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Malykin GV, Velansky PV, Melnikova DI, Magarlamov TY. Tetrodotoxins in Larval Development of Ribbon Worm Cephalothrix cf. simula (Palaeonemertea, Nemertea). Mar Biotechnol (NY) 2023; 25:918-934. [PMID: 37672165 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-023-10249-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
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The toxic ribbon worm, Cephalothrix cf. simula (Palaeonemertea, Nemertea), possesses extremely high concentrations of tetrodotoxin (TTX). Although TTX has been found in the eggs of this species, the fate of the toxin in the ontogeny of the animal has not been explored. Here, using high performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry and immunohistochemistry with anti-TTX antibodies, we examined levels, profile, and localization of TTX and its analogues (TTXs) in larvae of C. cf. simula throughout 41 days post-fertilization. A detailed investigation of cells in sites of TTX-accumulation was performed with light and electron microscopy. Newly hatched larvae possessed weak TTX-like immunoreactivity in all cells. With subsequent development, intensity of TTX-labeling in the ectodermal structures, mesodermal cells and apical cylinder of the apical gland increased. In the ectodermal structures, an intense TTX-labeling was observed in the multiciliated, type II granular, type I mucoid, and basal cells of the epidermis, and in the type III granular cells of the mouth gland. In the mesoderm, TTX was localized in the muscle and unigranular parenchyma-like cells. Eggs and larvae of C. cf. simula contained five TTXs, with two major toxins - TTX and 5,6,11-trideoxyTTX. Level and relative proportion of TTXs did not differ significantly among developmental stages, confirming that larvae obtained toxins from maternal eggs and were able to retain it. The results of this study provide insights into the formation of TTX-bearing apparatus of C. cf. simula through the larval development.
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- Grigorii V Malykin
- A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 690041, Vladivostok, Russian Federation
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- A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 690041, Vladivostok, Russian Federation
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- A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 690041, Vladivostok, Russian Federation
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- A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 690041, Vladivostok, Russian Federation.
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Hague MTJ, Miller LE, Stokes AN, Feldman CR, Brodie ED, Brodie ED. Conspicuous coloration of toxin-resistant predators implicates additional trophic interactions in a predator-prey arms race. Mol Ecol 2023; 32:4482-4496. [PMID: 36336815 DOI: 10.1111/mec.16772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/03/2022] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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Antagonistic coevolution between natural enemies can produce highly exaggerated traits, such as prey toxins and predator resistance. This reciprocal process of adaptation and counter-adaptation may also open doors to other evolutionary novelties not directly involved in the phenotypic interface of coevolution. We tested the hypothesis that predator-prey coevolution coincided with the evolution of conspicuous coloration on resistant predators that retain prey toxins. In western North America, common garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) have evolved extreme resistance to tetrodotoxin (TTX) in the coevolutionary arms race with their deadly prey, Pacific newts (Taricha spp.). TTX-resistant snakes can retain large amounts of ingested TTX, which could serve as a deterrent against the snakes' own predators if TTX toxicity and resistance are coupled with a conspicuous warning signal. We evaluated whether arms race escalation covaries with bright red coloration in snake populations across the geographic mosaic of coevolution. Snake colour variation departs from the neutral expectations of population genetic structure and covaries with escalating clines of newt TTX and snake resistance at two coevolutionary hotspots. In the Pacific Northwest, bright red coloration fits an expected pattern of an aposematic warning to avian predators: TTX-resistant snakes that consume highly toxic newts also have relatively large, reddish-orange dorsal blotches. Snake coloration also seems to have evolved with the arms race in California, but overall patterns are less intuitively consistent with aposematism. These results suggest that interactions with additional trophic levels can generate novel traits as a cascading consequence of arms race coevolution across the geographic mosaic.
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- Michael T J Hague
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Biology, California State University, Bakersfield, California, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA
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- Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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Li T, Wang R, Wang P. Development of a Proton-Enhanced ESI UPLC-MS/MS Method for the Determination of Tetrodotoxin. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27248967. [PMID: 36558099 PMCID: PMC9785107 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27248967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 12/04/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a kind of low-molecular-weight non-protein neurotoxin. It is one of the most potent neurotoxins found in nature, and it is found in puffer fish and various marine biota. The low sensitivity of previous analytical methods limited their application in puffer fish organ samples. This study established a method for the accurate and fast determination of TTX by reversed ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with proton-enhanced electron spray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry. The method yields good peak shapes, high sensitivity and low coeluted interferences. The method was successfully applied to determine TTX in puffer fish tissue samples of about 0.2 g.
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Yaegashi Y, Kudo Y, Ueyama N, Onodera KI, Cho Y, Konoki K, Yotsu-Yamashita M. Isolation and Biological Activity of 9- epiTetrodotoxin and Isolation of Tb-242B, Possible Biosynthetic Shunt Products of Tetrodotoxin from Pufferfish. J Nat Prod 2022; 85:2199-2206. [PMID: 35994072 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.2c00588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Tetrodotoxin (TTX, 1) is a potent voltage-gated sodium channel blocker detected in certain marine and terrestrial organisms. We report here a new TTX analogue, 9-epiTTX (2), and a TTX-related compound, Tb-242B (4), isolated from the pufferfish Takifugu flavipterus and Dichotomyctere ocellatus, respectively. NMR analysis suggested that 2 exists as a mixture of hemilactal and 10,8-lactone forms, whereas other reported TTX analogues are commonly present as an equilibrium mixture of hemilactal and 10,7-lactone forms. Compound 2 and TTX were confirmed not to convert to each other by incubation under neutral and acidic conditions at 37 °C for 24 h. Compound 4 was identified as the 9-epimer of Tb-242A (3), previously reported as a possible biosynthetic precursor of TTX. Compound 4 was partially converted to 3 by incubation in a neutral buffer at 37 °C for 7 days, whereas 3 was not converted to 4 under this condition. Compound 2 was detected in several TTX-containing marine animals and a newt. Mice injected with 600 ng of 2 by intraperitoneal injection did not show any adverse symptoms, suggesting that the C-9 configuration in TTX is critical for its biological activity. Based on the structures, 2 and 4 were predicted to be shunt products for TTX biosynthesis.
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- Yuji Yaegashi
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
- Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Sciences, Kochi University, 200 Otsu, Monobe, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8502, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
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Katikou P, Gokbulut C, Kosker AR, Campàs M, Ozogul F. An Updated Review of Tetrodotoxin and Its Peculiarities. Mar Drugs 2022; 20:md20010047. [PMID: 35049902 PMCID: PMC8780202 DOI: 10.3390/md20010047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Revised: 12/28/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a crystalline, weakly basic, colorless organic substance and is one of the most potent marine toxins known. Although TTX was first isolated from pufferfish, it has been found in numerous other marine organisms and a few terrestrial species. Moreover, tetrodotoxication is still an important health problem today, as TTX has no known antidote. TTX poisonings were most commonly reported from Japan, Thailand, and China, but today the risk of TTX poisoning is spreading around the world. Recent studies have shown that TTX-containing fish are being found in other regions of the Pacific and in the Indian Ocean, as well as the Mediterranean Sea. This review aims to summarize pertinent information available to date on the structure, origin, distribution, mechanism of action of TTX and analytical methods used for the detection of TTX, as well as on TTX-containing organisms, symptoms of TTX poisoning, and incidence worldwide.
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- Panagiota Katikou
- Ministry of Rural Development and Food, Directorate of Research, Innovation and Education, Hapsa & Karatasou 1, 54626 Thessaloniki, Greece
- Correspondence: (P.K.); (F.O.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Balikesir University, Balikesir 10145, Turkey;
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- Department of Seafood Processing Technology, Faculty of Fisheries, Cukurova University, Adana 01330, Turkey;
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- IRTA, Ctra Poble Nou km 5.5, 43540 Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain;
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- Department of Seafood Processing Technology, Faculty of Fisheries, Cukurova University, Adana 01330, Turkey;
- Correspondence: (P.K.); (F.O.)
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Kashitani M, Okabe T, Oyama H, Noguchi K, Yamazaki H, Suo R, Mori T, Sugita H, Itoi S. Taxonomic Distribution of Tetrodotoxin in Acotylean Flatworms (Polycladida: Platyhelminthes). Mar Biotechnol (NY) 2020; 22:805-811. [PMID: 32415408 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-020-09968-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2019] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Tetrodotoxin (TTX), also known as pufferfish toxin, causes a respiratory disorder by blocking neurotransmission, with voltage-gated sodium channel inhibition on muscle and nerve tissues. The toxin is widely distributed across vertebrates, invertebrates and bacteria. Therefore, it is generally thought that TTX in pufferfish accumulates via the food webs, beginning with marine bacteria as a primary producer. Polyclad flatworms in the genus Planocera are also known to be highly toxic, TTX-bearing organisms. Unlike the case of pufferfish, the source of TTX in these flatworms is unknown. In this study, taxonomical distribution patterns of TTX were investigated for acotylean flatworms from coastal waters using molecular phylogenetic analysis and high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). A maximum likelihood tree based on the 28S rRNA gene sequence showed that the flatworms belonged to several different lineages among the genera Planocera, Stylochus, Paraplanocera, Discocelis, Notocomplana, Notoplana, Callioplana and Peudostylochus. After LC-MS/MS analysis, the distribution of TTX was mapped onto the molecular phylogenetic tree. TTX-bearing flatworm species were seen to be restricted to specific Planocera lineages, suggesting that the TTX-bearing flatworm species have common genes for TTX-accumulating mechanisms.
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- Maho Kashitani
- Department of Marine Science and Resources, Nihon University, Fujisawa, 252-0880, Japan
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- Department of Marine Science and Resources, Nihon University, Fujisawa, 252-0880, Japan
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- Department of Marine Science and Resources, Nihon University, Fujisawa, 252-0880, Japan
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- Department of Marine Science and Resources, Nihon University, Fujisawa, 252-0880, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Marine Science and Resources, Nihon University, Fujisawa, 252-0880, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Marine Science and Resources, Nihon University, Fujisawa, 252-0880, Japan
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- Department of Marine Science and Resources, Nihon University, Fujisawa, 252-0880, Japan.
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Kudo Y, Hanifin CT, Kotaki Y, Yotsu-Yamashita M. Structures of N-Hydroxy-Type Tetrodotoxin Analogues and Bicyclic Guanidinium Compounds Found in Toxic Newts. J Nat Prod 2020; 83:2706-2717. [PMID: 32896120 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The biosynthesis of tetrodotoxin (TTX, 1), a potent neurotoxin widely distributed in marine and terrestrial metazoans, remains unresolved. A significant issue has been identifying intermediates and shunt products associated with the biosynthetic pathway of TTX. We investigated TTX biosynthesis by screening and identifying new TTX-related compounds from Cynops ensicauda popei and Taricha granulosa. Mass spectrometry (MS)-guided screening identified two new N-hydroxy TTX analogues in newts: 1-hydroxy-8-epiTTX (2) and 1-hydroxy-8-epi-5,11-dideoxyTTX (3, previously reported as 1-hydroxy-5,11-dideoxyTTX). We prepared a new analogue, 8-epi-5,11-dideoxyTTX (4), from 3 via N-OH reduction and confirmed the presence of 4 in T. granulosa using hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC)-LCMS. The presence of 8-epi-type TTX analogues in both Cynops and Taricha supports a branched biosynthetic pathway of terrestrial TTX, which produces 6- and 8-epimers. In addition, new bicyclic guanidinium compounds Tgr-238 (5) and Tgr-240 (6) were identified as putative shunt products of our proposed TTX biosynthesis pathway. A structural analysis of Cep-228A (7), another bicyclic compound, was performed using NMR. Based on the structures of 5-7 and their analogues, we propose a model of the shunt and metabolic pathways of the terrestrial TTX biosynthesis.
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- Yuta Kudo
- Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University 468-1 Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Utah State University, Uintah Basin Campus, 320 N. Aggie Boulevard (2000 W.), Vernal, Utah 84078, United States
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- Fukushima College, 1-1 Chigoike Miyashiro, Fukushima 960-0181, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University 468-1 Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
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Itoi S, Tabuchi S, Abe M, Ueda H, Oyama H, Ogata R, Okabe T, Kishiki A, Sugita H. Difference in tetrodotoxin content between two sympatric planocerid flatworms, Planocera multitentaculata and Planocera reticulata. Toxicon 2019; 173:57-61. [PMID: 31778684 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2019.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2019] [Accepted: 11/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Planocerid flatworms and the related species (Platyhelminthes: polycladida) are known as tetrodotoxin (TTX)-bearing organisms, and they contribute to toxification of marine organisms at higher trophic levels, such as pufferfish and sea slugs. However, little is known of their biology or ecology. In this study, we therefore investigated the occurrence and toxicity of two sympatric planocerids, Planocera multitentaculata and Planocera reticulata, in intertidal zones of the central region of mainland Honshu, Japanese Islands. Planocera multitentaculata was much more abundant than P. reticulata. Body weight was greater in P. multitentaculata than in P. reticulata. Although a significant difference in TTX concentration was not observed between the two species, total TTX content per individual was greater in P. multitentaculata.
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- Shiro Itoi
- Department of Marine Science and Resources, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252-0880, Japan.
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- Department of Marine Science and Resources, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252-0880, Japan
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- Department of Marine Science and Resources, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252-0880, Japan
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- Department of Marine Science and Resources, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252-0880, Japan
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- Department of Marine Science and Resources, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252-0880, Japan
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- Department of Marine Science and Resources, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252-0880, Japan
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- Department of Marine Science and Resources, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252-0880, Japan
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- Department of Marine Science and Resources, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252-0880, Japan
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- Department of Marine Science and Resources, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252-0880, Japan
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Watanabe R, Tanioka M, Uchida H, Matsushima R, Oikawa H, Matsumiya M, Yotsu-Yamashita M, Suzuki T. Quantitation of Tetrodotoxin and Its Analogues with a Combination of Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry and Quantitative 1H-NMR Spectroscopy. J Agric Food Chem 2019; 67:12911-12917. [PMID: 31647661 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b06380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Tetrodotoxin and its analogues are the causative toxins of pufferfish poisoning. Tetrodotoxin has been recently detected in bivalve mollusks collected in New Zealand and Europe, highlighting the need to include tetrodotoxin in monitoring programs for bivalves by instrumental methods. In the present study, tetrodotoxin and its analogues in commercially available tetrodotoxin reagents were quantitated accurately by quantitative 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance (qNMR) spectroscopy. The results were applied to estimate relative molar responses of tetrodotoxin and its analogues in hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HILIC/MS/MS). All four components (tetrodotoxin hemilactal form (1), tetrodotoxin 10,7-lactone form (2), 4-epitetrodotoxin (3), and 4,9-anhydrotetrodotoxin (4)) generated by equilibrating tetrodotoxin in aqueous solution were prepared as a mixture. From the HSQC spectrum of the mixture, the separated signals derived from three components, excluding 1, were selected and used for the quantitation. In addition, the relative molar responses of 3 and 4 on HILIC/MS/MS were calculated to be 0.73 and 0.46, respectively. These values could be useful for quantitation of 3 and 4 using the tetrodotoxin standard by HILIC/MS/MS. Our results also indicate that qNMR is useful for preparation of tetrodotoxin certified reference material.
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- Ryuichi Watanabe
- National Research Institute of Fisheries Science , 2-12-4 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama , Kanagawa 236-8648 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences , Nihon University , 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa-shi , Kanagawa 252-0880 , Japan
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- National Research Institute of Fisheries Science , 2-12-4 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama , Kanagawa 236-8648 , Japan
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- National Research Institute of Fisheries Science , 2-12-4 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama , Kanagawa 236-8648 , Japan
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- National Research Institute of Fisheries Science , 2-12-4 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama , Kanagawa 236-8648 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences , Nihon University , 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa-shi , Kanagawa 252-0880 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science , Tohoku University , 468-1 Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8572 , Japan
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- National Research Institute of Fisheries Science , 2-12-4 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama , Kanagawa 236-8648 , Japan
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Kudo Y, Yotsu-Yamashita M. Isolation and Biological Activity of 8- Epitetrodotoxin and the Structure of a Possible Biosynthetic Shunt Product of Tetrodotoxin, Cep-226A, from the Newt Cynops ensicauda popei. J Nat Prod 2019; 82:1656-1663. [PMID: 31117524 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Tetrodotoxin (TTX, 1), a potent neurotoxin, has been found in various animal species in both marine and terrestrial environments. In this study, a new TTX analogue, 8- epiTTX (2), and a possible biosynthetic shunt compound of TTX, Cep-226A (3), were isolated from the newt Cynops ensicauda popei. The voltage-gated sodium ion channel (Nav) blocking activity of 2 and 6- epiTTX (4), a known analogue, were investigated by a colorimetric cell-based assay and compared with that of 1. The EC50 values for 2 and 4 were determined to be 110 ± 40 and 33 ± 11 nM, respectively, which were larger than that of 1 (1.9 ± 0.7 nM). The results indicated that the equatorial hydroxy group at C-8 in TTX significantly contributes to its Nav blocking activity, whereas the 6-epimer of TTX retains substantial activity, consistent with its previously reported toxicity in mice and binding affinity to rat brain membrane preparations. The presence of these epimers of TTX (2 and 4) and Cep-226A (3) in newts supports our hypothesis that TTX is derived from a monoterpene in terrestrial environments.
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- Yuta Kudo
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science , Tohoku University , 468-1 Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku , Sendai , Miyagi 980-8572 , Japan
- Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences , Tohoku University , 6-3 Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku , Sendai , Miyagi 980-8578 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science , Tohoku University , 468-1 Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku , Sendai , Miyagi 980-8572 , Japan
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Kosker AR, Özogul F, Ayas D, Durmus M, Ucar Y, Regenstein JM, Özogul Y. Tetrodotoxin levels of three pufferfish species (Lagocephalus sp.) caught in the North-Eastern Mediterranean sea. Chemosphere 2019; 219:95-99. [PMID: 30529858 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2018] [Revised: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/01/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Tetrodotoxin (TTX) levels in Lagocephalus sceleratus (Silverstripe blaasop), Lagocephalus spadiceus (Half-smooth golden pufferfish) and Lagocephalus suezensis (Suez puffer) caught in Mersin Bay in the Northeastern Mediterranean Sea were analysed using Q-TOF LC/MS. Pufferfish were caught using trawl fishing, longlining and fishing line from December 2015 to October 2016. The TTX changes in the gonads, livers, intestines, skins and muscle tissues were evaluated according to sex and season. TTX levels for L. sceleratus and L. suezensis for all tissues were in the range of 0.69-35.6 μg/g and 0.67-3.09 μg/g, respectively. The highest TTX levels were observed in the gonads of female L. sceleratus caught in the autumn, and in the skin of L. suezensis caught in the spring but no quantifiable levels of TTX were found for L. spadiceus. In conclusion, L. sceleratus and L. suezensis species caught in the North-Eastern Mediterranean are toxic, and their consumption is unsafe.
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- Faculty of Fisheries, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey.
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- Faculty of Fisheries, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey
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- Faculty of Fisheries, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey
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- Faculty of Fisheries, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey; Faculty of Marine Sciences, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey
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- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-7201, USA
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- Faculty of Fisheries, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey
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Chen S, Wan Y, Liu X, Pan X. Inhibitive effect of loureirin B plus capsaicin on tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channel. J TRADIT CHIN MED 2018; 38:842-852. [PMID: 32186131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether the effect of loureirin B plus capsaicin on tetrodotoxin-resistant (TTX-R) sodium channel. METHODS By using whole-cell patch-clamp recordings, in acutely isolated dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons, the combined effects of loureirin B and capsaicin on TTX-R sodium channel were observed. Based on the data, the interaction between loureirin B and capsaicin in their modulation on TTX-R sodium channel was assessed. RESULTS Loureirin B could not induce transient inward TRPV1 current. Capsazepine, a transient receptor potential vanilloid l (TRPV1) antagonist, could not attenuate the block of 0.64 mmol/L loureirin B on TTX-R sodium channel. There was no significant difference (P > 0.05) between IC50 of loureirin B (0.37 mmol/L) on TTX-R sodium channel in capsaicin-sensitive DRG neurons and that (0.38 mmol/L) in capsaicin-insensitive DRG neurons. However, there was a significant difference (P < 0.05) between the IC50 of capsaicin (0.28 ¦Ìmol/L) on TTX-R sodium channel in capsaicin-sensitive DRG neurons and that (52.24 ¦Ìmol/L) in capsaicin-insensitive DRG neurons. Four combinations composed of various concentrations of loureirin B and capsaicin could all inhibit TTX-R sodium currents but have different interactions between loureirin B and capsaicin. CONCLUSION Loureirin B plus capsaicin could produce double blockage on TRPV1 and modulation on TTX-R sodium channel. The action of loureirin B on TTX-R sodium channel was independent of TRPV1 but similar with that of capsaicin on TTX-R sodium channel in capsaicin-insensitive DRG neurons.
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- Su Chen
- College of Biomedical Engineering, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Medical Information Analysis and Tumor Diagnosis & Treatment, Wuhan 430074, China
- Key Laboratory of Cognitive Science of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Wuhan 430074, China
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- College of Biomedical Engineering, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, China
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- College of Biomedical Engineering, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, China
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Gu H, Duan N, Xia Y, Hun X, Wang H, Wang Z. Magnetic Separation-Based Multiple SELEX for Effectively Selecting Aptamers against Saxitoxin, Domoic Acid, and Tetrodotoxin. J Agric Food Chem 2018; 66:9801-9809. [PMID: 30153406 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b02771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In this study, a novel magnetic separation-based multiple systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) was applied to select aptamers simultaneously against three kinds of marine biotoxins, including domoic acid (DA), saxitoxin (STX), and tetrodotoxin (TTX). Magnetic reduced graphene oxide (MRGO) was prepared to adsorb unbound ssDNAs and simplify the separation step. In the multiple SELEX, after the initial twelve rounds of selection against mixed targets and the subsequent four respective rounds of selection against each single target, the three resulting ssDNA pools were cloned, sequenced, and analyzed. Several aptamer candidates were selected and subjected to the binding affinity and specificity test. Finally, DA-06 ( Kd = 62.07 ± 19.97 nM), TTX-07 ( Kd = 44.12 ± 15.38 nM), and STX-41 ( Kd = 61.44 ± 23.18 nM) showed high affinity and good specificity for DA, TTX, and STX, respectively. They were also applied to detect and quantify DA, TTX, and STX successfully. The other two multitarget aptamers, DA-01 and TTX-27, were also obtained, which can bind with either DA or TTX. These aptamers provide alternative recognition molecules to antibodies for biosensor applications.
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- Huajie Gu
- School of Food Science and Technology , Jiangnan University , Wuxi 214122 , China
- School of Chemical Biology and Materials Engineering , Suzhou University of Science and Technology , Suzhou 215009 , China
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Quality Control of Jiangsu Province , Jiangnan University , Wuxi 214122 , China
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- School of Food Science and Technology , Jiangnan University , Wuxi 214122 , China
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Quality Control of Jiangsu Province , Jiangnan University , Wuxi 214122 , China
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- School of Food Science and Technology , Jiangnan University , Wuxi 214122 , China
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Quality Control of Jiangsu Province , Jiangnan University , Wuxi 214122 , China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Qingdao University of Science and Technology , Qingdao 266042 , China
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- National National of Engineering Research Center of Seafood , Dalian Polytechnic University , Dalian 116034 , China
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- School of Food Science and Technology , Jiangnan University , Wuxi 214122 , China
- National National of Engineering Research Center of Seafood , Dalian Polytechnic University , Dalian 116034 , China
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Quality Control of Jiangsu Province , Jiangnan University , Wuxi 214122 , China
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Ueda H, Itoi S, Sugita H. TTX-Bearing Planocerid Flatworm (Platyhelminthes: Acotylea) in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Mar Drugs 2018; 16:E37. [PMID: 29351203 PMCID: PMC5793085 DOI: 10.3390/md16010037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2017] [Revised: 12/28/2017] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Polyclad flatworms comprise a highly diverse and cosmopolitan group of marine turbellarians. Although some species of the genera Planocera and Stylochoplana are known to be tetrodotoxin (TTX)-bearing, there are few new reports. In this study, planocerid-like flatworm specimens were found in the sea bottom off the waters around the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. The bodies were translucent with brown reticulate mottle, contained two conical tentacles with eye spots clustered at the base, and had a slightly frilled-body margin. Each specimen was subjected to TTX extraction followed by liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry analysis. Mass chromatograms were found to be identical to those of the TTX standards. The TTX amounts in the two flatworm specimens were calculated to be 468 and 3634 μg. Their external morphology was found to be identical to that of Planocera heda. Phylogenetic analysis based on the sequences of the 28S rRNA gene and cytochrome-c oxidase subunit I gene also showed that both specimens clustered with the flatworms of the genus Planocera (Planocera multitentaculata and Planocera reticulata). This fact suggests that there might be other Planocera species that also possess highly concentrated TTX, contributing to the toxification of TTX-bearing organisms, including fish.
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- Hiroyuki Ueda
- Department of Marine Science and Resources, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0880, Japan.
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- Department of Marine Science and Resources, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0880, Japan.
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- Department of Marine Science and Resources, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0880, Japan.
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Durán-Riveroll LM, Cembella AD. Guanidinium Toxins and Their Interactions with Voltage-Gated Sodium Ion Channels. Mar Drugs 2017; 15:E303. [PMID: 29027912 PMCID: PMC5666411 DOI: 10.3390/md15100303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2017] [Revised: 09/14/2017] [Accepted: 09/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Guanidinium toxins, such as saxitoxin (STX), tetrodotoxin (TTX) and their analogs, are naturally occurring alkaloids with divergent evolutionary origins and biogeographical distribution, but which share the common chemical feature of guanidinium moieties. These guanidinium groups confer high biological activity with high affinity and ion flux blockage capacity for voltage-gated sodium channels (NaV). Members of the STX group, known collectively as paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs), are produced among three genera of marine dinoflagellates and about a dozen genera of primarily freshwater or brackish water cyanobacteria. In contrast, toxins of the TTX group occur mainly in macrozoa, particularly among puffer fish, several species of marine invertebrates and a few terrestrial amphibians. In the case of TTX and analogs, most evidence suggests that symbiotic bacteria are the origin of the toxins, although endogenous biosynthesis independent from bacteria has not been excluded. The evolutionary origin of the biosynthetic genes for STX and analogs in dinoflagellates and cyanobacteria remains elusive. These highly potent molecules have been the subject of intensive research since the latter half of the past century; first to study the mode of action of their toxigenicity, and later as tools to characterize the role and structure of NaV channels, and finally as therapeutics. Their pharmacological activities have provided encouragement for their use as therapeutants for ion channel-related pathologies, such as pain control. The functional role in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems for both groups of toxins is unproven, although plausible mechanisms of ion channel regulation and chemical defense are often invoked. Molecular approaches and the development of improved detection methods will yield deeper understanding of their physiological and ecological roles. This knowledge will facilitate their further biotechnological exploitation and point the way towards development of pharmaceuticals and therapeutic applications.
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- Lorena M Durán-Riveroll
- CONACYT-Instituto de Ciencias del Mary Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico 04510, Mexico.
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany.
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Jin H, Gui R, Sun J, Wang Y. RETRACTED: Facilely self-assembled magnetic nanoparticles/aptamer/carbon dots nanocomposites for highly sensitive up-conversion fluorescence turn-on detection of tetrodotoxin. Talanta 2017; 176:277-283. [PMID: 28917752 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2017.08.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2017] [Revised: 08/04/2017] [Accepted: 08/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy).
This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor following concerns raised by a reader.
The article uses two electron micrographs which have been used in other publications as well, denoting different samples.
Fig. 1A is identical to Fig. 3E in RSC Adv., 2013,3, 20959-20969 doi: 10.1039/C3RA43120G despite describing different samples.
Fig. 2A is identical to Fig. 1B in Sensors & Actuators B: Chemical, vol 245, pp 386-394 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2017.01.166 and Fig. 1A in Materials Letters vol 195 pp 131-135 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2017.02.119 despite describing different samples.
These problems with the data presented cast doubt on all the data, and accordingly also the conclusions based on that data, in this publication.
The scientific community takes a very strong view on this matter and apologies are offered to readers of the journal that this was not detected during the submission process., http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2017.08.043.
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- Hui Jin
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Laboratory of Fiber Materials and Modern Textile, The Growing Base for State Key Laboratory, Qingdao University, Qingdao266071, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Laboratory of Fiber Materials and Modern Textile, The Growing Base for State Key Laboratory, Qingdao University, Qingdao266071, PR China.
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- Institute of Materia Medica,Medica, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan250062, PR China
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- Institute of Materia Medica,Medica, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan250062, PR China
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An injectable local anesthetic producing repeatable on-demand nerve block would be desirable for pain management. Here we present a phototriggerable device to achieve repeatable and adjustable on-demand local anesthesia in superficial or deep tissues, consisting of gold nanorods attached to low temperature sensitive liposomes (LTSL). The particles were loaded with tetrodotoxin and dexmedetomidine. Near-infrared light (NIR, 808 nm, continuous wave) could heat gold nanorods at low fluence (short duration and low irradiance), leading to rapid release of payload. In vivo, 1-2 min of irradiation at ≤272 mW/cm2 produced repeatable and adjustable on-demand infiltration anesthesia or sciatic nerve blockade with minimal toxicity. The nerve block intensity and duration correlated with the irradiance and duration of the applied light.
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- Changyou Zhan
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University & Key Laboratory of Smart Drug Delivery (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Shanghai 200032, China
- Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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Pratheepa V, Vasconcelos V. Binding and Pharmacokinetics of the Sodium Channel Blocking Toxins (Saxitoxin and the Tetrodotoxins). Mini Rev Med Chem 2017; 17:320-327. [PMID: 27306745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2016] [Revised: 05/25/2016] [Accepted: 07/05/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Tetrodotoxin (TTX) found in diverse variety of animals including puffer fishes, some newts, frogs and limited number of non-vertebrate species (6 different phyla). The saxitoxin (STX) and the TTX are small molecules composed of 7,8,9 guanidinium and 1,2,3 guanidinium groups, respectively in their structures. These groups provide positive charge to the molecules and are believed to interact with negatively charged Glu755 and Asp400 residues in domain II and I of the sodium channel strongly. The pharmacokinetic studies (absorption, distribution and accumulation) reported on Takifugu rubripes, Takifugu pardalis, Takifugu niphobles, Takifugu vermicularis, Takifugu snyderi, etc. revealed that higher concentration of TTX is accumulated in liver than in the skin or other tissues. Although TTX is also accumulated in the skin of various marine species (secretory glands) and the excess of TTX are emitted through skin which acts as a defence agent for those species. STX showed high toxicity on crab and other animals, due to its accumulation in the tissues and resistance to the sodium channel proteins. It concluded that TTX and STX based toxicities are developed on the species by the absorption, distribution and accumulation of toxins in tissues. Also the ingestion of these species (marine species) as food may allow transferring toxin to the human being.
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- V Pratheepa
- CIIMAR, Marine and Environmental Research Center, Porto University, Rua dos Bragas, 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal
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We report a phototriggerable formulation enabling in vivo repeated and on-demand anesthesia with minimal toxicity. Gold nanorods (GNRs) that can convert near-infrared (NIR) light into heat were attached to liposomes (Lip-GNRs), enabling light-triggered phase transition of their lipid bilayers with a consequent release of payload. Lip-GNRs containing the site 1 sodium channel blocker tetrodotoxin and the α2-adrenergic agonist dexmedetomidine (Lip-GNR-TD) were injected subcutaneously in the rat footpad. Irradiation with an 808 nm continuous wave NIR laser produced on-demand and repeated infiltration anesthesia in the rat footpad in proportion to the irradiance, with minimal toxicity. The ability to achieve on-demand and repeated local anesthesia could be very beneficial in the management of pain.
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- Changyou Zhan
- Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School , 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
- David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School , 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
- David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School , 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School , 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
- David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School , 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
- David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School , 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
- David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School , 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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Apollo N, Grayden DB, Burkitt AN, Meffin H, Kameneva T. Modeling intrinsic electrophysiology of AII amacrine cells: preliminary results. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2015; 2013:6551-4. [PMID: 24111243 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2013.6611056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In patients who have lost their photoreceptors due to retinal degenerative diseases, it is possible to restore rudimentary vision by electrically stimulating surviving neurons. AII amacrine cells, which reside in the inner plexiform layer, split the signal from rod bipolar cells into ON and OFF cone pathways. As a result, it is of interest to develop a computational model to aid in the understanding of how these cells respond to the electrical stimulation delivered by a prosthetic implant. The aim of this work is to develop and constrain parameters in a single-compartment model of an AII amacrine cell using data from whole-cell patch clamp recordings. This model will be used to explore responses of AII amacrine cells to electrical stimulation. Single-compartment Hodgkin-Huxley-type neural models are simulated in the NEURON environment. Simulations showed successful reproduction of the potassium currentvoltage relationship and some of the spiking properties observed in vitro.
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Sato KI, Akai S, Yoshimura J. Stereocontrolled total synthesis of tetrodotoxin from myo-inositol and D-glucose by three routes: aspects for constructing complex multi-functionalized cyclitols with branched-chain structures. Nat Prod Commun 2015; 10:691-702. [PMID: 26058138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023] Open
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This report describes the stereocontrolled total synthesis of the multi-functionalized cyclitol derivative, tetrodotoxin, containing eight asymmetric carbons and different types of branched-chains, from myo-inositol and D-glucose using three different methods. The tetrodotoxin derivatives possess a relatively small molecular weight but unique structural and chemical properties. Selection of the appropriate synthetic method may be useful not only for compounds related to TTX (including related derivatives), but also for other highly complex multi-functionalized cyclitols containing branched-chains.
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Zhang X, Yan Z, Wang Y, Jiang T, Wang J, Sun X, Guo Y. Immunoaffinity chromatography purification and ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry determination of tetrodotoxin in marine organisms. J Agric Food Chem 2015; 63:3129-3134. [PMID: 25756833 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b00045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A highly selective and sensitive method was developed for the determination of tetrodotoxin (TTX) in marine organisms by immunoaffinity chromatography (IAC) purification coupled with ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS). An IAC column was prepared and used to cleanup the extracted samples. The operating conditions of the IAC column were optimized, and the capacity of new IAC column was found to be 1106 ng mL(-1), which was sufficient for TTX determination. The MS/MS conditions and UPLC mobile phase were also studied to optimize the operation conditions. Fortified marine organism samples at levels of 0.3-5.0 ng g(-1) were utilized, and the average recoveries were 86.5-103.6% with intra- and inter-day relative standard deviations less than 7.22 and 9.88%, respectively. The limits of detection and quantification were 0.1 and 0.3 ng g(-1), respectively. The method was later successfully applied for the determination of TTX in 100 marine organism samples collected from local markets.
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- Xiaojun Zhang
- †Key Lab of Sustainable Utilization of Technology Research for Fishery Resource of Zhejiang Province, Marine Fisheries Research Institute of Zhejiang, 28 Tiyu Street, Zhoushan 316021, P.R. China
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- †Key Lab of Sustainable Utilization of Technology Research for Fishery Resource of Zhejiang Province, Marine Fisheries Research Institute of Zhejiang, 28 Tiyu Street, Zhoushan 316021, P.R. China
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- ‡Jiangsu Meizheng Biotechnology Company Limited, Wuxi 214135, P.R. China
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- §Key Laboratory of Food Safety Risk Assessment, Ministry of Health, China National Center For Food Safety Risk Assessment, NO. 7 Panjiayuan Nanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100021, P. R. China
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- ‡Jiangsu Meizheng Biotechnology Company Limited, Wuxi 214135, P.R. China
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- †Key Lab of Sustainable Utilization of Technology Research for Fishery Resource of Zhejiang Province, Marine Fisheries Research Institute of Zhejiang, 28 Tiyu Street, Zhoushan 316021, P.R. China
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- †Key Lab of Sustainable Utilization of Technology Research for Fishery Resource of Zhejiang Province, Marine Fisheries Research Institute of Zhejiang, 28 Tiyu Street, Zhoushan 316021, P.R. China
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Wakita M, Oyama Y, Takase Y, Akaike N. Modulation of excitatory synaptic transmission in rat hippocampal CA3 neurons by triphenyltin, an environmental pollutant. Chemosphere 2015; 120:598-607. [PMID: 25462303 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.09.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2014] [Revised: 09/19/2014] [Accepted: 09/22/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Triphenyltin (TPT) is an organometallic compound that poses a known environmental hazard to some fish and mollusks, as well as mammals. However, its neurotoxic mechanisms in the mammalian brain are still unclear. Thus, we have investigated mechanisms through which TPT modulates glutamatergic synaptic transmission, including spontaneous, miniature, and evoked excitatory postsynaptic currents (sEPSCs, mEPSCs, and eEPSCs respectively), in a rat hippocampal CA3 'synaptic-bouton' preparation. TPT, at environmentally relevant concentrations (30 nM to 1 μM), significantly increased the frequency of sEPSCs and mEPSCs in a concentration-dependent manner, without affecting the currents' amplitudes. The facilitatory effects of TPT on mEPSC frequency were seen even in a Ca(2+)-free external solution containing tetrodotoxin. These effects were further prolonged by adding caffeine, which releases Ca(2+) from intracellular Ca(2+) storage sites. In glutamatergic eEPSCs evoked by paired-pulse stimuli, TPT at concentrations greater than or equal to 100 nM markedly increased the current amplitude by the first pulse and decreased failure rate and pair-pulse ratio. On the other hand, both voltage-dependent Na(+) and Ca(2+) channels were unaffected by submicromolar concentrations of TPT. Overall, these results suggest that TPT, at environmentally relevant concentrations, affects presynaptic transmitter release machinery by directly modulating Ca(2+) storage. Further, findings of this study imply that excitotoxic mechanisms may underlie TPT-induced neuronal damage.
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- Masahito Wakita
- Research Division for Clinical Pharmacology, Medical Corporation, Jyuryokai, Kumamoto Kinoh Hospital, Kumamoto 860-8518, Japan; Research Division for Life Science, Kumamoto Health Science University, Kumamoto 861-5598, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Cellular Signaling, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, University of Tokushima, Tokushima 770-8501, Japan.
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- Research Division for Clinical Pharmacology, Medical Corporation, Jyuryokai, Kumamoto Kinoh Hospital, Kumamoto 860-8518, Japan
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- Research Division for Clinical Pharmacology, Medical Corporation, Jyuryokai, Kumamoto Kinoh Hospital, Kumamoto 860-8518, Japan; Research Division for Life Science, Kumamoto Health Science University, Kumamoto 861-5598, Japan.
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Kudo Y, Finn J, Fukushima K, Sakugawa S, Cho Y, Konoki K, Yotsu-Yamashita M. Isolation of 6-deoxytetrodotoxin from the pufferfish, Takifugu pardalis, and a comparison of the effects of the C-6 and C-11 hydroxy groups of tetrodotoxin on its activity. J Nat Prod 2014; 77:1000-1004. [PMID: 24654947 DOI: 10.1021/np401097n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Identification of new tetrodotoxin (TTX, 1) analogues would be significant in the elucidation of its biosynthetic pathway and a study of its structure-activity relationships. In this study, a new TTX analogue, 6-deoxyTTX (2), was isolated from the ovary of the pufferfish, Takifugu pardalis, and the structure was determined using spectroscopic methods. Compound 2 was also identified in other marine animals, Nassarius snail and blue-ringed octopuses, using LC-MS. Furthermore, we investigated the voltage-gated sodium channel blocking activity of 2 by examination of the inhibitory activities to cytotoxicity induced by ouabain and veratridine in mouse neuroblastoma cells (Neuro-2a). The activities were then compared with those of 1, 11-deoxyTTX (3), and 6,11-dideoxyTTX (4). The EC50 value for 2 was estimated to be 6.5±2.2 nM, approximately 3-fold larger than that of 1 (2.1±0.6 nM) and approximately 20-fold smaller than that of 3. These results suggested that contribution of the C-6 hydroxy group to the activity is less than that of the C-11 hydroxy group.
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- Yuta Kudo
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University , 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 981-8555, Japan
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Bane V, Lehane M, Dikshit M, O'Riordan A, Furey A. Tetrodotoxin: chemistry, toxicity, source, distribution and detection. Toxins (Basel) 2014; 6:693-755. [PMID: 24566728 PMCID: PMC3942760 DOI: 10.3390/toxins6020693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 202] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2013] [Revised: 01/24/2014] [Accepted: 01/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a naturally occurring toxin that has been responsible for human intoxications and fatalities. Its usual route of toxicity is via the ingestion of contaminated puffer fish which are a culinary delicacy, especially in Japan. TTX was believed to be confined to regions of South East Asia, but recent studies have demonstrated that the toxin has spread to regions in the Pacific and the Mediterranean. There is no known antidote to TTX which is a powerful sodium channel inhibitor. This review aims to collect pertinent information available to date on TTX and its analogues with a special emphasis on the structure, aetiology, distribution, effects and the analytical methods employed for its detection.
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- Vaishali Bane
- Mass Spectrometry Research Centre (MSRC) and PROTEOBIO Research Groups, Department of Chemistry, Cork Institute of Technology, Rossa Avenue, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland.
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- Mass Spectrometry Research Centre (MSRC) and PROTEOBIO Research Groups, Department of Chemistry, Cork Institute of Technology, Rossa Avenue, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland.
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- Nanotechnology Group, Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, Lee Maltings, Cork, Ireland.
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- Mass Spectrometry Research Centre (MSRC) and PROTEOBIO Research Groups, Department of Chemistry, Cork Institute of Technology, Rossa Avenue, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland.
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Riz M, Braun M, Pedersen MG. Mathematical modeling of heterogeneous electrophysiological responses in human β-cells. PLoS Comput Biol 2014; 10:e1003389. [PMID: 24391482 PMCID: PMC3879095 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2013] [Accepted: 10/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Electrical activity plays a pivotal role in glucose-stimulated insulin secretion from pancreatic β-cells. Recent findings have shown that the electrophysiological characteristics of human β-cells differ from their rodent counterparts. We show that the electrophysiological responses in human β-cells to a range of ion channels antagonists are heterogeneous. In some cells, inhibition of small-conductance potassium currents has no effect on action potential firing, while it increases the firing frequency dramatically in other cells. Sodium channel block can sometimes reduce action potential amplitude, sometimes abolish electrical activity, and in some cells even change spiking electrical activity to rapid bursting. We show that, in contrast to L-type Ca2+-channels, P/Q-type Ca2+-currents are not necessary for action potential generation, and, surprisingly, a P/Q-type Ca2+-channel antagonist even accelerates action potential firing. By including SK-channels and Ca2+ dynamics in a previous mathematical model of electrical activity in human β-cells, we investigate the heterogeneous and nonintuitive electrophysiological responses to ion channel antagonists, and use our findings to obtain insight in previously published insulin secretion measurements. Using our model we also study paracrine signals, and simulate slow oscillations by adding a glycolytic oscillatory component to the electrophysiological model. The heterogenous electrophysiological responses in human β-cells must be taken into account for a deeper understanding of the mechanisms underlying insulin secretion in health and disease, and as shown here, the interdisciplinary combination of experiments and modeling increases our understanding of human β-cell physiology.
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- Michela Riz
- Department of Information Engineering, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Alberta Diabetes Institute, Department of Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Information Engineering, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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Yotsu-Yamashita M, Abe Y, Kudo Y, Ritson-Williams R, Paul VJ, Konoki K, Cho Y, Adachi M, Imazu T, Nishikawa T, Isobe M. First identification of 5,11-dideoxytetrodotoxin in marine animals, and characterization of major fragment ions of tetrodotoxin and its analogs by high resolution ESI-MS/MS. Mar Drugs 2013; 11:2799-813. [PMID: 23924959 PMCID: PMC3766866 DOI: 10.3390/md11082799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2013] [Accepted: 07/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Even though tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a widespread toxin in marine and terrestrial organisms, very little is known about the biosynthetic pathway used to produce it. By describing chemical structures of natural analogs of TTX, we can start to identify some of the precursors that might be important for TTX biosynthesis. In the present study, an analog of TTX, 5,11-dideoxyTTX, was identified for the first time in natural sources, the ovary of the pufferfish and the pharynx of a flatworm (planocerid sp. 1), by comparison with totally synthesized (-)-5,11-dideoxyTTX, using high resolution ESI-LC-MS. Based on the presence of 5,11-dideoxyTTX together with a series of known deoxy analogs, 5,6, 11-trideoxyTTX, 6,11-dideoxyTTX, 11-deoxyTTX, and 5-deoxyTTX, in these animals, we predicted two routes of stepwise oxidation pathways in the late stages of biosynthesis of TTX. Furthermore, high resolution masses of the major fragment ions of TTX, 6,11-dideoxyTTX, and 5,6,11-trideoxyTTX were also measured, and their molecular formulas and structures were predicted to compare them with each other. Although both TTX and 5,6,11-trideoxyTTX give major fragment ions that are very close, m/z 162.0660 and 162.1020, respectively, they are distinguishable and predicted to be different molecular formulas. These data will be useful for identification of TTXs using high resolution LC-MS/MS.
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- Mari Yotsu-Yamashita
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 981-8555, Japan; E-Mails: (Y.A.); (Y.K.); (K.K.); (Y.C.)
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel./Fax: +81-22-717-8922
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 981-8555, Japan; E-Mails: (Y.A.); (Y.K.); (K.K.); (Y.C.)
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 981-8555, Japan; E-Mails: (Y.A.); (Y.K.); (K.K.); (Y.C.)
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- Department of Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2540 Campus Road, Dean Hall, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA; E-Mail:
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- Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, 701 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce, FL 34949, USA; E-Mail:
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 981-8555, Japan; E-Mails: (Y.A.); (Y.K.); (K.K.); (Y.C.)
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 981-8555, Japan; E-Mails: (Y.A.); (Y.K.); (K.K.); (Y.C.)
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan; E-Mails: (M.A.); (T.I.); (T.N.)
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan; E-Mails: (M.A.); (T.I.); (T.N.)
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan; E-Mails: (M.A.); (T.I.); (T.N.)
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan; E-Mail:
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Kudo Y, Yasumoto T, Konoki K, Cho Y, Yotsu-Yamashita M. Isolation and structural determination of the first 8-epi-type tetrodotoxin analogs from the newt, Cynops ensicauda popei, and comparison of tetrodotoxin analogs profiles of this newt and the puffer fish, Fugu poecilonotus. Mar Drugs 2012; 10:655-667. [PMID: 22611361 PMCID: PMC3347022 DOI: 10.3390/md10030655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2012] [Revised: 03/16/2012] [Accepted: 03/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Identification of new tetrodotoxin (TTX) analogs from TTX-possessing animals might provide insight into its biosynthesis and metabolism. In this study, four new analogs, 8-epi-5,6,11-trideoxyTTX, 4,9-anhydro-8-epi-5,6,11-trideoxyTTX, 1-hydroxy-8-epi-5,6,11-trideoxyTTX, and 1-hydroxy-4,4a-anhydro-8-epi-5,6,11-trideoxyTTX, were isolated from the newt, Cynops ensicauda popei, and their structures were determined using spectroscopic methods. These are the first 8-epi-type analogs of TTX that have been found in a natural source. Furthermore, we examined the composition of the TTX analogs in this newt and in the ovary of the puffer fish, Fugu poecilonotus, using LC/MS. The results indicate that TTX and 11-deoxyTTX were present in both sources. However, 6-epiTTX and 8-epi-type analogs were detected only in the newt, while 5,6,11-trideoxyTTX was a specific and major analog in the puffer fish. Such considerable differences among analog compositions might reflect differences in the biosynthesis or metabolism of TTX between these animals.
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- Yuta Kudo
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555, Japan; (Y.K.); (K.K.); (Y.C.)
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- Tama Laboratory, Japan Food Research Laboratories, 6-11-10 Nagayama, Tama-shi, Tokyo 206-0025, Japan;
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555, Japan; (Y.K.); (K.K.); (Y.C.)
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555, Japan; (Y.K.); (K.K.); (Y.C.)
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555, Japan; (Y.K.); (K.K.); (Y.C.)
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; ; Tel.: +81-22-717-8922; Fax: +81-22-717-8922
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This contribution reviews all the synthetic work on tetrodotoxin that has appeared in the literature through June 2011.
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- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +1-604-822-2419; Fax: +1-604-822-8710
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Chau R, Kalaitzis JA, Neilan BA. On the origins and biosynthesis of tetrodotoxin. Aquat Toxicol 2011; 104:61-72. [PMID: 21543051 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2010] [Revised: 03/30/2011] [Accepted: 04/01/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The potent neurotoxin tetrodotoxin (TTX) has been identified from taxonomically diverse marine organisms. TTX possesses a unique cage-like structure, however, its biosynthesis has yet to be elucidated. Biosynthetic studies in the TTX-producing newt Taricha torosa, and in bacterial genera, including Vibrio, have proven inconclusive. Indeed, very few studies have been performed that address the cellular production of TTX. Here we review the sources of TTX described to date and provide evidence for the biosynthesis of TTX by symbiotic microorganisms in higher taxa. Chemical and genetic based biosynthesis studies of TTX undertaken thus far are discussed and we outline approaches which may be useful for expanding upon the current body of knowledge. The complex biosynthesis of structurally similar toxins, that reveal clues into the biosynthetic pathway of TTX, is also presented.
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- Rocky Chau
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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Vaisocherová H, Taylor AD, Jiang S, Hegnerová K, Vala M, Homola J, Yakes BJ, Deeds J, DeGrasse S. Surface plasmon resonance biosensor for determination of tetrodotoxin: prevalidation study. J AOAC Int 2011; 94:596-604. [PMID: 21563695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A label-free surface plasmon resonance biosensor method was applied to determine tetrodotoxin (TTX) in pufferfish matrixes using an antibody inhibition assay format. A prevalidation study was conducted to demonstrate the assay performance characteristics, such as selectivity, LOD, LOQ, repeatability, reproducibility, and accuracy. Three participating laboratories reported standard curves in buffer and pufferfish matrix. A set of blind samples with TTX spiked into buffer as well as in 10% pufferfish extract were analyzed. Additionally, three blind naturally contaminated samples were analyzed, and the results were compared to those obtained using a reference method (HPLC/electrospray ionization-selected reaction monitoring-MS). The developed method was demonstrated to be capable of detecting TTX in pufferfish matrix standard samples in a broad concentration range (2-9000 ng/mL) with an LOD of 1.5 ng/mL. Between-laboratory recovery values were in the range of 51-190% with a mean of 107%, and 64-180% with a mean of 103% for TTX-spiked samples in buffer and pufferfish matrix, respectively. Between-laboratory recoveries were in the satisfactory range of 101-119% for naturally contaminated samples. This robust, rapid, and noninvasive method may serve as an attractive alternative to established methods for detection of TTX in pufferfish extracts.
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- Hana Vaisocherová
- University of Washington, Department of Chemical Engineering, Box 351750, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Hanifin CT. The chemical and evolutionary ecology of tetrodotoxin (TTX) toxicity in terrestrial vertebrates. Mar Drugs 2010; 8:577-93. [PMID: 20411116 PMCID: PMC2857372 DOI: 10.3390/md8030577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2010] [Revised: 03/03/2010] [Accepted: 03/08/2010] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is widely distributed in marine taxa, however in terrestrial taxa it is limited to a single class of vertebrates (Amphibia). Tetrodotoxin present in the skin and eggs of TTX-bearing amphibians primarily serves as an antipredator defense and these taxa have provided excellent models for the study of the evolution and chemical ecology of TTX toxicity. The origin of TTX present in terrestrial vertebrates is controversial. In marine organisms the accepted hypothesis is that the TTX present in metazoans results from either dietary uptake of bacterially produced TTX or symbiosis with TTX producing bacteria, but this hypothesis may not be applicable to TTX-bearing amphibians. Here I review the taxonomic distribution and evolutionary ecology of TTX in amphibians with some attention to the origin of TTX present in these taxa.
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- Charles T Hanifin
- Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University, 120 Oceanview Blvd., Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA.
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Saxitoxin (STX), tetrodotoxin (TTX) and their many chemical relatives are part of our daily lives. From killing people who eat seafood containing these toxins, to being valuable research tools unveiling the invisible structures of their pharmacological receptor, their global impact is beyond measure. The pharmacological receptor for these toxins is the voltage-gated sodium channel which transports Na ions between the exterior to the interior of cells. The two structurally divergent families of STX and TTX analogues bind at the same location on these Na channels to stop the flow of ions. This can affect nerves, muscles and biological senses of most animals. It is through these and other toxins that we have developed much of our fundamental understanding of the Na channel and its part in generating action potentials in excitable cells.
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- Lyndon E Llewellyn
- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville MC, QLD 4810, Australia.
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The presence of an unknown dideoxy analog of tetrodotoxin was suggested on the liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry mass chromatogram of the ovaries of the puffer fish, Fugu pardalis, in single ion monitoring mode to detect at m/z 288. We succeeded to isolate this analog (approximately 0.4 mg) from 200 g of the ovaries and the structure was determined as 6,11-dideoxytetrodotoxin by spectroscopic methods (high resolution-fast atom bombardment-MS and NMR spectroscopy). The discovery of the new analog is highly significant with respect to the biosynthesis or metabolism of tetrodotoxin. We also roughly determined the value of IC(50) (mice, intraperitoneal) for 6,11-dideoxytetrodotoxin as 420 microg/kg and thus it is 42 times less toxic than tetrodotoxin.
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- Jun-Ho Jang
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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Luo H, Jia Y, Zhu B. [Determination of tetrodotoxin in nassarius by solid-phase extraction, ultrafiltration and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry]. Se Pu 2007; 25:917-921. [PMID: 18257316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023] Open
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A method for the determination and analysis of tetrodotoxin (TTX) in nassarius using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) has been developed. The homogenized sample was extracted with 0.03 mol/L acetic acid by heating in a boiling water-bath for 10 min and then was cleaned up on a Sep-Pak C18 cartridge column and filtered through a M(r) 3 000 cut-off ultrafree microcentrifuge filter. Chromatographic separation was performed on an Insertsil ODS-3 column using 30 mmol/L heptafluorobutyric acid in 1 mmol/L ammonia formate buffer-methanol (99 : 1, v/v) as mobile phase at a flow rate of 0.3 mL/min. TTX was identified by retention time in positive mode with selected ion monitoring (SIM). The results showed that TTX and its analogs can be separated with the method. The linear range was 0.01 - 10.0 mg/L and the correlation coefficients were greater than 0.995 with a detection limit of 2 microg/L (S/N = 3). The average recoveries were in the range of 72.5% - 80.4% and the relative standard deviations were 4.48% - 8.87%. TTX of 0.04 - 0.50 mg/kg was found in nassarius that was collected from Fujian Province after red tide.
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- Hedong Luo
- Xiamen Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xiamen 361021, China.
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Santarelli VP, Eastwood AL, Dougherty DA, Ahern CA, Horn R. Calcium block of single sodium channels: role of a pore-lining aromatic residue. Biophys J 2007; 93:2341-9. [PMID: 17545248 PMCID: PMC1965434 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.106856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2007] [Accepted: 05/22/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Extracellular Ca(2+) ions cause a rapid block of voltage-gated sodium channels, manifest as an apparent reduction of the amplitude of single-channel currents. We examined the influence of residue Tyr-401 in the isoform rNa(V)1.4 on both single-channel conductance and Ca(2+) block. An aromatic residue at this position in the outer mouth of the pore plays a critical role in high-affinity block by the guanidinium toxin tetrodotoxin, primarily due to an electrostatic attraction between the cationic blocker and the system of pi electrons on the aromatic face. We tested whether a similar attraction between small metal cations (Na(+) and Ca(2+)) and this residue would enhance single-channel conductance or pore block, using a series of fluorinated derivatives of phenylalanine at this position. Our results show a monotonic decrease in Ca(2+) block as the aromatic ring is increasingly fluorinated, a result in accord with a cation-pi interaction between Ca(2+) and the aromatic ring. This occurred without a change of single-channel conductance, consistent with a greater electrostatic effect of the pi system on divalent than on monovalent cations. High-level quantum mechanical calculations show that Ca(2+) ions likely do not bind directly to the aromatic ring because of the substantial energetic penalty of dehydrating a Ca(2+) ion. However, the complex of a Ca(2+) ion with its inner hydration shell, Ca(2+)(H(2)O)(6), interacts electrostatically with the aromatic ring in a way that affects the local concentration of Ca(2+) ions in the extracellular vestibule.
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- Vincent P Santarelli
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Hyperexcitability, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Gratacós-Cubarsí M, Fernandez-García A, Picouet P, Valero-Pamplona A, García-Regueiro JA, Castellari M. Formation of tetracycline degradation products in chicken and pig meat under different thermal processing conditions. J Agric Food Chem 2007; 55:4610-6. [PMID: 17488030 DOI: 10.1021/jf070115n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Tetracycline (TC) and 4-epitetracycline (4eTC) degradation, as well as anhydrotetracycline (ATC) and 4-epianhydrotetracycline (4eATC) formation, has been evaluated in thermally treated chicken breast, pig loin, and pig loin with added back-fat. Samples containing TC and 4eTC residues were submitted to microwave or boiling heating, extracted with a mixture of McIlvaine buffer/methanol (75:25), and analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection on a phenyl-hexyl reverse phase chromatographic column. The formation of ATC and 4eATC, as well as of two unidentified compounds, was described for the first time in edible meat samples submitted to mild thermal treatments, similar to those applied at home to cook foods. Degradation of TC and 4eTC and formation of ATC and 4eATC versus time of treatment fitted satisfactorily a first-order kinetic. Even if the potential toxic effects of these breakdown compounds should be further investigated, their formation in cooked meat should be taken into account when maximum residue limits are established.
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- Marta Gratacós-Cubarsí
- Institute for Food and Agriculture Research and Technology (IRTA), E-17121 Monells, Girona, Spain
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Tikhonov DB. [Mechanisms of action of voltage-gated sodium channel ligands]. Ross Fiziol Zh Im I M Sechenova 2007; 93:531-43. [PMID: 17650621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The voltage-gated sodium channels play a key role in the generation of action potential in excitable cells. Sodium channels are targeted by a number of modulating ligands. Despite numerous studies, the mechanisms of action of many ligands are still unknown. The main cause of the problem is the absence of the channel structure. Sodium channels belong to the superfamily of P-loop channels that also the data abowt includes potassium and calcium channels and the channels of ionotropic glutamate receptors. Crystallization of several potassium channels has opened a possibility to analyze the structure of other members of the superfamily using the homology modeling approach. The present study summarizes the results of several recent modelling studies of such sodium channel ligands as tetrodotoxin, batrachotoxin and local anesthetics. Comparison of available experimental data with X-ray structures of potassium channels has provided a new level of understanding of the mechanisms of action of sodium channel ligands and has allowed proposing several testable hypotheses.
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Zhang YL, Dunlop J, Dalziel JE. Recombinant human voltage-gated skeletal muscle sodium channels are pharmacologically functional in planar lipid bilayers. Biosens Bioelectron 2007; 22:1006-12. [PMID: 16713241 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2006.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2005] [Revised: 04/06/2006] [Accepted: 04/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Human voltage-gated sodium ion channels are major sites of action for drugs and toxins that modulate cellular excitability, and are therefore key molecular targets for ion channel research, high throughput screening for new drugs, and toxin detection. Protein suitable for these applications must be produced in a functionally active form. We report the successful use of ion metal affinity chromatography (IMAC) to purify C-terminal polyhistidine tagged human skeletal muscle voltage-gated sodium (hSkM1-HT) channels from Sf9 insect cells; hSkM1 channels were pharmacologically functional when reconstituted into liposomes and incorporated into planar bilayer lipid membranes. hSkM1-HT single channel currents activated by veratridine had a conductance of 21 pS and those activated by brevetoxin, 16 pS. Channel activity was inhibited by tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin. This protein is suitable for the development of biosensor and high throughput screening technologies.
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- Yan Li Zhang
- AgResearch Limited, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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Shen XS, Guo L, Gu MS, Feng JL, Xie JW. [Rapid determination of tetrodotoxin using microwave assisted alkaline hydrolysis and spectrofluorometric analysis]. Guang Pu Xue Yu Guang Pu Fen Xi 2006; 26:2264-7. [PMID: 17361726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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To develop a rapid, simple and sensitive method for determining the concentration of tetrodotoxin(TTX), TTX was hydrolyzed in the strong alkali solution of water mixed with isopropanol. The concentration of TTX can be indirectly analyzed by the fluorescence signal of its alkaline hydrolysis product which can be enhanced by the microwave method. The maximum excitation and emission wavelengths of the alkaline hydrolysis product of tetrodotoxin were 380 and 496 nm, respectively. The linear range of the calibration curve was 0. 1-10 micromol x L(-1) with r=0. 9991. The limit of detection was 0. 05 micromol x L(-1) , which was twenty times lower than before. A rapid, highly sensitive and accurate method was thus established. It can be used as a quantitative method for detecting TTX.
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- Xiao-shu Shen
- Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing 100850, China
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Jang J, Yotsu-Yamashita M. Distribution of tetrodotoxin, saxitoxin, and their analogs among tissues of the puffer fish Fugu pardalis. Toxicon 2006; 48:980-7. [PMID: 16997342 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.07.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2006] [Revised: 07/20/2006] [Accepted: 07/25/2006] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The anatomical distribution of tetrodotoxin (TTX), saxitoxin (STX) and their analogs (TTXs, STXs) in three female and three male specimens of the marine puffer fish Fugu pardalis from Miyagi Prefecture, 2005, Japan, were studied. 5-DeoxyTTX, 11-deoxyTTX, and 5,6,11-trideoxyTTX were quantified by liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) for the first time, and other TTXs and STXs were determined by liquid chromatography-fluorescent detection (LC-FLD). As a result, 5,6,11-trideoxyTTX was found to be the major TTX analog in all tissues tested, whereas 5-deoxyTTX and 11-deoxyTTX were minor components. Especially, in female (n=3), the ratios of 5,6,11-trideoxyTTX to total of all TTX analogs (mole/mole) in ovaries (mean+/-SD, 0.42+/-0.055) were significantly larger than those in livers (0.17+/-0.025) (P<0.05). In contrary, the ratios of 4,9-anhydroTTX to total of all TTX analogs in livers (0.27+/-0.047) were significantly larger than those in ovaries (0.073+/-0.040) (P<0.01). The ratios of TTX to total of all TTX analogs were not significantly different between ovaries (0.47+/-0.078) and livers (0.55+/-0.067). In male (n=3), all these ratios were not significantly different between livers and testis. 4-S-CysteinylTTX was detected in liver, spleen, gall, and intestine in 1-6mole% of total of all TTX analogs, supporting our previous hypothesis that 4-S-cysteinylTTX is a metabolite of TTX.
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- Junho Jang
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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Umezawa T, Hayashi T, Sakai H, Teramoto H, Yoshikawa T, Izumida M, Tamatani Y, Hirose T, Ohfune Y, Shinada T. Total Synthesis of (−)-5,6,11-Trideoxytetrodotoxin and Its 4-Epimer. Org Lett 2006; 8:4971-4. [PMID: 17020349 DOI: 10.1021/ol062098d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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[reaction: see text] The first total synthesis of 5,6,11-trideoxytetrodotoxin (1) and its 4-epimer were achieved. The synthesis is characterized by the stereoselective construction of the quaternary amino carbon center at C8a by an asymmetric transferring Strecker synthesis and the highly efficient conversion of cyanohydrin 4 to 1 via intramolecular cyclization reactions.
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- Taiki Umezawa
- Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, 3-3-138, Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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Nakagawa T, Jang J, Yotsu-Yamashita M. Hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry of tetrodotoxin and its analogs. Anal Biochem 2006; 352:142-4. [PMID: 16574054 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2006.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2005] [Revised: 01/01/2006] [Accepted: 02/07/2006] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Toshio Nakagawa
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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The deadly neurotoxin tetrodotoxin (TTX) is found in a variety of animal phyla and, because of its toxicity, is most often assumed to deter predation. On the tropical Pacific island of Guam, we found an undescribed flatworm (planocerid sp. 1) that contains high levels of TTX and its analogs. Through ecological experiments, we show that TTXs do not protect these flatworms from some predators but instead are used to capture mobile prey. TTX is known to have multiple ecological functions, which has probably led to its widespread presence among prokaryotes and at least 10 metazoan phyla.
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Ali SA, Wang B, Alam M, Beck A, Stoeva S, Voelter W, Abbasi A, Duszenko M. Structure-activity relationship of an alpha-toxin Bs-Tx28 from scorpion (Buthus sindicus) venom suggests a new alpha-toxin subfamily. Arch Biochem Biophys 2005; 445:81-94. [PMID: 16309623 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2005.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2005] [Revised: 10/14/2005] [Accepted: 10/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Scorpion venoms are among the most widely known source of peptidyl neurotoxins used for callipering different ion channels, e.g., for Na(+), K(+), Ca(+) or Cl(-). An alpha-toxin (Bs-Tx28) has been purified from the venom of scorpion Buthus sindicus, a common yellow scorpion of Sindh, Pakistan. The primary structure of Bs-Tx28 was established using a combination of MALDI-TOF-MS, LC-ESI-MS, and automated Edman degradation analysis. Bs-Tx28 consists of 65 amino acid residues (7274.3+/-2Da), including eight cysteine residues, and shows very high sequence identity (82-94%) with other long-chain alpha-neurotoxins, active against receptor site-3 of mammalian (e.g., Lqq-IV and Lqh-IV from scorpions Leiurus sp.) and insect (e.g., BJalpha-IT and Od-1 from Buthotus judaicus and Odonthobuthus doriae, respectively) voltage-gated Na(+) channels. Multiple sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis of Bs-Tx28 with other known alpha- and alpha-like toxins suggests the presence of a new and separate subfamily of scorpion alpha-toxins. Bs-Tx28 which is weakly active in both, mammals and insects (LD(50) 0.088 and 14.3microg/g, respectively), shows strong induction of the rat afferent nerve discharge in a dose-dependent fashion (EC(50)=0.01microg/mL) which was completely abolished in the presence of tetrodotoxin suggesting the binding of Bs-Tx28 to the TTX-sensitive Na(+)-channel. Three-dimensional structural features of Bs-Tx28, established by homology modeling, were compared with other known classical alpha-mammal (AaH-II), alpha-insect (Lqh-alphaIT), and alpha-like (BmK-M4) toxins and revealed subtle variations in the Nt-, Core-, and RT-CT-domains (functional domains) which constitute a "necklace-like" structure differing significantly in all alpha-toxin subfamilies. On the other hand, a high level of conservation has been observed in the conserved hydrophobic surface with the only substitution of W43 (Y43/42) and an additional hydrophobic character at position F40 (L40/A/V/G39), as compared to the other mentioned alpha-toxins. Despite major differences within the primary structure and activities of Bs-Tx28, it shares a common structural and functional motif (e.g., transRT-farCT) within the RT-CT domain which is characteristic of scorpion alpha-mammal toxins.
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- Syed Abid Ali
- International Center for Chemical Sciences, HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan.
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Neurotoxic venoms are common among tropical marine creatures, which have specialized apparatuses for delivery of the venoms. These include jellyfish and anemones, venomous cone snails, venomous fish, stingrays, sea snakes, and venomous octopuses. Numerous toxic neuropeptides are found within these venoms, and some can discriminate between closely related intracellular targets, a characteristic that makes them useful to define cation channels and attractive for drug development. A synthetic derivative of an omega-conotoxin is now available, representing a new class of analgesics. In general, toxic marine venoms contain proteins that are heat labile, providing opportunity for therapeutic intervention following envenomation, while ingestible seafood toxins are thermostable toxins. Ingestible toxins found in the tropics include those associated with reef fish, pufferfish, and some shellfish, which serve as food-chain vectors for toxins produced by marine microorganisms.
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- Michael R Watters
- Division of Neurology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA
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Brodie ED, Feldman CR, Hanifin CT, Motychak JE, Mulcahy DG, Williams BL, Brodie ED. Parallel arms races between garter snakes and newts involving tetrodotoxin as the phenotypic interface of coevolution. J Chem Ecol 2005; 31:343-56. [PMID: 15856788 DOI: 10.1007/s10886-005-1345-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Parallel "arms races" involving the same or similar phenotypic interfaces allow inference about selective forces driving coevolution, as well as the importance of phylogenetic and phenotypic constraints in coevolution. Here, we report the existence of apparent parallel arms races between species pairs of garter snakes and their toxic newt prey that indicate independent evolutionary origins of a key phenotype in the interface. In at least one area of sympatry, the aquatic garter snake, Thamnophis couchii, has evolved elevated resistance to the neurotoxin tetrodotoxin (TTX), present in the newt Taricha torosa. Previous studies have shown that a distantly related garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis, has coevolved with another newt species that possesses TTX, Taricha granulosa. Patterns of within population variation and phenotypic tradeoffs between TTX resistance and sprint speed suggest that the mechanism of resistance is similar in both species of snake, yet phylogenetic evidence indicates the independent origins of elevated resistance to TTX.
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- Edmund D Brodie
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405-3700, USA.
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Gawley RE, Shanmugasundaram M, Thorne JB, Tarkka RM. Selective detection of saxitoxin over tetrodotoxin using acridinylmethyl crown ether chemosensor. Toxicon 2005; 45:783-7. [PMID: 15804528 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2005.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2004] [Accepted: 01/28/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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At pH 7.1, saxitoxin decomposes to produce a trace impurity that can interfere with fluorescence sensing when using irradiation wavelengths near 325 nm. The fluorophore acridine is found to be a suitable component of arylmethyl crown ether chemosensors for the fluorescent detection of saxitoxin. These sensors are selective for the detection of saxitoxin over tetrodotoxin.
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- Robert E Gawley
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA.
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Bulaj G, West PJ, Garrett JE, Watkins M, Marsh M, Zhang MM, Norton RS, Smith BJ, Yoshikami D, Olivera BM. Novel Conotoxins from Conus striatus and Conus kinoshitai Selectively Block TTX-Resistant Sodium Channels. Biochemistry 2005; 44:7259-65. [PMID: 15882064 DOI: 10.1021/bi0473408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The peptides isolated from venoms of predatory marine Conus snails ("conotoxins") are well-known to be highly potent and selective pharmacological agents for voltage-gated ion channels and receptors. We report the discovery of two novel TTX-resistant sodium channel blockers, mu-conotoxins SIIIA and KIIIA, from two species of cone snails. The two toxins were identified and characterized by combining molecular techniques and chemical synthesis. Both peptides inhibit TTX-resistant sodium currents in neurons of frog sympathetic and dorsal root ganglia but poorly block action potentials in frog skeletal muscle, which are mediated by TTX-sensitive sodium channels. The amino acid sequences in the C-terminal region of the two peptides and of the previously characterized mu-conotoxin SmIIIA (which also blocks TTX-resistant channels) are similar, but the three peptides differ in the length of their first N-terminal loop. We used molecular dynamics simulations to analyze how altering the number of residues in the first loop affects the overall structure of mu-conotoxins. Our results suggest that the naturally occurring truncations do not affect the conformation of the C-terminal loops. Taken together, structural and functional differences among mu-conotoxins SmIIIA, SIIIA, and KIIIA offer a unique insight into the "evolutionary engineering" of conotoxin activity.
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- Grzegorz Bulaj
- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA.
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The common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) preys upon the rough-skinned newt (Taricha granulosa), which contains the neurotoxin tetrodotoxin (TTX) in the skin. TTX is toxic, large quantities are present in a newt, and highly resistant snakes have the ability to ingest multiple newts; subsequently snakes harbor significant amounts of active toxin in their own tissues after consuming a newt. Snakes harbor TTX in the liver for 1 mo or more after consuming just one newt, and at least 7 wk after consuming a diet of newts. Three weeks after eating one newt, snakes contained an average of 42 microg of TTX in the liver. This amount could severely incapacitate or kill avian predators, and mammalian predators may be negatively affected as well.
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- Becky L Williams
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 3060 Valley Life Sciences Building # 3140, Berkeley, CA 94720-3140, USA.
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