Sea anemone, Anthopleura xanthogrammica

Sea anemone, Anthopleura xanthogrammica-, 0.2 Gy, acute single exposure... 

Na+ uptake into synaptosomes has also been used to study the potentiation of veratridine by site-3 toxins of a scorpion (LqTX) and the sea anemone Anthopleura xanthogrammica (AxTX). Thus on coactivation with 0.1 pM LqTX or 1 pM AxTX the veratridine concentration for half-activation drops approximately from 20 to 1 pM LqTX in the absence of veratridine increases uptake by ca. 60% and AxTX by only ca. 20% (Krueger and Blaustein 1980). Very similar results were obtained on this preparation by Tamkun and Catterall (1981) who found that 0.2 pM LqTX decreases K0.5 of batrachotoxin, veratridine, and aconitine to 0.1,0.07, and... 

The occurrence of the phosphonic acid analogs of ethanolamine phosphate, serine phosphate, and choline phosphate, the three major constituents of phospholipids, has been established by Kittredge et al. (1967) in the sea anemone, Anthopleura xanthogrammica. They isolated and characterized 2-methylaminoethylphosphonic acid (XXXVII) and 2-trimethylaminoethylphosphonic acid (XXXVIII). 

Kudo, Y., and S. Shibata The Potent Excitatory Effect of a Novel Polypeptide, Anthopleurin-B, Isolated from a Sea Anemone Anthopleura xanthogrammica) on the Frog Spinal Cord. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 214, 443 (1980). 

Figure 2. Relative toxicity (LD50 and LD qq) estimates for actiniid sea anemone toxins upon crabs (Carcimis maenas) and mice. Values for Anemonia sulcata (As) and Anthopleura xanthogrammica (Ax) toxins are from ref. 24 data for Condylactis gigantea and Phyl-lactis flosculifera toxins are unpublished (Kem). The arrows indicate that the real mouse LD q values for Cg II and Pf II must exceed the values indicated in the Ogure. Although insufficient data are presently available to quantitatively define a relationship between mammalian and crustacean toxicity, it seems that there is usually an inverse relationship, which may be approximately defined by the stipple zone.

Schweitz, H., J.-P. Vincent, J. Barhanin, C. Frelin, G. Linden, M. Hugues, and M. Lazdunski Purification and Pharmacological Properties of Eight Sea Anemone Toxins from Anemonia sulcata, Anthopleura xanthogrammica, Stoichactis gigan-teus, and Actinodendron plumosum. Biochemistry 20, 5245 (1981). 

Schweitz, H., Vincent, J.P., Barhanin, J., Frelin, C., Linden, G., Hughes, M., and Lazdunski, M. (1981) Purification and pharmacological properties of eight sea anemone toxins from Anemonia sulcata, Anthopleura xanthogrammica, Stoichactis giganteus, and Actinodendron plumosum. Biochemistry, 20, 5245-5252. 

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