Research paperBatrachotoxinin-A N-methylanthranilate, a new fluorescent ligand for voltage-sensitive sodium channels

Add time:08/22/2019    Source:sciencedirect.com

Batrachotoxin and its derivatives have become important tools for the study of membrane excitability by virtue of their effects on voltage-sensitive sodium channels. Recent studies have shown that the 2,4-dimethylpyrrole carboxylate ester normally occurring in the 20-α position of batrachotoxin may be replaced by a benzoate moiety without loss of activity. We have now extended this series of active batrachotoxin derivatives and report here the synthesis of batrachotoxinin-A 20-α-N-methylanthranilate. The new fluorescent compound is highly toxic (LD50 approx. 15 μg/kg, i.p. mouse) and binds to the same receptor site of voltage-sensitive sodium channels as batrachotoxin with an equilibrium dissociation constant Kd = 180 nM (in the presence of scorpion toxin). These fluorescence and binding properties have been exploited to achieve successful visualization of sodium channels at mammalian nodes of Ranvier. Batrachotoxinin-A 20-α-N-methylanthranilate should prove to be a useful compound for studies of sodium channel distribution and for investigations of the microenvironment of the batrachotoxin binding site.

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