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SNX-482 is a peptide originally isolated from H. gigas venom that acts as a class E/R-type voltage-sensitive calcium channel blocker (IC50 = 30 nM in 192C cells expressing human class E channels).1 It is selective for class E/R-type over class A and class B calcium channels (IC50s = >280 and ~800 nM, respectively), as well as the voltage-gated potassium channels Kv1.1, Kv1.2, and Kv1.4 (IC50s = >140 nM for all). SNX-482 inhibits class E/R-type calcium currents in isolated rat posterior pituitary (IC50 = 4 nM), however, it has no effect on class E/R-type calcium currents in isolated rat granule cells, retinal ganglion cells, or hippocampal pyramidal cells at concentrations up to 200 nM. Intrathecal administration of SNX-482 (0.5 µg/animal) inhibits formalin-induced neurokinin-1 (NK1) receptor internalization and cfos expression in the ipsilateral dorsal horn and reduces formalin-induced paw flinching in rats.2
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1. SNX‐482: A novel class E calcium channel antagonist from tarantula venom. CNS Drug Rev. 6(2), 153-173 (2000).
2. Intrathecal P/Q-