Modification of Na channel gating by an alpha scorpion toxin from Tityus serrulatus

The effects of TsIV-5, a toxin isolated from the Brazilian scorpion Tityus serrulatus, on whole-cell and single-channel Na currents were determined in N18 neuroblastoma cells. In whole-cell records at a test potential of -10 mV, external application of 500 nM TsIV-5 slowed inactivation 20-fold and increased peak current by about one-third without changing time-to-peak. Both the steady-state activation and inactivation curves were shifted to more negative potentials. Other alpha scorpion toxins produce similar effects but the single-channel mechanism is not known. TsIV-5 caused a voltage-dependent prolongation of mean single-channel open time such that at a test potential of -60 mV no change was observed, whereas at -20 mV mean open time increased about threefold and prolonged bursting was observed. Macroscopic current reconstructed from summed single-channel records showed a characteristic toxin-induced potentiation of peak current and a 20-fold slowing of the decay phase. TsIV-5 does not discriminate between tissue- specific Na channel subtypes. Prolonged open times and bursting were also observed in toxin-treated Na channels from rat ventricular myocytes, rat cortical neurons, and mouse skeletal muscle. The toxin effects are shown to be consistent with a kinetic model in which TsIV-5 selectively interferes with the ability of the channel to reach the inactivated state.

• Publication year

  1989

• Venue

  The Journal of General Physiology

• Publication date

  1989-01-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1085/JGP.93.1.67PMID 2536799PMCID 2216202
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