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Discovery Methodology of Novel Conotoxins from Conus Species

Marine Drugs, 2018
Cone snail venoms provide an ideal resource for neuropharmacological tools and drug candidates discovery, which have become a research hotspot in neuroscience and new drug development. More than 1,000,000 natural peptides are produced by cone snails, but
Ying Fu, Cheng Li, Shuai Dong, Yong Wu, Dongting Zhangsun, Sulan Luo   +5 more
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Diversity of Conopeptides and Their Precursor Genes of Conus Litteratus

Marine Drugs, 2020
The venom of various Conus species is composed of a rich variety of unique bioactive peptides, commonly referred to as conotoxins (conopeptides). Most conopeptides have specific receptors or ion channels as physiologically relevant targets. In this paper,
Xinjia Li, Wanyi Chen, Dongting Zhangsun, Sulan Luo   +3 more
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A Combined Transcriptomics and Proteomics Approach Reveals the Differences in the Predatory and Defensive Venoms of the Molluscivorous Cone Snail Cylinder ammiralis (Caenogastropoda: Conidae)

Toxins, 2021
Venoms are complex mixtures of proteins that have evolved repeatedly in the animal kingdom. Cone snail venoms represent one of the best studied venom systems.
Samuel Abalde, Sébastien Dutertre, Rafael Zardoya   +2 more
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α‐Synuclein oligomers slow down action potential firing and enhance dopamine release by increasing Cav2.2 currents in midbrain dopaminergic neurons

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend Left: the spontaneous quantal release of dopamine (DA) occurs at very low frequency in control conditions. Right: exogenous α‐synuclein potentiates Cav2.2 currents and DA release but drastically reduces the spontaneous firing rate of substantia nigra DA neurons.
Giulia Tomagra, Anthony Battaglia, Claudio Franchino, Sara Bonzano, Federico Picollo, Giuseppe Chiantia, Antonio de Iure, Paolo Calabresi, Barbara Picconi, Emilio Carbone, Silvia De Marchis, Andrea Marcantoni, Valentina Carabelli   +12 more
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Protein engineering strategies to optimise recombinant product synthesis and accumulation in Nicotiana benthamiana

Plant Biotechnology Journal, Volume 24, Issue 1, Page 31-43, January 2026.
Summary In plant molecular farming, recombinant products include traditional protein targets, such as antibodies, antigens, and enzymes, but also increasingly refers to high‐value peptides, and small molecules produced by heterologous enzymatic pathways.
Maxim D. Harding, Frank Sainsbury
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Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Inhibition by µ-Conotoxins

Toxins
µ-Conotoxins are small, potent pore-blocker inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium (NaV) channels, which have been identified as pharmacological probes and putative leads for analgesic development.
Kirsten L. McMahon, Irina Vetter, Christina I. Schroeder   +2 more
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Neurotransmitters and Immunity: Molecular Mechanisms, Biological Functions, Diseases, and Potential Therapeutic Targets

MedComm, Volume 6, Issue 12, December 2025.
Role of neurotransmitters in multiple pathological processes. Various neurotransmitters, including ACh, EPI, NE, 5‐HT, histamine, DA, glutamate, GABA, and neuropeptides participate in regulating key pathological events, including tumor proliferation, tumor migration, remodeling of the immune microenvironment, and the development of NDDs and ...
Gege Li, Fangfang Li, Yang Tang, Siyu Guo, Yihan Yao, Yuan Fang, Bicheng Zhang, Yu Jiang, Jing Wang, Dang Wu, Jianxia Cheng, Zhihui Huang, Zengfeng Xin, Ting Zhang   +13 more
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Screening and Validation of Highly-Efficient Insecticidal Conotoxins from a Transcriptome-Based Dataset of Chinese Tubular Cone Snail

Toxins, 2017
Most previous studies have focused on analgesic and anti-cancer activities for the conotoxins identified from piscivorous and molluscivorous cone snails, but little attention has been devoted to insecticidal activity of conotoxins from the dominant ...
Bingmiao Gao, Chao Peng, Bo Lin, Qin Chen, Junqing Zhang, Qiong Shi   +5 more
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Discovery of 194 Unreported Conopeptides and Identification of a New Protein Disulfide Isomerase in Conus caracteristicus Using Integrated Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analysis

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Current ConoServer database accumulates 8,134 conopeptides from 122 species of cone snail, which are pharmaceutically attractive marine resource. However, many more conopeptides remain to be discovered, and the enzymes involved in their synthesis and ...
Han Zhang, Han Zhang, Han Zhang, Lei Wang, Yinbin Qiu, Yinbin Qiu, Yinbin Qiu, Fahui Gong, Baoting Nong, Xinghua Pan, Xinghua Pan, Xinghua Pan   +11 more
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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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