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Tetrodotoxin and Its Analogues in Cephalothrix cf. simula (Nemertea: Palaeonemertea) from the Sea of Japan (Peter the Great Gulf): Intrabody Distribution and Secretions

Toxins, 2020
Some nemertean species from the genus Cephalothrix accumulate tetrodotoxin (TTX) in extremely high concentrations. The current study is the first to provide high-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC–MS/MS) data on tetrodotoxin
Anna E. Vlasenko, Timur Yu. Magarlamov
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Palmitoylation of PSD‐95 Orchestrates Learning‐Dependent Metaplasticity in the Amygdala and Fear Memory

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study reveals that fear learning specifically triggers PICK1/DHHC2‐dependent palmitoylation of PSD‐95 in the lateral amygdala. Fear conditioning induces the dissociation of DHHC5 from PSD‐95 and the association of PSD‐95 with DHHC2. DHHC2‐mediated palmitoylation of PSD‐95 is required for synaptic transmission and underlies fear learning–induced ...
Zu‐Cheng Shen, Yu‐Xuan Weng, Zhi‐Xuan Xia, Yue‐Ling Zhao, Qian‐Qian Ding, Si‐Ying Wang, Ting Cao, Xuan‐Ying Chen, Wu‐Cheng Tao, Shen Lin, Zhou Chen, Yi‐Xiao Luo   +11 more
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Effect of Tetrodotoxin Pellets in a Rat Model of Postherpetic Neuralgia

Marine Drugs, 2018
Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is nerve pain caused by a reactivation of the varicella zoster virus. Medications are used to reduce PHN but their use is limited by serious side effects.
Bihong Hong, Jipeng Sun, Hongzhi Zheng, Qingqing Le, Changsen Wang, Kaikai Bai, Jianlin He, Huanghuang He, Yanming Dong   +8 more
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Gene Correction Enhances Dopaminergic Cell Therapy in a Nonhuman Primate Model of Parkinson's Disease

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
LRRK2‐mutant induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) were derived from a patient with Parkinson's disease (PD). Using CRISPR/Cas9–mediated gene editing, the pathogenic LRRK2 mutations were precisely corrected, and isogenic dopaminergic neural progenitor cells (DA‐NPCs) were subsequently generated.
Qing Yan, Chongchong Xu, Jiangmei Gao, Pu Wang, Qingling Wu, Ying Jin, Binyan Lu, Mu Li, Mingting Shao, Bihai Li, Zhenghui Su, Yijng Zhang, Jianhuan Chen, Haojie An, Mengyao Huang, Xiaoji Zhuang, Yuhui Shen, Fenglin Wang, Nana Xu, Yiyan Liu, Lei Tang, Xiuling Zhong, Minyan Zhong, Jiecong Chen, Zhenhuang Wang, Xingrong Luo, Sheng Liu, RuiFeng Liu, Ling Zhang, Junhua Rao   +29 more
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Total syntheses of Tetrodotoxin and 9-epiTetrodotoxin

Nature Communications
Tetrodotoxin and congeners are specific voltage-gated sodium channel blockers that exhibit remarkable anesthetic and analgesic effects. Here, we present a scalable asymmetric syntheses of Tetrodotoxin and 9-epiTetrodotoxin from the abundant chemical ...
Peihao Chen, Jing Wang, Shuangfeng Zhang, Yan Wang, Yuze Sun, Songlin Bai, Qingcui Wu, Xinyu Cheng, Peng Cao, Xiangbing Qi   +9 more
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Intracellular Immunohistochemical Detection of Tetrodotoxin in Pleurobranchaea maculata (Gastropoda) and Stylochoplana sp. (Turbellaria)

Marine Drugs, 2015
Tetrodotoxin (TTX), is a potent neurotoxin targeting sodium channels that has been identified in multiple marine and terrestrial organisms. It was recently detected in the Opisthobranch Pleurobranchaea maculata and a Platyhelminthes Stylochoplana sp ...
Lauren R. Salvitti, Susanna A. Wood, Leigh Winsor, Stephen Craig Cary   +3 more
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Human Foetal Neuroblasts Exhibit BK Channel‐Dependent Membrane Voltage Oscillations upon Depolarization

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Primary cultures of neuroblasts isolated from the nucleus basalis of Meynert of 12‐weeks‐old human foetuses were prepared. Whole‐cell patch‐clamp recordings were performed by injecting a depolarizing stimulus current (+500 pA; 500 ms), and the membrane voltage recorded; this stimulus current evoked periodic‐like oscillations in membrane voltage ...
Elisabetta Coppi, Federica Cherchi, Martina Venturini, Federico Tommasi, Sandro Gonzi, Chiara Capacci, Giulia Guarnieri, Pasquale Gallina, Annamaria Morelli, Anna Maria Pugliese   +9 more
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Regulation of the Spontaneous Augmentation of NaV1.9 in Mouse Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons: Effect of PKA and PKC Pathways

Marine Drugs, 2010
Sensory neurons in the dorsal root ganglion express two kinds of tetrodotoxin resistant (TTX-R) isoforms of voltage-gated sodium channels, NaV1.8 and NaV1.9. These isoforms play key roles in the pathophysiology of chronic pain.
Nobukuni Ogata, Noriko Uryu, Taixing Zheng, Jun-ichi Kakimura   +3 more
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Bigenomic transcriptional regulation of all thirteen cytochrome c oxidase subunit genes by specificity protein 1 [PDF]

Open Biology, 2013
Cytochrome c oxidase (COX) is one of only four known bigenomic proteins, with three mitochondria-encoded subunits and 10 nucleus-encoded ones derived from nine different chromosomes. The mechanism of regulating this multi-subunit, bigenomic enzyme is not
Shilpa S. Dhar, Kaid Johar, Margaret T. T. Wong-Riley   +2 more
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New insights into epileptic spasm generation and treatment from the TTX animal model

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Currently, we have an incomplete understanding of the mechanisms underlying infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS). However, over the past decade, significant efforts have been made to develop IESS animal models to provide much‐needed mechanistic information for therapy development.
John W. Swann, Carlos J. Ballester‐Rosado, Chih‐Hong Lee   +2 more
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