Characterization of the actions of AvTx7 isolated from Agelaia vicina (hymenoptera: Vespidae) wasp venom on synaptosomal glutamate uptake and release

Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 61-68

  Pizzo, Andrea B ^a   Beleboni, Renê O ^a   Fontana, Andréia C K ^b   Ribeiro, Alessandra M ^a   Miranda, Antonio ^c   Coutinho Netto, Joaquim ^a   dos Santos, Wagner F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Glutamate release; Glutamate uptake; Neurotoxin; Potassium channels; Synaptosomes; Wasp venom

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYMENOPTERA VENOM; NEUROTOXIN; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRYLAMMONIUM; WASP VENOM;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID UPTAKE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYMENOPTERA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SYNAPTOSOME; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; WASP; WISTAR RAT;

AGELAIA; HYMENOPTERA; VESPIDAE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTAMIC ACID; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUROTOXINS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNAPTOSOMES; WASP VENOMS; WASPS;

EID: 2342604465     PISSN: 10956670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbt.20014     Document Type: Article

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