Interpreting the functional role of a novel interaction motif in prokaryotic sodium channels [PDF]
, 2017 Voltage-gated sodium channels enable the translocation of sodium ions across cell membranes and play crucial roles in electrical signaling by initiating the action potential.
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Extremely Potent Block of Bacterial Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels by µ-Conotoxin PIIIA
Marine Drugs, 2019 µ-Conotoxin PIIIA, in the sub-picomolar, range inhibits the archetypal bacterial sodium channel NaChBac (NavBh) in a voltage- and use-dependent manner.
Rocio K. Finol-Urdaneta +8 more
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Effect of channel block on the spiking activity of excitable membranes in a stochastic Hodgkin-Huxley model [PDF]
, 2004 The influence of intrinsic channel noise on the spontaneous spiking activity of poisoned excitable membrane patches is studied by use of a stochastic generalization of the Hodgkin-Huxley model.
Chow C C +17 more
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Modeled channel distributions explain extracellular recordings from cultured neurons sealed to microelectrodes [PDF]
, 2002 Amplitudes and shapes of extracellular recordings from single neurons cultured on a substrate embedded microelectrode depend not only on the volume conducting properties of the neuron-electrode interface, but might also depend on the distribution of ...
Buitenweg, Jan Reinoud +2 more
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NaV1.6 and NaV1.7 channels are major endogenous voltage-gated sodium channels in ND7/23 cells.
PLoS ONE, 2019 ND7/23 cells are gaining traction as a host model to express peripheral sodium channels such as NaV1.8 and NaV1.9 that have been difficult to express in widely utilized heterologous cells, like CHO and HEK293.
Jisoo Lee +4 more
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Voltage-gated sodium channels: biophysics, pharmacology, and related channelopathies
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2012 Voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSC) are multi-molecular protein complexes expressed in both excitable and non-excitable cells. They are primarily formed by a pore-forming multi-spanning integral membrane glycoprotein (α-subunit) that can be associated ...
Eleonora eSavio Galimberti +2 more
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Voltage-gated sodium channels potentiate the invasive capacities of human non-small-cell lung cancer cell lines. [PDF]
, 2007 Ionic channel activity is involved in fundamental cellular behaviour and participates in cancerous features such as proliferation, migration and invasion which in turn contribute to the metastatic process.
Barascu, Aurélia +9 more
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Inhibition of voltage-gated sodium channels by sumatriptan bioisosteres
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2015 Voltage-gated sodium channels are known to play a pivotal role in perception and transmission of pain sensations. Gain-of-function mutations in the genes encoding the peripheral neuronal sodium channels, hNav1.7-1.9, cause human painful diseases.
Roberta eCarbonara +8 more
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Molecular basis of ion permeability in a voltage-gated sodium channel [PDF]
, 2016 Voltage‐gated sodium channels are essential for electrical signalling across cell membranes. They exhibit strong selectivities for sodium ions over other cations, enabling the finely tuned cascade of events associated with action potentials.
Altin Sula +11 more
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Venomous secretions from marine snails of the Terebridae family target acetylcholine receptors [PDF]
, 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
Kauferstein, Silke +8 more
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