排序方式: 共有43条查询结果,搜索用时 15 毫秒
1.
Trimethyloxonium modification of single batrachotoxin-activated sodium channels in planar bilayers. Changes in unit conductance and in block by saxitoxin and calcium 总被引:13,自引:9,他引:4
下载免费PDF全文
![点击此处可从《The Journal of general physiology》网站下载免费的PDF全文](/ch/ext_images/free.gif)
Single batrachotoxin-activated sodium channels from rat brain were modified by trimethyloxonium (TMO) after incorporation in planar lipid bilayers. TMO modification eliminated saxitoxin (STX) sensitivity, reduced the single channel conductance by 37%, and reduced calcium block of inward sodium currents. These effects always occurred concomitantly, in an all-or-none fashion. Calcium and STX protected sodium channels from TMO modification with potencies similar to their affinities for block. Calcium inhibited STX binding to rat brain membrane vesicles and relieved toxin block of channels in bilayers, apparently by competing with STX for the toxin binding site. These results suggest that toxins, permeant cations, and blocking cations can interact with a common site on the sodium channel near the extracellular surface. It is likely that permeant cations transiently bind to this superficial site, as the first of several steps in passing inward through the channel. 相似文献
2.
Nil Rahola Jér?me Depaquit Boris Kevin Makanga Christophe Paupy 《Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz》2013,108(7):845-849
During a research project aimed at the study of the Culicinae fauna of Gabon and
carried out in the National Park of La Lopé, we captured an unknown sandfly male
specimen (genus Phlebotomus) by CDC miniature light trap
belonging to a new species for Science. Furthermore, the originality of his
genitalia does not allow us to include this species in one of the existing
subgenus, thus in this paper we propose the creation of a new subgenus, as
Phlebotomus (Legeromyia) multihamatus sp. nov., subg. nov.
described from the National Park of La Lopé, through one male captured with CDC
miniature light trap. A new species and a new subgenus of sandfly is
characterised by a short style with three spines, a paramere wearing a basal
hook as well as a basal pouch and the absence of basal lobe on the coxite. The
originality of the genitalia of the male gives way to discussion about potential
primary homologies between P. multihamatus sp. nov. and
Phlebotomus (Abonnencius) fortunatarum, Phlebotomus
(Anaphlebotomus) stantoni and Phlebotomus (Euphlebotomus)
argentipes, which should be verified for future studies. The
discovery of this new species in Gabon must encourage the study of sandflies in
this country. 相似文献
3.
Larson Boundenga Boris Makanga Benjamin Ollomo Aude Gilabert Virginie Rougeron Bertrand Mve-Ondo Céline Arnathau Patrick Durand Nancy Diamella Moukodoum Alain-Prince Okouga Lucresse Delicat-Loembet Lauriane Yacka-Mouele Nil Rahola Eric Leroy Cheikh Tidiane BA Francois Renaud Franck Prugnolle Christophe Paupy 《PloS one》2016,11(2)
Re-examination, using molecular tools, of the diversity of haemosporidian parasites (among which the agents of human malaria are the best known) has generally led to rearrangements of traditional classifications. In this study, we explored the diversity of haemosporidian parasites infecting vertebrate species (particularly mammals, birds and reptiles) living in the forests of Gabon (Central Africa), by analyzing a collection of 492 bushmeat samples. We found that samples from five mammalian species (four duiker and one pangolin species), one bird and one turtle species were infected by haemosporidian parasites. In duikers (from which most of the infected specimens were obtained), we demonstrated the existence of at least two distinct parasite lineages related to Polychromophilus species (i.e., bat haemosporidian parasites) and to sauropsid Plasmodium (from birds and lizards). Molecular screening of sylvatic mosquitoes captured during a longitudinal survey revealed the presence of these haemosporidian parasite lineages also in several Anopheles species, suggesting a potential role in their transmission. Our results show that, differently from what was previously thought, several independent clades of haemosporidian parasites (family Plasmodiidae) infect mammals and are transmitted by anopheline mosquitoes. 相似文献
4.
5.
6.
S Patyar R Joshi DS Prasad Byrav A Prakash B Medhi BK Das 《Journal of biomedical science》2010,17(1):21
Resistance to conventional anticancer therapies in patients with advanced solid tumors has prompted the need of alternative
cancer therapies. Moreover, the success of novel cancer therapies depends on their selectivity for cancer cells with limited
toxicity to normal tissues. Several decades after Coley's work a variety of natural and genetically modified non-pathogenic
bacterial species are being explored as potential antitumor agents, either to provide direct tumoricidal effects or to deliver
tumoricidal molecules. Live, attenuated or genetically modified non-pathogenic bacterial species are capable of multiplying
selectively in tumors and inhibiting their growth. Due to their selectivity for tumor tissues, these bacteria and their spores
also serve as ideal vectors for delivering therapeutic proteins to tumors. Bacterial toxins too have emerged as promising
cancer treatment strategy. The most potential and promising strategy is bacteria based gene-directed enzyme prodrug therapy.
Although it has shown successful results in vivo yet further investigation about the targeting mechanisms of the bacteria are required to make it a complete therapeutic approach
in cancer treatment. 相似文献
7.
BK. Binukumar Varsha Shukla Niranjana D. Amin Philip Grant M. Bhaskar Susan Skuntz Joseph Steiner Harish C. Pant 《Molecular biology of the cell》2015,26(24):4478-4491
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the loss of dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra, decreased striatal dopamine levels, and consequent extrapyramidal motor dysfunction. Recent evidence indicates that cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) is inappropriately activated in several neurodegenerative conditions, including PD. To date, strategies to specifically inhibit Cdk5 hyperactivity have not been successful without affecting normal Cdk5 activity. Previously we reported that TFP5 peptide has neuroprotective effects in animal models of Alzheimer’s disease. Here we show that TFP5/TP5 selective inhibition of Cdk5/p25 hyperactivation in vivo and in vitro rescues nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurodegeneration induced by 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP/MPP+) in a mouse model of PD. TP5 peptide treatment also blocked dopamine depletion in the striatum and improved gait dysfunction after MPTP administration. The neuroprotective effect of TFP5/TP5 peptide is also associated with marked reduction in neuroinflammation and apoptosis. Here we show selective inhibition of Cdk5/p25 hyperactivation by TFP5/TP5 peptide, which identifies the kinase as a potential therapeutic target to reduce neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s disease. 相似文献
8.
9.
BK McNab 《New Zealand journal of zoology.》2016,43(2):179-190
The energy expenditure of the tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae), a meliphagid endemic to New Zealand, was measured and compared with 20 species of honeyeaters (family Meliphagidae) to determine whether its expenditure is influenced either by life in a moist, temperate climate or an island residence. Body mass in the honeyeaters accounted for 91.5% of the variation in basal rate. The combination of body mass, climate and the maximal limit to an altitudinal distribution explained 98.6% of the variation in basal rate with tropical, low-altitude species having the highest mass-independent rate. The basal rates of meliphagids in tropical highlands are similar to those in temperate lowlands, which may reflect similar food supplies. The tūī mass-independent expenditure appears to reflect an active lifestyle in a temperate climate with no evidence that an island residence influenced its rate, whereas sedentary birds on New Zealand have responded to island life with a depressed basal rate. An effective analysis of the variation in energy expenditure requires the inclusion of the ecological and behavioural characteristics that distinguish species. 相似文献
10.