title: [Interaction of melittin with ion channels of excitable membranes].
abstract: The effect of the neurotoxin melittin on the activation of ion channels of excitable membrane, the plasmalemma of Characeae algae cells, isolated membrane patches of neurons of mollusc L. stagnalis and Vero cells was studied by the method of intracellular perfusion and the patch-clamp technique in inside-out configuration. It was shown that melittin disturbs the conductivity of plasmalemma and modifieds Ca(2+)-channels of plant membrane. The leakage current that appears by the action of melittin can be restored by substituting calmodulin for melittin. Melittin modifies K(+)-channels of animal cell membrane by disrupting the phospholipid matrix and forms conductive structures in the membrane by interacting with channel proteins, which is evidenced by the appearance of additional ion channels.
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Zherelova
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Kabanova
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Kazachenko
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Chaĭlakhian
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects*; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D008555:Melitten / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D008974:Mollusca / Q000166:cytology; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects; D044443:Nitella / Q000166:cytology; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000187:drug effects*; D014709:Vero Cells
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D015221:Potassium Channels; D008555:Melitten