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ArticleGut2017

α-Conotoxin Vc1.1 inhibits human dorsal root ganglion neuroexcitability and mouse colonic nociception via GABA

Joel Castro, Andrea M Harrington, Sonia Garcia-Caraballo, Jessica Maddern, Luke Grundy, Jingming Zhang, Guy Page, Paul E Miller, David J Craik, David J Adams and 1 more

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Article in Gut, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Joel CastroVisceral Pain Group, Centre for Nutrition and Gastrointestinal Diseases, Discipline of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Andrea M HarringtonVisceral Pain Group, Centre for Nutrition and Gastrointestinal Diseases, Discipline of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Sonia Garcia-CaraballoVisceral Pain Group, Centre for Nutrition and Gastrointestinal Diseases, Discipline of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Jessica MaddernVisceral Pain Group, Centre for Nutrition and Gastrointestinal Diseases, Discipline of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Luke GrundyVisceral Pain Group, Centre for Nutrition and Gastrointestinal Diseases, Discipline of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Jingming ZhangAnabios, San Diego, California, USA.
Guy PageAnabios, San Diego, California, USA.
Paul E MillerAnabios, San Diego, California, USA.
David J CraikDivision of Chemistry and Structural Biology, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
David J AdamsIllawarra Health & Medical Research Institute (IHMRI), University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
Stuart M BrierleyVisceral Pain Group, Centre for Nutrition and Gastrointestinal Diseases, Discipline of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute · AUAnaBios (United States) · USUniversity of Adelaide · AUUniversity of Queensland · AUUniversity of Wollongong · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveα-Conotoxin Vc1.1 is a small disulfide-bonded peptide from the venom of the marine cone snail

designWe determined the inhibitory actions of Vc1.1 on human DRG neurons and on mouse colonic sensory afferents in healthy and chronic visceral hypersensitivity (CVH) states. In mice, visceral nociception was assessed by neuronal activation within the spinal cord in response to noxious colorectal distension (CRD). Quantitative-reverse-transcription-PCR, single-cell-reverse-transcription-PCR and immunohistochemistry determined γ-aminobutyric acid receptor B (GABA

resultsVc1.1 reduced the excitability of human DRG neurons, whereas a synthetic Vc1.1 analogue that is inactive at GABA

conclusionsVc1.1-mediated activation of GABA

Indexed as

AnimalsBaclofenCalcium Channels, N-TypeCalcium Channels, R-TypeCation Transport ProteinsCells, CulturedChronic PainColonConotoxinsDisease Models, AnimalElectrophysiologyFemaleGABA-B Receptor AgonistsGABA-B Receptor AntagonistsGanglia, SpinalGene Expressionalpha-conotoxin Vc1.1BaclofenCACNA1B protein, humanCacna1b protein, mouseCACNA1E protein, humanCacna1e protein, mouseCalcium Channels, N-TypeCalcium Channels, R-TypeCation Transport ProteinsConotoxinsGABA-B Receptor AgonistsGABA-B Receptor AntagonistsReceptors, GABA-BABDOMINAL PAINION CHANNELSIRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROMEREAL TIME PCRVISCERAL NOCICEPTION

Identifiers

PMID26887818
PMCPMC5532460
OpenAlexW2275270272

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