Targeting ion channels for drug discovery jeffrey j clare. With the help of advances in structural biology, as well as the discovery of numerous channel modulators derived from animal toxins, we are moving toward a better understanding of the function and mode of action of ion channels. Ligandgated ion channels are one of the eight major pharmacological targets into which the guide is divided, with the others being. Voltagegated ion channel an overview sciencedirect topics. In potassium channels, the open conformation relies on the spatial distribution of structural water molecules buried in protein pockets that surround the central pore. Tmic is funded by genome alberta, genome british columbia, and genome canada, a notforprofit.
Drug discovery and development are complex processes that require longterm. Because ion channels are involved in many cellular processes, drugs acting on ion channels have long been used for. Early detection and treatment of cancers have increased survival and improved clinical outcome. Voltagegated ion channels as molecular targets for pain. Ion channels as targets of psychopharmacological drug action. Ion channels voltage gated ion channels ligand gated ion channels. Catterall statedependent drug interactions with ion channels stefan i.
The voltagegated ion channel family consists of more than. Chapter 3 ion channels as targets of psychopharmacological drug action nur 555 with frye at drexel university college of nursing studyblue. Toxins from marine animals provide molecular tools for the study of many ion channels, including mammalian voltagegated potassium channels of the kv1 family. Ligandgated ion channels lgics are integral membrane proteins that contain a pore which allows the regulated flow of selected ions across the plasma membrane. The opening and closing of the channels are triggered by changing ion concentration, and hence charge gradient, between the sides of the cell membrane. Although all candidate drug targets require detailed characterization in order to be pursued effectively, multisubunit ion channels are among the most challenging and, owing to the array of cell types, diversity of channel phenotypes and highly polarized neuronal architecture, cns channels are particularly daunting. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Activation of voltagegated kcnqkv7 channels by anticonvulsant retigabine attenuates mechanical allodynia of. May 15, 20 read axonal voltage gated ion channels as pharmacological targets for pain, european journal of pharmacology on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips.
They function by forming a gated, waterfilled pore to help establish and control cell membrane potential. Voltagegated ion channels as drug targets methods and principles in medicinal chemistry wileyvch. Blockade of na v s has been successfully accomplished in the clinic to enable control of pathological firing. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Antiaddiction drug ibogaine inhibits voltagegated ionic cu. Ion channels ion channels are the transmembrane protein molecules located in the nerve membrane or at neuromuscular junction. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Voltage gated ion channels are a class of transmembrane proteins that are activated by changes in membrane potential figure 7. Other gatings indirect signalling, mechanogated ion channels, light gated channels, 7. The crystal structure of a voltagegated sodium channel nature. Antibodybased validation of cns ion channel drug targets. Structure of a eukaryotic voltagegated sodium channel at. Drug targets, ion channels, ligand gated ion channels, receptor pharmacology, voltage gated ion channels.
Voltage gated sodium channels as drug discovery targets. Presentations ppt, key, pdf logging in or signing up. Voltagegated ion channels as drug targets edited by d. Ion channels as targets of psychopharmacological drug. Drug discovery and development is a costly and time. However, novel strategies based on new interesting targets are needed to improve the conventional treatments. Toxins from marine animals provide molecular tools for the study of many ion channels, including mammalian voltage gated potassium channels of the kv1 family. Voltage gated ion channels as drug targets sigmaaldrich. The residues that determine ion selectivity are identical in each protomer in. Ion channels as therapeutic targets download ebook pdf.
Ion channels play fundamental roles in both excitable and nonexcitable tissues and therefore constitute attractive drug targets for myriad neurological, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases as. The toxic arsenals of venomous organisms contain polypeptide toxins that block ion channels to enable the rapid paralysis of a potential prey or foe. Ion channelsas drug target authorstream presentation. Apr 14, 2008 ion channels are important drug targets because they play a crucial role in controlling a very wide spectrum of physiological processes hille, 2001, and because their dysfunction can lead to pathophysiology ashcroft, 2000. Voltage gated sodium channels voltage gated calcium channels. Study 19 chapter 3 ion channels as targets of psychopharmacological drug action flashcards from maria d. Given the strong historical precedent that exists for discovering and commercializing successful drugs that modulate. Read axonal voltagegated ion channels as pharmacological targets for pain, european journal of pharmacology on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. These heteromeric poreforming structures are typically. The crystal structure of a voltagegated sodium channel. Poremodulating toxins exploit inherent slow inactivation.
Voltage gated sodium channel as a target for metastatic risk reduction with repurposed drugs. Voltagegated ion channels are generally composed of several subunits arranged in such a way that there is a central pore through which ions can travel down their electrochemical gradients. This is the major type of ion channel in the heart, allowing for the rapid and coordinated myocyte depolarization and repolarization required for. Voltagegated potassium channels as therapeutic drug targets. Ion channels encompassing both the ligand gated and voltage gated types are the. Jul 22, 2015 read the original article in full on fresearch. Ion channels are important drug targets because they play a crucial role in controlling a. As with manual patch clamp, the patch of membrane over the aperture is then. Click download or read online button to get ion channels as therapeutic targets book now. Triggle, murali gopalakrishnan, david rampe, wei zheng, raimund mannhold, hugo kubinyi, gerd folkers. Voltagegated potassium channels as therapeutic drug. Voltagegated ion channels as drug targets methods and. These data suggest that inhibition of voltagegated sodium channels may.
Ion channels play fundamental roles in both excitable and nonexcitable tissues and therefore constitute attractive drug targets for myriad neurological, cardiovascular and. Voltage gated sodium channels vgscs and voltage gated calcium channels vgccs have a fundamental role in the excitability of all neurons. Ion channels down under download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. Voltagegated sodium channels ion channels iupharbps. Voltagegated ion channels as drug targets pdf free download. An agonist causes the channel to open and allows specific ions to across the cell membrane. Voltagegated ion channels as drug targets by david j. Ion channel drug discovery, eds cox b, gosling m royal society of chemistry, london. Navab is a member of the nachbac family and functions as a voltagegated sodiumselective ion channel supplementary figs 1 and 2.
Gwz is a canada research chair and is supported from grants from the canadian institutes of health research. The ion selectivity of a voltage gated ion channel is determined by the selectivity filter sf, a molecular sieve enclosed by the partial membrane penetration loops between s5 and s6 segments 16 18. This is the major type of ion channel in the heart, allowing for the rapid and coordinated myocyte depolarization and repolarization required for efficient electromechanical coupling. They function by forming a gated, waterfilled pore to help establish and control cell membrane potential via control of the flow of ions between the intracellular and the extracellular environments. Nov 21, 2016 classification based on gating voltage gated ion channels open and close in response to membrane potential. Ligandgated ion channels lgics mediate passive ion flux driven by the electrochemical gradient for the permeant ions. Voltagegated ion channels vgics are responsive to changes in the local electrical membrane potential, and are critical for the function of excitable cells, such as neurons and muscle cells. State dependence, voltage dependence, and the modulated receptor model 24 use dependence 28 physical meaning of state dependence 30 state dependence in drug discovery 31 future directions for ion channel drug discovery 33. Ion channels are important drug targets because they play a crucial role in controlling a very wide spectrum of physiological processes hille, 2001, and because their dysfunction can lead to pathophysiology ashcroft, 2000. Voltage gated ion channels vgics are responsive to changes in the local electrical membrane potential, and are critical for the function of excitable cells, such as neurons and muscle cells. Ligand gated ion channels open in response to specific ligand molecules binding to the extracellular domain of the receptor protein. Voltagegated sodium na v channels are a family of transmembrane ion channel proteins. Chapter 43 n mechanisms of action of antiepileptic. Given the strong historical precedent that exists for discovering and commercializing successful drugs that modulate the activity of voltagegated sodium, calcium, or.
Antiaddiction drug ibogaine inhibits voltagegated ionic. Please read our short guide how to send a book to kindle. Major reasons for the paucity of new drugs specifically targeting ion channels are a. Many aed targets are ion channels, most notably voltage gated sodium and potassium channels and gaba a receptors. Other gatings indirect signalling, mechano gated ion channels, light gated channels, 7. For example, voltagegated ion channels open or close depending on the voltage gradient across the plasma membrane, while ligandgated ion channels open or close depending on binding of ligands to the channel. Voltagegated ion channels are one of the eight major pharmacological targets into which the guide is divided, with the others being. Ions typically pass through the channel pores in the form of a single file almost as fast as they move through a free solution. Ion channels play a key role in our body to regulate homeostasis and conduct electrical signals. Pain signaling is critically dependent on voltagegated ion channels that shape the action potential firing properties of. The channels tend to be ionspecific, although similarly sized and charged ions may sometimes travel through them.
Start studying ion channels as targets of psychopharmacological drug action. Lgics are gated by the binding of a specific ligand to an orthosteric sites that triggers a conformational change that results in the conducting state, or by binding of endogenous, or exogenous, modulators to allosteric sites. K v channels offer tremendous opportunities for the development of new drugs for cancer, autoimmune. A few years ago, it appeared that some particular transmembrane proteins, ion channels, may be involved in the development of the disease. The human genome contains 40 voltagegated potassium channels k v which are involved in diverse physiological processes ranging from repolarization of neuronal or cardiac action potentials, over regulating calcium signaling and cell volume, to driving cellular proliferation and migration. Pdf the elucidation of a drug target is one of the earliest and most important steps in the drug discovery process. G proteincoupled receptors, ligandgated ion channels, other ion channels, nuclear hormone receptors, catalytic receptors, enzymes and transporters. Ion channels as drug target in the clinic austin publishing group. Voltagegated ion channels as drug targets evaluates the structure and function of ion channels, as well as related drug interaction contents. Drugs targeting voltagegated sodium and calcium channels. State dependence, voltage dependence, and the modulated receptor model 24 use dependence 28 physical meaning of state dependence 30 state dependence in drug discovery 31 future directions for ion channel drug discovery 33 voltage gated ion channels as drug targets. They function by forming a gated, waterfilled pore. Selectivity profiling and molecular investigation of these toxins have contributed to the development of novel drug leads with therapeutic potential. To provide an overview of the role of voltagegated sodium channels in pathophysiology of acquired and inherited pain states, and of recent developments that validate these channels as therapeutic targets for treating chronic pain.
Targets for anticonvulsant drugs current topics in medicinal chemistry, 2005, vol. Agents that block these channels or encourage inactivation, often referred to as membranestabilizing agents, reduce nerve excitability by blocking the initiation of action potentials. Voltagegated ion channels as drug targets, by david j. Voltage gated ion channels as drug targets evaluates the structure and function of ion channels, as well as related drug interaction.
Chapter 43 n mechanisms of action of antiepileptic drugs. It is interesting to note that certain idiopathic epilepsy syndromes are believed to be the result of mutations in these same ion channels see chapter 4. In most of the ion channels, the passage across the pores is governed by a gate. Voltagegated ion channels are a class of transmembrane proteins that are activated by changes in membrane potential figure 7. Here, we describe a peptide isolated from a cone snail that blocks voltage. Ion channel pharmacology diana conte camerino, domenico tricarico, and jeanfrancois desaphy pharmacology division, department of pharmacobiology, school of pharmacy, university of bari, bari, italy summary. Frontiers venomderived peptide modulators of cation. Next, the closer of potassium channels depolarize the cells then activation of voltage gated calcium channels triggers the calcium release from intracellular. To provide an overview of the role of voltage gated sodium channels in pathophysiology of acquired and inherited pain states, and of recent developments that validate these channels as therapeutic targets for treating chronic pain. A section on assay technologies is followed by a section each on calcium, sodium and potassium channels.
The human genome contains 40 voltage gated potassium channels k v which are involved in diverse physiological processes ranging from repolarization of neuronal or cardiac action potentials, over regulating calcium signaling and cell volume, to driving cellular proliferation and migration. Voltagegated sodium channels vgscs and voltagegated calcium channels vgccs have a fundamental role in the excitability of all neurons. Their ubiquitous tissue distribution and the physiological relevancies. Jul 10, 2011 navab is a member of the nachbac family and functions as a voltage gated sodiumselective ion channel supplementary figs 1 and 2. Thereby the drug may disturb the hearts electrophysiology. Vertebrate ca v channels require solubilization in digitonin and. Voltagegated sodium channel as a target for metastatic risk reduction with repurposed drugs. Ion flux is passive and driven by the electrochemical gradient for the permeant ions. Sodium channels are voltagegated sodiumselective ion channels present in the membrane of most excitable cells. Axonal voltagegated ion channels as pharmacological targets. Given the strong historical precedent that exists for discovering and commercializing successful drugs that modulate the activity of voltagegated sodium.
Ligand gated ion channels are one of the eight major pharmacological targets into which the guide is divided, with the others being. Apr 14, 2008 although all candidate drug targets require detailed characterization in order to be pursued effectively, multisubunit ion channels are among the most challenging and, owing to the array of cell types, diversity of channel phenotypes and highly polarized neuronal architecture, cns channels are particularly daunting. After an introduction to the topic, the authors evaluate the structure and function of ion channels, as well as related drug interaction. Ion channels down under download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Chapter 3 ion channels as targets of psychopharmacological. Until recently, the characterization of screening hits using manual voltage. Voltagegated ion channels, new targets in anticancer. Click download or read online button to get ion channels down under book now. There are two types ion channels, nonselective or large pore and selective archetypal or small pores 19, 20. Pdf voltage gated sodium channels as drug discovery targets. Voltagegated sodium nav channels are a family of transmembrane ion channel proteins. Ion channels find a pathway for therapeutic success pnas.
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