2020
Cannabidiol interactions with voltage-gated sodium channels
Sait LG, Sula A, Ghovanloo MR, Hollingworth D, Ruben PC, Wallace B. Cannabidiol interactions with voltage-gated sodium channels. ELife 2020, 9: e58593. PMID: 33089780, PMCID: PMC7641581, DOI: 10.7554/elife.58593.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVoltage-gated sodium channelsNavMs voltage-gated sodium channelHigh-resolution X-ray crystallographyIon translocation pathwaySodium channelsCentral hydrophobic cavitySodium channel mutationsTranslocation pathwayMolecular mechanismsNovel siteNovel insightsTRPV2 channelsTarget siteChannel mutationsX-ray crystallographyNon-psychoactive compoundFunctional effectsHydrophobic cavityCannabis plantChannel inhibitionSitesPlantsMutationsNeurological diseasesType of epilepsy
2018
pH Modulation of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels
Peters CH, Ghovanloo MR, Gershome C, Ruben PC. pH Modulation of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels. Handbook Of Experimental Pharmacology 2018, 246: 147-160. PMID: 29460150, DOI: 10.1007/164_2018_99.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectrical diseaseSodium channelsChannel gatingDisease-causing mutantsSodium channel poreTransient sodium currentModulation of VoltageIschemic strokeNon-inactivating channelsSkeletal muscle sodium channelsAcute symptomsCocaine ingestionCardiac ischemiaSodium channel mutationsMuscle sodium channelsSodium currentIsoform specificitySodium channel gatingTissue-level effectsPathophysiological conditionsChannel mutationsSkeletal muscleDiseaseCardiac tissueChannel pore