Structures of human Na1.7 channel in complex with auxiliary subunits and animal toxins.

Publication Year
2019

Type

Journal Article
Abstract

Voltage-gated sodium channel Na1.7 represents a promising target for pain relief. Here we report the cryo-electron microscopy structures of the human Na1.7-β1-β2 complex bound to two combinations of pore blockers and gating modifier toxins (GMTs), tetrodotoxin with protoxin-II and saxitoxin with huwentoxin-IV, both determined at overall resolutions of 3.2 angstroms. The two structures are nearly identical except for minor shifts of voltage-sensing domain II (VSD), whose S3-S4 linker accommodates the two GMTs in a similar manner. One additional protoxin-II sits on top of the S3-S4 linker in VSD The structures may represent an inactivated state with all four VSDs "up" and the intracellular gate closed. The structures illuminate the path toward mechanistic understanding of the function and disease of Na1.7 and establish the foundation for structure-aided development of analgesics.

Journal
Science
Volume
363
Issue
6433
Pages
1303-1308
Date Published
2019 Mar 22
ISSN Number
1095-9203
Alternate Journal
Science
PMID
30765606