敬钊毒素-Ⅰ(JZTX—Ⅰ)是一种能够抑制心肌钠通道失活的新型蜘蛛神经毒素,该文结合高效液相色谱与色氨酸荧光测定技术研究了JZTX—Ⅰ的磷脂膜结合活性。脂质体共沉淀实验表明,JZTX—Ⅰ具有不依赖于带负电荷磷脂组成的生物膜结合活性。当加入由酸性或中性磷脂构成的脂质体后,JZTX—Ⅰ能够分别产生6.4和4.7nm的蓝移以及7.4和8.0nm的红移激发漂移,显示JZTX—Ⅰ能够插入磷脂膜,同时该分子疏水表面的色氨酸残基处于一个运动受限的界面区域。荧光淬灭实验进一步证实,与脂质体结合能够减少该毒素分子表面色氨酸残基的溶剂暴露。该研究结果为阐明JZTX—Ⅰ的离子通道门控调节机制提供了新的信息。
Jingzhaotoxin-Ⅰ (JZTX-Ⅰ), a 33-residue polypeptide with three disulfide bonds, was a novel spider neurotoxin preferentially inhibiting cardiac sodium channel inactivation. Its activities of phospholipid membrane-binding were studied by a combination of reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and fluorescence spectroscopy. Small unilamellar vesicles binding assays showed that the partitioning of JZTX-Ⅰ into lipid bilayer did not require negatively charged phospholipids. Further, JZTX-Ⅰ also exhibited a blue shift of 6. 4 nm or 4.7 nm as well as red-edge excitation shift of 7.4 nm or 8.0 nm in the presence of 75% 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine ( POPE )/25% 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3- [ phosphorac-(1-glycerol)] ( sodium salt) (POPG) or 100% 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) vesicles respectively, suggesting that some tryptophan residues on the hydrophobic surface of the toxin were located within a motion restricted membrane interfacial region. Fluorescence quenching experiments suggested that some tryptophan residues of JZTX-Ⅰ were positioned within the membrane and protected from aqueous quenching agents. These findings should provide further insight into the molecular mechanism of the channel gating of JZTX-Ⅰ.