Toxicon 1989 Jan 01;278:937-45. doi: 10.1016/0041-0101(89)90105-0.

Physicochemical characteristics of interaction of toxic triterpene glycosides from holothurians with rat brain Na+-K+-ATPase.

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High-angle X-ray diffraction spectra showed that triterpene glycosides form crystalline complexes with membrane cholesterol. Electron microscopy demonstrated a decreased vesicle size, of the membrane preparation from rat brain which is enriched in Na+-K+-ATPase, by the triterpene glycosides. The Arrhenius plot was linear in the presence of triterpene glycosides. The half-width of the phosphatidylcholine N-methyl proton line in proton NMR spectra was not altered in the presence of marine glycosides. The excimer formation of pyrene, a hydrophobic fluorescent probe, was significantly decreased by triterpene glycosides. The increase of tryptophanyl residue fluorescence demonstrated a change of the Na+-K+-ATPase conformation after treatment with cytotoxic glycosides.

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Genes referenced: LOC581395