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Comparative electrophysiological characterization of ammodytoxin A, a β-neurotoxin from the nose-horned viper venom, and its enzymatically inactive mutant [Elektronski vir]Žužek, Monika C. ...Presynaptic- or β-neurotoxicity of secreted phospholipases A2 (sPLA2) is a complex process. For full expression of β-neurotoxicity, the enzymatic activity of the toxin is essential. However, it has ... been shown that not all toxic effects of a β-neurotoxin depend on its enzymatic activity, for example, the inhibition of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase. The main objective of this study was to verify whether it is possible to observe and study the phospholipase-independent actions of β-neurotoxins by a standard ex vivo twitch-tension experimental approach. To this end, we compared the effects of a potent snake venom β-neurotoxin, ammodytoxin A (AtxA), and its enzymatically inactive mutant AtxA(D49S) on muscle contraction of the mouse phrenic nerve-hemidiaphragm preparation. While AtxA significantly affected the amplitude of the indirectly evoked isometric muscle contraction, the resting tension of the neuromuscular (NM) preparation, the amplitude of the end-plate potential (EPP), the EPP half decay time and the resting membrane potential, AtxA(D49S) without enzymatic activity did not. From this, we can conclude that the effects of AtxA independent of enzymatic activity cannot be studied with classical electrophysiological measurements on the isolated NM preparation. Our results also suggest that the inhibition of cytochrome c oxidase activity by AtxA is not involved in the rapid NM blockade by this β-neurotoxin, but that its pathological consequences are rather long-term. Interestingly, in our experimental setup, AtxA upon direct stimulation reduced the amplitude of muscle contraction and induced contracture of the hemidiaphragm, effects that could be interpreted as myotoxic.Vir: Toxicon [Elektronski vir]. - ISSN 1879-3150 (Vol. 247, [article no.] 107833, 2024, str. 1-6)Vrsta gradiva - e-članek ; neleposlovje za odrasleLeto - 2024Jezik - angleškiCOBISS.SI-ID - 200247555
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Žužek, Monika C. |
Ivanušec, Adrijan, 1992- |
Herman, Julija |
Šribar, Jernej |
Leonardi, Adrijana |
Frangež, Robert |
Križaj, Igor
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Snakes |
Strupene kače |
Encimska aktivnost |
kačji strup |
encimska aktivnost |
snake venom |
ammodytoxin |
secreted phospholipase A2 |
anzymatic activity |
cytochrome c oxidase |
ß-neurotoxicity
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