毒理性
雪卡毒素降低了神经系统突触中开启电压门控钠通道的阈值。打开钠通道的效果将导致去极化,这可能会依次导致瘫痪、心脏收缩以及改变听觉和冷感。因为它不穿过血脑屏障(BBB),雪卡毒素只影响周围神经系统(PNS)。(L994, A301)
Ciguatoxin lowers the threshold for opening voltage-gated sodium channels in synapses of the nervous system. The effect of opening a sodium channel will cause depolarization, which could sequentially cause paralysis, heart contraction, and changing the senses of hearing and cold. Because it does not cross the blood brain barrier (BBB), ciguatoxins solely affect the peripheral nervous system (PNS). (L994, A301)
来源:Toxin and Toxin Target Database (T3DB)