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- Wilson,S.P.andKirshner,N. (1977) J.NeuRochem. 28,687.
- Garcia-Guzman,M. etal. (1995) Eur.J.Neurosci. 7, 647.
- McCann,C.M. etal. (2006) Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.U.S.A. 103, 5149.
- Bungarotoxinbindingsitesco-localizewithGABAergicneuronsexpressingparvalbumininmousehippocampalCA1region.A.Freefloatingmousebrainsectionswereincubatedwith α-Bungarotoxin-Biotin (#B-100-B),(1:10,000)followedbystreptavidin-Alexa488(green).B.Samesectionswerestainedwithanti-parvalbumin,followedbygoatanti-mouselabeledwithTexasredisothiocyanate(TRITC).C.MergeofAandBdemonstratessitesofcolocalization(verticalarrows)confirmingreportsthatasubsetofhippocampalinterneuronsexpressnAChRα7.DAPIisusedasthecounterstain.AlomoneLabsα-Bungarotoxin-BiotininhibitsmusclenAChRchannelsheterologouslyexpressedin Xenopus oocytes.A.TimecourseofmusclenAChR(α1/β1/γ/δ)currentrecording.Membranepotentialwasheldat-80mVandstimulatedbyperfusedwithasolutioncontaining100µMAChand3μMPNU-120596every100sec.200nM α-Bungarotoxin-Biotin (#B-100-B)wasapplied(green)duringtheAChapplicationfor5.5minandinhibitedchannelcurrent,asindicated.B.SuperimposedexamplesofmusclenAChRcurrentintheabsence(black)andpresence(green)of200nMα-Bungarotoxin-Biotin(takenfromtheexperimentinA).
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α-BungarotoxinisoformA31isa74aminoacidpeptidyltoxinisolatedfromthevenomofthebandedkraitsnake, Bungarusmulticinctus1.
α-BungarotoxinblockspostsynapticneuromusculartransmissionviacompetitiveinhibitionofnicotinicAChreceptors(nAChRs)withanIC50 of3.5x10-10 M,therebypreventingthedepolarizingactiononpostsynapticmembranesandblockingneuromusculartransmission2.
Thetoxinisselectivefor α7 receptors(IC50 valueof1.6nM)and α3/β4 receptors(IC50 valueof>3µM)3,4.
α-Bungarotoxinalsobindstoandblocksasubsetof GABAA receptors (GABAARs)thatcontaintheGABAARβ3subunit.Inparticular,α-BungarotoxinblocksGABAARsthatcontaininterfacesbetweenadjacentβ3subunits5.
α-Bungarotoxin-Biotin(#B-100-B)isahighlypure,natural,andbiologicallyactiveconjugatedpeptidetoxin.
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