okaramine-b has been researched along with Lyme-Disease* in 1 studies
1 other study(ies) available for okaramine-b and Lyme-Disease
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The fungal alkaloid Okaramine-B activates an L-glutamate-gated chloride channel from Ixodes scapularis, a tick vector of Lyme disease.
A novel L-glutamate-gated anion channel (IscaGluCl1) has been cloned from the black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis, which transmits multiple pathogens including the agents of Lyme disease and human granulocytic anaplasmosis. When mRNA encoding IscaGluCl1 was expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes, we detected robust 50-400 nA currents in response to 100 μM L-glutamate. Responses to L-glutamate were concentration-dependent (pEC Topics: Abelmoschus; Acaricides; Animals; Azetidines; Azocines; Chloride Channels; Disease Vectors; Drug Discovery; Glutamic Acid; Indole Alkaloids; Ivermectin; Ixodes; Lyme Disease; Oocytes; Penicillium; Xenopus laevis | 2018 |