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Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Modulators from Cone Snails

Marine Drugs, 2018
Marine cone snails are a large family of gastropods that have evolved highly potent venoms for predation and defense. The cone snail venom has exceptional molecular diversity in neuropharmacologically active compounds, targeting a range of receptors, ion
Nikita Abraham, Richard J. Lewis
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Uncovering Coenzyme Q10‐Related Genetic Determinants of Statin‐Associated Muscle Symptoms: Evidence from the UK Biobank and the All of Us Research Program

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Statin‐associated muscle symptoms (SAMS) are frequent adverse effects of statin therapy and have been hypothesized to result from impaired coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) biosynthesis. Although genetic determinants of CoQ10 levels have been reported, genome‐wide association studies (GWASs) conducted specifically in statin users are lacking. Moreover, direct CoQ10
Da Hoon Lee, Yoon‐A Park, Yubin Song, Ji‐Min Han, Kyung Hee Choi, Myeong Gyu Kim, Hye Sun Gwak   +6 more
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Nicotinic Receptor Activity Alters Synaptic Plasticity

The Scientific World Journal, 2001
Studies using specific agonists, antagonists, and lesions have shown that nicotinic cholinergic systems participate in attention, learning, and memory[1,2].
John A. Dani
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Venomous secretions from marine snails of the Terebridae family target acetylcholine receptors

, 2013
Venoms from cone snails (Conidae) have been extensively studied during the last decades, but those from other members of the suborder Toxoglossa, such as of Terebridae and Turridae superfamilies attracted less interest so far. Here, we report the effects
Wunder, C., Peigneur, S., Silke Kauferstein, Melaun, Christian, Annette Nicke, Nicke, Annette, Dietrich Mebs, Christian Melaun, Peigneur, Steve, Kauferstein, S., Kauferstein, Silke, Wunder, Cora, Kendel, Y., Mebs, D., Kurz, A., Steve Peigneur, Tytgat, Jan, Melaun, C., Kendel, Yvonne, Kurz, Alexander, Mebs, Dietrich, Yvonne Kendel, Jan Tytgat, Cora Wunder, Alexander Kurz, Nicke, A., Tytgat, J.   +26 more
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Investigation of the In Vitro and In Vivo Metabolism and μ‐Opioid Receptor Affinity of the Nitazene N‐Pyrrolidino Fluetonitazene

Drug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.
Eight metabolites for N‐pyrrolidino fluetonitazene were identified in vitro, three of which (M2, M6 and M8) were present in an authentic urine sample. M2 was the most abundant in vivo metabolite and is a common marker metabolite of nitazepyne‐type substances.
Severin Zemp, Gaia Alluisetti, Wolfgang Weinmann, Bettina Schrag, Frank Sporkert, Maurine Leclerc, Katharina Elisabeth Grafinger   +6 more
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Golden Anniversary of the Nicotinic Receptor [PDF]

Neuron, 2020
The high-resolution structure of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor from Torpedo electric tissue in association with the snake toxin α-bungarotoxin (Rahman et al., 2020) is presented 50 years after its identification as the first neurotransmitter receptor and ligand-gated ion channel.
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CHRNA5 links chandelier cells to severity of amyloid pathology in aging and Alzheimer’s disease

Translational Psychiatry
Changes in high-affinity nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are intricately connected to neuropathology in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Protective and cognitive-enhancing roles for the nicotinic α5 subunit have been identified, but this gene has not been ...
Jonas Rybnicek, Yuxiao Chen, Milos Milic, Earvin S. Tio, JoAnne McLaurin, Timothy J. Hohman, Philip L. De Jager, Julie A. Schneider, Yanling Wang, David A. Bennett, Shreejoy Tripathy, Daniel Felsky, Evelyn K. Lambe   +12 more
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AChBP-targeted alpha-conotoxin correlates distinct binding orientations with nAChR subtype selectivity

, 2007
Neuronal nAChRs are a diverse family of pentameric ion channels with wide distribution throughout cells of the nervous and immune systems. However, the role of specific subtypes in normal and pathological states remains poorly understood due to the lack ...
Sixma, Titia K., Alewood, Paul F., Buettner, Regina, van Elk, R, Smit, A.B., Sixma, T., Dutertre, S., Nicke, A, van Elk, R., Smit, A., Nicke, Annette, Alewood, P. F., Sixma, T.K., Kendel, Y., Smit, AB, Lewis, R. J., Hopping, G., Kendel, Y, van Elk, René, Büttner, Regina, Elk, René van, Ulens, C, Ulens, Chris, Buttner, R, Kendel, Yvonne, Sixma, TK, Fish, Alexander, Lewis, R.J., Schroeder, Christina, Lewis, Richard,, Smit, August,, Buttner, R., Elk, R. van, Alewood, P.F., Lewis, Richard J., Fish, A, Sixma, Titia,, Schroeder, C., Alewood, Paul,, Fish, A., Alewood, P., Dutertre, Sébastien, Smit, August B., Ulens, C., Hopping, Gene, Nicke, A., Lewis, R.   +46 more
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Fhod3 in zebrafish supports myofibril stability during growth of embryonic skeletal muscle

Developmental Dynamics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Actin filament organization in cardiomyocytes critically depends on the formin Fhod3, but a role for Fhod3 in skeletal muscle development has not yet been described. Results We demonstrate here that in zebrafish mutated for one of two fhod3 paralog genes, fhod3a, skeletal muscle of the trunk appears normal through 2 days post ...
Aubrie Russell, Tracy Eng, Jeffrey D. Amack, David Pruyne   +3 more
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Characterization of nAChRs in Nematostella vectensis supports neuronal and non-neuronal roles in the cnidarian–bilaterian common ancestor

EvoDevo, 2019
Background Nicotinic and muscarinic acetylcholine receptors likely evolved in the cnidarian–bilaterian common ancestor. Both receptor families are best known for their role at chemical synapses in bilaterian animals, but they also have described roles as
Dylan Z. Faltine-Gonzalez, Michael J. Layden   +1 more
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