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M Alkondon, EF Pereira, S Wonnacott and EX Albuquerque
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201.
Methyllycaconitine, a toxin isolated from the seeds of Delphinium brownii, inhibited acetylcholine- and anatoxin-induced whole-cell currents in cultured fetal rat hippocampal neurons, at picomolar concentrations. This antagonism was specific, concentration dependent, reversible, and voltage independent. Furthermore, methyllycaconitine inhibited 125I-alpha-bungarotoxin binding to adult rat hippocampal membranes, protected against the alpha-bungarotoxin-induced pseudoirreversible blockade of nicotinic currents, and shifted the concentration-response curve of acetylcholine to the right in fetal rat hippocampal neurons, suggesting a possible competitive mode of action for this toxin. Remarkably low concentrations of methyllycaconitine (1- 1000 fM) decreased the frequency of anatoxin-induced single-channel openings, with no detectable decrease in the mean channel open time. These actions of methyllycaconitine commend this neurotoxin for the characterization of the alpha-bungarotoxin-sensitive subclass of neuronal nicotinic receptors, which has hitherto eluded functional demonstration.
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