
Abstract Venomous animals have evolved a diverse repertoire of toxins with considerable pharmaceutical potential. The rapid evolution of peptide toxins, such as the conotoxins produced by venomous marine cone snails, often complicates efforts to infer their evolutionary relationships based solely on sequence information.
Muhammad Saad Khilji, Celeste M. Hackney, Thomas L. Koch, Arik J. Hone, Aymeric Rogalski, Maren Watkins, Jortan Tun, J. Michael McIntosh, Baldomero Olivera, Helena Safavi‐Hemami, Kaare Teilum, Lars Ellgaard   +11 more
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α-conotoxin OmIA is a potent ligand for the acetylcholine-binding protein as well as α3β2 and α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

, 2006
The molluskan acetylcholine-binding protein (AChBP) is a homolog of the extracellular binding domain of the pentameric ligand-gated ion channel family. AChBP most closely resembles the α-subunit of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and in particular the ...
I Tsigelny, K Y Ho, Kyou Hoon Han, C Dowell, T T Talley, J M McIntosh, S B Christensen, B M Olivera, P Taylor   +8 more
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Synthetic α-Conotoxin Mutants as Probes for Studying Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors and in the Development of Novel Drug Leads

Toxins, 2010
α-Conotoxins are peptide neurotoxins isolated from venomous marine cone snails that are potent and selective antagonists for different subtypes of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs).
Christopher J. Armishaw
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α-conotoxin GI triazole-peptidomimetics: potent and stable blockers of a human acetylcholine receptor [PDF]

, 2019
The potency and selectivity of conotoxin peptides for neuropathic receptors has made them attractive lead compounds in the development of new therapeutics.
Knuhtsen, Astrid, Whitmore, Charlotte, Jamieson, Andrew G., Kinnear, Kenneth I., McWhinnie, Fergus S., Green, A. Christopher, McDougall, Laura, Timperley, Christopher M., Whiting, Rachel, Smith, Brian O.   +9 more
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NMR structure determination of α-conotoxin BuIA, a novel neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist with an unusual 4/4 disulfide scaffold

, 2006
We have determined a high-resolution three-dimensional structure of α-conotoxin BuIA, a 13-residue peptide toxin isolated from Conus bullatus. Despite its unusual 4/4 disulfide bond layout α-conotoxin BuIA exhibits strong antagonistic activity at α6 ...
Do-heyoung Kim, Seung-Wook Chi, Kyou Hoon Han, J M McIntosh, B M Olivera   +4 more
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