Voltage-dependent Displacement of the Scorpion Toxin Ts3 from Sodium Channels and Its Implication on the Control of Inactivation

Overview

Journal Br J Pharmacol

Publisher Wiley

Specialty Pharmacology

Date 2004 Jul 14

PMID 15249424

Citations 14

Authors

Fabiana V Campos

Fredy I V Coronas

Paulo S L Beirao

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Abstract

The voltage-dependent displacement of the scorpion Tityus serrulatus alpha-toxin Ts3 was investigated in native sodium channels of GH3 cells by examining the removal of its effects in toxin-free solution. Toxin at saturating concentration was pulsed (approximately 1 s) directly onto the cell, thus causing an eight-fold increase of the slow component (taus = 6 ms) of fast inactivation, and a three-fold increase of the time constant of its fast component. At 0 mV, maximal conductance was achieved in cells before and after treatment with Ts3, and no displacement of the toxin could be detected. Toxin displacement occurred if stronger depolarising pulses (> 100 mV) were applied. The rate of displacement depended on the amplitude and duration of the pulses, and was not related with outward Na+ flux. We propose a model in which activation does not require complete movement of segment S4 of domain IV (IVS4) and that a more extensive movement of this segment is needed for normal fast inactivation. A kinetic model is presented that can account for the typical effects of site 3 toxins.

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