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1 Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, UMR-6097, Institut Paul Hamel, 660 route des Lucioles, Sophia Antipolis, 06560 Valbonne, France
Acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) are excitatory neuronal cation channels, involved in physiopathological processes related to extracellular pH fluctuation such as nociception, ischaemia, perception of sour taste and synaptic transmission. The spider peptide toxin psalmotoxin 1 (PcTx1) has previously been shown to inhibit specifically the proton-gated cation channel ASIC1a. To identify the binding site of PcTx1, we produced an iodinated form of the toxin (125I-PcTx1YN) and developed a set of binding and electrophysiological experiments on several chimeras of ASIC1a and the PcTx1-insensitive channels ASIC1b and ASIC2a. We show that 125I-PcTx1YN binds specifically to ASIC1a at a single site, with an IC50 of 128 pM, distinct from the amiloride blocking site. Results obtained from chimeras indicate that PcTx1 does not bind to ASIC1a transmembrane domains (M1 and M2), involved in formation of the ion pore, but binds principally on both cysteine-rich domains I and II (CRDI and CRDII) of the extracellular loop. The post-M1 and pre-M2 regions, although not involved in the binding site, are crucial for the ability of PcTx1 to inhibit ASIC1a current. The linker domain between CRDI and CRDII is important for their correct spatial positioning to form the PcTx1 binding site. These results will be useful for the future identification or design of new molecules acting on ASICs.
(Received 3 August 2005;
accepted after revision 9 November 2005;
first published online 10 November 2005)
Corresponding author M. Lazdunski: Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, UMR-6097, Institut Paul Hamel, 660 route des Lucioles, Sophia Antipolis, 06560 Valbonne, France. Email: ipmc{at}ipmc.cnrs.fr
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