Modulation of functional activities of the neurotoxin from black widow spider venom

E. V. Grishin, N. H. Himmelreich, K. A. Pluzhnikov, N. G. Pozdnyakova, L. G. Storchak, T. M. Volkova, P. G. Woll

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We have studied the action of an α-latrotoxin (α-LTX) complex of two polypeptides (LTX 130 kDa and low molecular weight protein (LMWP) 8 kDa) and the action of a venom fraction containing LTX with excess LMWP on calcium influx into synaptosomes and PC 12 cells as well as on [14C[GABA release from synaptosomes. Both preparations considerably activate calcium influx and stimulate [14C]GABA release from synaptosomes. Preincubation of both preparations with antibodies against a 14 amino acid residue C-terminal peptide of LMWP differentially modulates these effects. Antibodies inhibit induced calcium influx and enhance induced GABA release.

Idioma originalInglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)205-207
Número de páginas3
PublicaciónFEBS Letters
Volumen336
N.º2
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 27 dic. 1993
Publicado de forma externa

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