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Mixture effects of tetrodotoxin (TTX) and drugs targeting voltage-gated sodium channels on spontaneous neuronal activity in vitro [PDF]

, 2023
Tetrodotoxin (TTX) potently inhibits TTX-sensitive voltage-gated sodium (NaV) channels in nerve and muscle cells, potentially resulting in depressed neurotransmission, paralysis and death from respiratory failure.
Westerink, Remco H S, Vrolijk, Misha F, Sijm, Dick T H M, van Kleef, Regina G D M, Tukker, Anke M, Vrolijk, Misha F; id_orcid   +5 more
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Differing alterations of sodium currents in small dorsal root ganglion neurons after ganglion compression and peripheral nerve injury

Molecular Pain, 2008
Voltage-gated sodium channels play important roles in modulating dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neuron hyperexcitability and hyperalgesia after peripheral nerve injury or inflammation.
Song Xue-Jun, Huang Zhi-Jiang
doaj   +1 more source

Targeting Supramolecular Active Complexes of Nav1.7/Nav1.8 to Relieve Chronic Neuropathic Pain

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
In mice and patients with severe chronic neuropathic pain (NP), Nav1.7, Nav1.8, TrkB, and five cytoskeletal proteins form supramolecular active complexes (SMACs) with polygonal lattice structures as noxious signal amplifiers in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons.
Liting Sun, Hang Xian, Yunxin Shi, Taotan Yang, Hongyan Shuai, Wenchao Hu, Siying Fei, Miao Xu, Taoyuan Yang, Ruilong Xia, Ting Wen, Fengting Zhu, Yan Fu, Yang Li, Wei Xia, Ran Qian, Yuanying Liu, Zhicheng Tian, Lamei Li, Qian Zhou, Lize Xiong, Rui Cong, Ceng Luo, Shengxi Wu, Xiafeng Shen, Xin Yu, Rou‐Gang Xie, Changgeng Peng   +27 more
wiley   +1 more source

Paternal Caffeine Exposure Programs Offspring Stress Vulnerability via Sperm Dlk1‐Dio3 Imprinting‐Directed Remodeling of a Novel Neural Circuit

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The study elucidates that paternal preconception stress can drive offspring hyperresponsivity of the stress system via hypomethylation of a specific DNA region in sperm. This key link is confirmed in a cohort of prospective fathers: the epigenetic alteration is associated with elevated stress hormone levels.
Mengxi Lu, Gaole Dai, Sen Zhu, Shuai Zhang, Tingting Wang, Yuan Meng, Fang Yang, Xiaoyi Han, Hui Wang, Hao Kou, Dan Xu   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

A High‐Throughput Live Imaging Platform to Investigate Circuit‐Dependent Regulation of Circadian Rhythms in Brain Tissue

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Biological rhythms coordinate physiology, from genes to behavior. Study of circadian rhythms in brain tissue is constrained by limited throughput and spatial and temporal information quality. A new platform for high‐throughput, long‐term multiplexed fluorescent live imaging of circadian rhythms in brain slices is introduced.
Marco Ferrari, Natalie Ness, Julieta Acosta, Marco Brancaccio   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

The skin microbiome facilitates adaptive tetrodotoxin production in poisonous newts

eLife, 2020
Rough-skinned newts (Taricha granulosa) use tetrodotoxin (TTX) to block voltage-gated sodium (Nav) channels as a chemical defense against predation.
Patric M Vaelli, Kevin R Theis, Janet E Williams, Lauren A O'Connell, James A Foster, Heather L Eisthen   +5 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
wiley   +1 more source

Isolation, Identification, and Characterization of Tetrodotoxin Producing Bacillus amyloliquefaciens B1 Originated from Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda

, 2023
This study isolated and identified Bacillus amyloliquefaciens B1 from Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda by carrying out the 16S rRNA sequence analysis, reconstructing the phylogenetic tree based on the Environment for Tree Exploration (ETE3) v3.1.1 belonging ...
Tu Ho, Canh Le, Phong Le, Yen Tran, Tu Nguyen, Phuc Hua, Tra Doan, Bao Phan   +7 more
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In Silico Analysis of Tetrodotoxin Binding in Voltage-Gated Sodium Ion Channels from Toxin-Resistant Animal Lineages

Marine Drugs, 2022
Multiple animal species have evolved resistance to the neurotoxin tetrodotoxin (TTX) through changes in voltage-gated sodium ion channels (VGSCs). Amino acid substitutions in TTX-resistant lineages appear to be positionally convergent with changes in ...
Shana L. Geffeney, Jennie Ann Cordingley, Kenyon Mitchell, Charles T. Hanifin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source