7 Intro to CNS Drugs: Toxins used to characterize ion channels Flashcards
Voltage Gated: Sodium Channels
TETRODOTOXIN (TTX)
- Mode of Toxin Action: _______________
- Source: ________________
- Mode of Toxin Action: Blocks channel from outside
- Source: Puffer Fish
Volatage Gated: Sodium Channels
BATRACHOTOXIN (BTX)
- Mode of Toxin Action: _______________
- Source: ________________
- Mode of Toxin Action: Slows inactivation, shifts activation
- Source: Colombian Frog
Voltage Gated: Potassium Channels
APAMIN
- Mode of Toxin Action: _______________
- Source: ________________
- Mode of Toxin Action: Blocks “small Ca-activated” K channel
- Source: Pacific cone snail
Voltage Gated: Potassium Channels
CHARYBDOTOXIN
- Mode of Toxin Action: _______________
- Source: ________________
- Mode of Toxin Action: Blocks “big Ca-activated K “channel
- Source: Funnel web spider
Voltage Gated: Calcium Channels
OMEGA CONOTOXIN
- Mode of Toxin Action: _______________
- Source: ________________
- Mode of Toxin Action: Blocks N-type
channel - Source: Pacific cone snail
Determine what channel of Voltage Gated:
Charybdotoxin
Blocks “big Ca-activated K “channel
From: Funnel web spider
Potassium channels
What are the 3 Channels in Voltage Gated?
- Sodium Channels
- Potassium Channels
- Calcium Channels
Determine what channel of Voltage Gated:
Omega Conotoxin
Blocks N-type channel
From: Pacific cone snail
Calcium Channels
Voltage Gated: Calcium Channels
Agatoxin
- Mode of Toxin Action: _______________
- Source: ________________
- Mode of Toxin Action: Blocks P-type
channel - Source: Funnel web spider
Determine what channel of Voltage Gated:
Tetrodotoxin (TTX)
Blocks channel from outside
From: Puffer Fish
Sodium Channels
Determine what channel of Voltage Gated:
Batrachotoxin (BTX)
Slows inactivation, shifts activation
From: Colombian Frog
Sodium Channels
4 Receptors in Ligand Gated
- Nicotine ACh receptor
- GABAa Receptor
- Glycine Receptor
- AMPA Receptors
Determine what channel of Voltage Gated:
Apamin
Blocks “small Ca-activated” K channel
From: Pacific cone snail
Potassium Channels
LIGAND GATED
Nicotine ACh receptor Affected by Cx - bungarotoxin
- Mode of Toxin Action: ________
- Source: ________
- Mode of Toxin Action: Irreversible antagonist
- Source: Marine snake
Determine what channel of Voltage Gated:
Agatoxin
Blocks P-type channel
From: Funnel web spider
Calcium Channels