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Biochem Pharmacol
2008 Jun 15;7512:2334-44. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2008.03.019.
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Specificity, affinity and efficacy of iota-conotoxin RXIA, an agonist of voltage-gated sodium channels Na(V)1.2, 1.6 and 1.7.
Fiedler B, Zhang MM, Buczek O, Azam L, Bulaj G, Norton RS, Olivera BM, Yoshikami D.
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The excitotoxic conopeptide iota-RXIA induces repetitive action potentials in frog motor axons and seizures upon intracranial injection into mice. We recently discovered that iota-RXIA shifts the voltage-dependence of activation of voltage-gated sodium channel Na(V)1.6 to a more hyperpolarized level. Here, we performed voltage-clamp experiments to examine its activity against rodent Na(V)1.1 through Na(V)1.7 co-expressed with the beta1 subunit in Xenopus oocytes and Na(V)1.8 in dissociated mouse DRG neurons. The order of sensitivity to iota-RXIA was Na(V)1.6 > 1.2 > 1.7, and the remaining subtypes were insensitive. The time course of iota-RXIA-activity on Na(V)1.6 during exposure to different peptide concentrations were well fit by single-exponential curves that provided k(obs). The plot of k(obs)versus [iota-RXIA] was linear, consistent with a bimolecular reaction with a K(d) of approximately 3 microM, close to the steady-state EC(50) of approximately 2 microM. iota-RXIA has an unusual residue, D-Phe, and the analog with an L-Phe instead, iota-RXIA[L-Phe44], had a two-fold lower affinity and two-fold faster off-rate than iota-RXIA on Na(V)1.6 and furthermore was inactive on Na(V)1.2. iota-RXIA induced repetitive action potentials in mouse sciatic nerve with conduction velocities of both A- and C-fibers, consistent with the presence of Na(V)1.6 at nodes of Ranvier as well as in unmyelinated axons. Sixteen peptides homologous to iota-RXIA have been identified from a single species of Conus, so these peptides represent a rich family of novel sodium channel-targeting ligands.
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