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2022

Journal Article

The tarantula venom peptide Eo1a binds to the domain II S3-S4 extracellular loop of voltage-gated sodium channel NaV1.8 to enhance activation

Deuis, Jennifer R., Ragnarsson, Lotten, Robinson, Samuel D., Dekan, Zoltan, Chan, Lerena, Jin, Ai-Hua, Tran, Poanna, McMahon, Kirsten L., Li, Shengnan, Wood, John N., Cox, James J., King, Glenn F., Herzig, Volker and Vetter, Irina (2022). The tarantula venom peptide Eo1a binds to the domain II S3-S4 extracellular loop of voltage-gated sodium channel NaV1.8 to enhance activation. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 12 789570, 789570. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.789570

The tarantula venom peptide Eo1a binds to the domain II S3-S4 extracellular loop of voltage-gated sodium channel NaV1.8 to enhance activation

2022

Journal Article

Towards a generic prototyping approach for therapeutically-relevant peptides and proteins in a cell-free translation system

Wu, Yue, Cui, Zhenling, Huang, Yen-Hua, de Veer, Simon J., Aralov, Andrey V., Guo, Zhong, Moradi, Shayli V., Hinton, Alexandra O., Deuis, Jennifer R., Guo, Shaodong, Chen, Kai-En, Collins, Brett M., Vetter, Irina, Herzig, Volker, Jones, Alun, Cooper, Matthew A., King, Glenn F., Craik, David J., Alexandrov, Kirill and Mureev, Sergey (2022). Towards a generic prototyping approach for therapeutically-relevant peptides and proteins in a cell-free translation system. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 260, 260. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27854-9

Towards a generic prototyping approach for therapeutically-relevant peptides and proteins in a cell-free translation system

2021

Journal Article

Venoms for all occasions: the functional toxin profiles of different anatomical regions in sea anemones are related to their ecological function

Ashwood, Lauren M., Undheim, Eivind A. B., Madio, Bruno, Hamilton, Brett R., Daly, Marymegan, Hurwood, David A., King, Glenn F. and Prentis, Peter J. (2021). Venoms for all occasions: the functional toxin profiles of different anatomical regions in sea anemones are related to their ecological function. Molecular Ecology, 31 (3), 866-883. doi: 10.1111/mec.16286

Venoms for all occasions: the functional toxin profiles of different anatomical regions in sea anemones are related to their ecological function

2021

Journal Article

Total synthesis of the spider-venom peptide Hi1a

Duggan, Nisharnthi M., Saez, Natalie J., Clayton, Daniel, Budusan, Elena, Watson, Emma E., Tucker, Isaac J., Rash, Lachlan D., King, Glenn F. and Payne, Richard J. (2021). Total synthesis of the spider-venom peptide Hi1a. Organic Letters, 23 (21) acs.orglett.1c03112, 8375-8379. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c03112

Total synthesis of the spider-venom peptide Hi1a

2021

Journal Article

Venom composition of the endoparasitoid wasp Cotesia flavipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and functional characterization of a major venom peptide

Pinto, Ciro P.G., Walker, Andrew A., Robinson, Samuel D., Chin, Yanni K.-Y, King, Glenn F. and Rossi, Guilherme D. (2021). Venom composition of the endoparasitoid wasp Cotesia flavipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and functional characterization of a major venom peptide. Toxicon, 202, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2021.09.002

Venom composition of the endoparasitoid wasp Cotesia flavipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and functional characterization of a major venom peptide

2021

Journal Article

Multipurpose peptides: the venoms of Amazonian stinging ants contain anthelmintic ponericins with diverse predatory and defensive activities

Nixon, Samantha A., Robinson, Samuel D., Agwa, Akello J., Walker, Andrew A., Choudhary, Shivani, Touchard, Axel, Undheim, Eivind A.B., Robertson, Alan, Vetter, Irina, Schroeder, Christina I., Kotze, Andrew C., Herzig, Volker and King, Glenn F. (2021). Multipurpose peptides: the venoms of Amazonian stinging ants contain anthelmintic ponericins with diverse predatory and defensive activities. Biochemical Pharmacology, 192 114693. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2021.114693

Multipurpose peptides: the venoms of Amazonian stinging ants contain anthelmintic ponericins with diverse predatory and defensive activities

2021

Journal Article

A pain-causing and paralytic ant venom glycopeptide

Robinson, Samuel D., Kambanis, Lucas, Clayton, Daniel, Hinneburg, Hannes, Corcilius, Leo, Mueller, Alexander, Walker, Andrew A., Keramidas, Angelo, Kulkarni, Sameer S., Jones, Alun, Vetter, Irina, Thaysen-Andersen, Morten, Payne, Richard J., King, Glenn F. and Undheim, Eivind A.B. (2021). A pain-causing and paralytic ant venom glycopeptide. iScience, 24 (10) 103175, 1-21. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103175

A pain-causing and paralytic ant venom glycopeptide

2021

Journal Article

Therapeutic inhibition of acid sensing ion channel 1a recovers heart function after ischemia-reperfusion injury

Redd, Meredith A., Scheuer, Sarah E., Saez, Natalie J., Yoshikawa, Yusuke, Chiu, Han Sheng, Gao, Ling, Hicks, Mark, Villanueva, Jeanette E., Joshi, Yashutosh, Chow, Chun Yuen, Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel, Peart, Jason N., See Hoe, Louise E., Chen, Xiaoli, Sun, Yuliangzi, Suen, Jacky Y., Hatch, Robert J., Rollo, Ben, Xiao, Di, Alzubaidi, Mubarak A.H., Maljevic, Snezana, Quaife-Ryan, Gregory A., Hudson, James E., Porrello, Enzo R., White, Melanie Y., Cordwell, Stuart J., Fraser, John F., Petrou, Steven, Reichelt, Melissa E. ... Palpant, Nathan J. (2021). Therapeutic inhibition of acid sensing ion channel 1a recovers heart function after ischemia-reperfusion injury. Circulation, 144 (12), 947-960. doi: 10.1161/circulationaha.121.054360

Therapeutic inhibition of acid sensing ion channel 1a recovers heart function after ischemia-reperfusion injury

2021

Journal Article

Acid-Sensing Ion Channels: Expression and Function in Resident and Infiltrating Immune Cells in the Central Nervous System

Foster, Victoria S., Rash, Lachlan D., King, Glenn F. and Rank, Michelle M. (2021). Acid-Sensing Ion Channels: Expression and Function in Resident and Infiltrating Immune Cells in the Central Nervous System. Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 15 738043, 1-16. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2021.738043

Acid-Sensing Ion Channels: Expression and Function in Resident and Infiltrating Immune Cells in the Central Nervous System

2021

Journal Article

Tentacle morphological variation coincides with differential expression of toxins in sea anemones

Ashwood, Lauren M., Mitchell, Michela L., Madio, Bruno, Hurwood, David A., King, Glenn F., Undheim, Eivind A. B., Norton, Raymond S. and Prentis, Peter J. (2021). Tentacle morphological variation coincides with differential expression of toxins in sea anemones. Toxins, 13 (7) 452, 1-18. doi: 10.3390/toxins13070452

Tentacle morphological variation coincides with differential expression of toxins in sea anemones

2021

Journal Article

Pharmacological Inhibition of the Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Nav1.7 Alleviates Chronic Visceral Pain in a Rodent Model of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Jiang, Yan, Castro, Joel, Blomster, Linda V., Agwa, Akello J., Maddern, Jessica, Schober, Gudrun, Herzig, Volker, Chow, Chun Yuen, Cardoso, Fernanda C., Demétrio De Souza França, Paula, Gonzales, Junior, Schroeder, Christina I., Esche, Steffen, Reiner, Thomas, Brierley, Stuart M. and King, Glenn F. (2021). Pharmacological Inhibition of the Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Nav1.7 Alleviates Chronic Visceral Pain in a Rodent Model of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science, 4 (4) acsptsci.1c00072, 1362-1378. doi: 10.1021/acsptsci.1c00072

Pharmacological Inhibition of the Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Nav1.7 Alleviates Chronic Visceral Pain in a Rodent Model of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

2021

Journal Article

Venom chemistry underlying the painful stings of velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)

Jensen, Timo, Walker, Andrew A., Nguyen, Son H., Jin, Ai-Hua, Deuis, Jennifer R., Vetter, Irina, King, Glenn F., Schmidt, Justin O. and Robinson, Samuel D. (2021). Venom chemistry underlying the painful stings of velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 78 (12), 5163-5177. doi: 10.1007/s00018-021-03847-1

Venom chemistry underlying the painful stings of velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)

2021

Journal Article

Production, composition, and mode of action of the painful defensive venom produced by a limacodid caterpillar, Doratifera vulnerans

Walker, Andrew A., Robinson, Samuel D., Paluzzi, Jean-Paul V., Merritt, David J., Nixon, Samantha A., Schroeder, Christina I., Jin, Jiayi, Goudarzi, Mohaddeseh Hedayati, Kotze, Andrew C., Dekan, Zoltan, Sombke, Andy, Alewood, Paul F., Fry, Bryan G., Epstein, Marc E., Vetter, Irina and King, Glenn F. (2021). Production, composition, and mode of action of the painful defensive venom produced by a limacodid caterpillar, Doratifera vulnerans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118 (18) 2023815118, e2023815118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2023815118

Production, composition, and mode of action of the painful defensive venom produced by a limacodid caterpillar, Doratifera vulnerans

2021

Journal Article

Trends in peptide drug discovery

Muttenthaler, Markus, King, Glenn F., Adams, David J. and Alewood, Paul F. (2021). Trends in peptide drug discovery. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 20 (4), 309-325. doi: 10.1038/s41573-020-00135-8

Trends in peptide drug discovery

2021

Journal Article

A spider-venom peptide with multitarget activity on sodium and calcium channels alleviates chronic visceral pain in a model of irritable bowel syndrome

Cardoso, Fernanda C., Castro, Joel, Grundy, Luke, Schober, Gudrun, Garcia-Caraballo, Sonia, Zhao, Tianjiao, Herzig, Volker, King, Glenn F., Brierley, Stuart M. and Lewis, Richard J. (2021). A spider-venom peptide with multitarget activity on sodium and calcium channels alleviates chronic visceral pain in a model of irritable bowel syndrome. Pain, 162 (2), 569-581. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002041

A spider-venom peptide with multitarget activity on sodium and calcium channels alleviates chronic visceral pain in a model of irritable bowel syndrome

2021

Journal Article

Bimodal imaging of mouse peripheral nerves with chlorin tracers

Gonzales, Junior, Hernández-Gil, Javier, Wilson, Thomas C., Adilbay, Dauren, Cornejo, Mike, Demétrio de Souza Franca, Paula, Guru, Navjot, Schroeder, Christina I., King, Glenn F., Lewis, Jason S. and Reiner, Thomas (2021). Bimodal imaging of mouse peripheral nerves with chlorin tracers. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 18 (3) acs.molpharmaceut.0c00946, 940-951. doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c00946

Bimodal imaging of mouse peripheral nerves with chlorin tracers

2020

Journal Article

Crouching tiger, hidden protein: searching for insecticidal toxins in venom of the red tiger assassin bug (Havinthus rufovarius)

Wait, Laura C., Walker, Andrew A. and King, Glenn F. (2020). Crouching tiger, hidden protein: searching for insecticidal toxins in venom of the red tiger assassin bug (Havinthus rufovarius). Toxins, 13 (1) 3, 3. doi: 10.3390/toxins13010003

Crouching tiger, hidden protein: searching for insecticidal toxins in venom of the red tiger assassin bug (Havinthus rufovarius)

2020

Journal Article

Fifteen years of NaV1.7 channels as an analgesic target: Why has excellent in vitro pharmacology not translated into in vivo analgesic efficacy?

Eagles, David A., Chow, Chun Yuen and King, Glenn F. (2020). Fifteen years of NaV1.7 channels as an analgesic target: Why has excellent in vitro pharmacology not translated into in vivo analgesic efficacy?. British Journal of Pharmacology, 179 (14) bph.15327, 3592-3611. doi: 10.1111/bph.15327

Fifteen years of NaV1.7 channels as an analgesic target: Why has excellent in vitro pharmacology not translated into in vivo analgesic efficacy?

2020

Journal Article

Two for the price of one: heterobivalent ligand design targeting two binding sites on voltage-gated sodium channels slows ligand dissociation and enhances otency

Peschel, Alicia, Cardoso, Fernanda C., Walker, Andrew A., Durek, Thomas, Stone, M Rhia L., Braga Emidio, Nayara, Dawson, Philip E., Muttenthaler, Markus and King, Glenn F. (2020). Two for the price of one: heterobivalent ligand design targeting two binding sites on voltage-gated sodium channels slows ligand dissociation and enhances otency. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 63 (21), 12773-12785. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01107

Two for the price of one: heterobivalent ligand design targeting two binding sites on voltage-gated sodium channels slows ligand dissociation and enhances otency

2020

Journal Article

Venom of the red-bellied black snake Pseudechis porphyriacus shows immunosuppressive potential

Ryan, Rachael Y. M., Lutzky, Viviana P., Herzig, Volker, Smallwood, Taylor B., Potriquet, Jeremy, Wong, Yide, Masci, Paul, Lavin, Martin F., King, Glenn F., Lopez, J. Alejandro, Ikonomopoulou, Maria P. and Miles, John J. (2020). Venom of the red-bellied black snake Pseudechis porphyriacus shows immunosuppressive potential. Toxins, 12 (11) 674, 674. doi: 10.3390/toxins12110674

Venom of the red-bellied black snake Pseudechis porphyriacus shows immunosuppressive potential