Scientific article
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Identification, structural and pharmacological characterization of τ-CnVA, a conopeptide that selectively interacts with somatostatin sst3 receptor

Published inBiochemical pharmacology, vol. 85, no. 11, p. 1663-1671
Publication date2013
Abstract

Conopeptides are a diverse array of small linear and reticulated peptides that interact with high potency and selectivity with a large diversity of receptors and ion channels. They are used by cone snails for prey capture or defense. Recent advances in venom gland transcriptomic and venom peptidomic/proteomic technologies combined with bioactivity screening approaches lead to the identification of new toxins with original pharmacological profiles. Here, from transcriptomic/proteomic analyses of the Conus consors cone snail, we identified a new conopeptide called τ-CnVA, which displays the typical cysteine framework V of the T1-conotoxin superfamily. This peptide was chemically synthesized and its three-dimensional structure was solved by NMR analysis and compared to that of TxVA belonging to the same family, revealing very few common structural features apart a common orientation of the intercysteine loop. Because of the lack of a clear biological function associated with the T-conotoxin family, τ-CnVA was screened against more than fifty different ion channels and receptors, highlighting its capacity to interact selectively with the somatostatine sst3 receptor. Pharmacological and functional studies show that τ-CnVA displays a micromolar (Ki of 1.5μM) antagonist property for the sst3 receptor, being currently the only known toxin to interact with this GPCR subfamily.

Keywords
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • CHO Cells
  • Calcium/metabolism
  • Conotoxins/chemistry/pharmacology
  • Cricetinae
  • Cricetulus
  • Ion Channels/metabolism
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Protein Conformation
  • Proteomics
  • Receptors, Somatostatin/drug effects
  • Transcriptome
  • Xenopus laevis
Citation (ISO format)
PETREL, C et al. Identification, structural and pharmacological characterization of τ-CnVA, a conopeptide that selectively interacts with somatostatin sst3 receptor. In: Biochemical pharmacology, 2013, vol. 85, n° 11, p. 1663–1671. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2013.03.019
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