Manipulation of signal transduction by botulinum neurotoxins and their derivatives

JA Chaddock, KA Foster - Current Signal Transduction …, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com
botulinum neurotoxinsbotulinum neurotoxins as inhibitors of intercellular communication,
and highlight the general concept of deriving novel therapeutic molecules from the neurotoxins

Botulinum neurotoxins: mechanism of action

AP Tighe, G Schiavo - Toxicon, 2013 - Elsevier
… , botulinum neurotoxins enter the neuron and causes a sustained inhibition of synaptic
transmission. The active neurotoxin is part of a high-molecular-weight complex that protects the …

Botulinum neurotoxins: from paralysis to recovery of functional neuromuscular transmission

FA Meunier, G Schiavo, J Molgó - Journal of Physiology-Paris, 2002 - Elsevier
… It is also the natural target of botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) causing a selective blockade
of … The scope of this review is to describe the principal steps implicated in botulinum toxin

… -Component Signal Transduction System CBO0787/CBO0786 Represses Transcription from Botulinum Neurotoxin Promoters in Clostridium botulinum ATCC 3502

Z Zhang, H Korkeala, E Dahlsten, E Sahala… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
… the development of therapeutic neurotoxins. Here, we report a two-component signal
transduction system that negatively regulates botulinum neurotoxin production. Understanding the …

Therapeutic use of botulinum toxin in pain treatment

R Kumar - Neuronal signaling, 2018 - portlandpress.com
Transduction and processing of these stimuli at the conscious level produce the sensation
of pain. Signal transduction happens at the free nerve ending, which is made of different fibers…

Botulinum neurotoxin type A induces TLR2-mediated inflammatory responses in macrophages

YJ Kim, JH Kim, KJ Lee, MM Choi, YH Kim, G Rhie… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
… The altered genes were mainly involved in signal transduction, immunity and defense,
protein metabolism and modification, neuronal activities, intracellular protein trafficking, and …

The long journey of botulinum neurotoxins into the synapse

A Rummel - Toxicon, 2015 - Elsevier
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNT) cause the disease botulism, a flaccid paralysis of the muscle.
… proteins as progenitor toxin complexes (PCT) by Clostridium botulinum to become highly …

Botulinum toxin: mechanisms of action

D Dressler, F Adib Saberi - European neurology, 2005 - karger.com
… BT is produced by Clostridium botulinum and consists, as shown in table 1, of a complex …
containing botulinum neurotoxin and various non-toxic proteins. Botulinum neurotoxin consists …

How do the botulinum neurotoxins block neurotransmitter release: from botulism to the molecular mechanism of action

B Poulain, MR Popoff, J Molgó - The Botulinum Journal, 2008 - inderscienceonline.com
… action of the neurotoxins (BoNT) purified from the toxin complex. … botulinum toxin, otherwise
we will precise botulinum toxin complex (ie, BoNT plus ANTPs) in opposition to neurotoxin

Botulinum neurotoxins: genetic, structural and mechanistic insights

O Rossetto, M Pirazzini, C Montecucco - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2014 - nature.com
… In addition, six phylogenetically distinct clostridia produce more than 40 different botulinum
neurotoxins (BoNTs) (Box 1). BoNTs consist of three primary domains: two of these domains …