Progress in cell based assays for botulinum neurotoxin detection

S Pellett - Botulinum neurotoxins, 2013 - Springer
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are the most potent human toxins known and the causative
agent of botulism, and are widely used as valuable pharmaceuticals. The BoNTs are …

Pluripotent stem cells for the study of CNS development

TJ Petros, JA Tyson, SA Anderson - Frontiers in molecular …, 2011 - frontiersin.org
The mammalian central nervous system is a complex neuronal network consisting of a
diverse array of cellular subtypes generated in a precise spatial and temporal pattern …

Characterization of Botulinum Neurotoxin A Subtypes 1 Through 5 by Investigation of Activities in Mice, in Neuronal Cell Cultures, and In Vitro

RCM Whitemarsh, WH Tepp, M Bradshaw… - Infection and …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are synthesized by Clostridium botulinum and exist as
seven immunologically distinct serotypes designated A through G. For most serotypes …

Botulinum neurotoxin serotype A specific cell-based potency assay to replace the mouse bioassay

E Fernandez-Salas, J Wang, Y Molina, JB Nelson… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Botulinum neurotoxin serotype A (BoNT/A), a potent therapeutic used to treat various
disorders, inhibits vesicular neurotransmitter exocytosis by cleaving SNAP25. Development …

Novel application of human neurons derived from induced pluripotent stem cells for highly sensitive botulinum neurotoxin detection

RCM Whitemarsh, MJ Strathman… - Toxicological …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC) hold great promise for providing various
differentiated cell models for in vitro toxigenicity testing. For Clostridium botulinum …

Effect of botulinum toxin A on urothelial‐release of ATP and expression of SNARE targets within the urothelium

AT Hanna‐Mitchell, AS Wolf‐Johnston… - Neurourology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Botulinum neurotoxin serotype A (BoNT/A) has emerged as an effective treatment of
urinary bladder overactivity. Intravesical lipotoxin (BoNT/A delivery using liposomes), which …

Deubiquitinating enzyme VCIP135 dictates the duration of botulinum neurotoxin type A intoxication

YC Tsai, A Kotiya, E Kiris, M Yang… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Botulism is characterized by flaccid paralysis, which can be caused by intoxication with any
of the seven known serotypes of botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT), all of which disrupt synaptic …

Analysis of motor neurons differentiated from human induced pluripotent stem cells for the use in cell-based botulinum neurotoxin activity assays

M Schenke, BM Schjeide, GP Püschel, B Seeger - Toxins, 2020 - mdpi.com
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are potent neurotoxins produced by bacteria, which inhibit
neurotransmitter release, specifically in their physiological target known as motor neurons …

[HTML][HTML] Alternative methods for testing botulinum toxin: Current status and future perspectives

MR Nepal, TC Jeong - Biomolecules & therapeutics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Botulinum toxins are neurotoxic modular proteins composed of a heavy chain and a light
chain connected by a disulfide bond and are produced by Clostridium botulinum. Although …

Detection of VAMP proteolysis by tetanus and botulinum neurotoxin type B in vivo with a cleavage-specific antibody

F Fabris, P Šoštarić, I Matak, T Binz, A Toffan… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tetanus and Botulinum type B neurotoxins are bacterial metalloproteases that specifically
cleave the vesicle-associated membrane protein VAMP at an identical peptide bond …