Iberiotoxin is a toxin isolated from Buthus tamulus scorpion venom. Iberiotoxin is a selective high conductance high conductance Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ channel inhibitor with a K_d of ~1 nM. Iberiotoxin does not block other types of voltage-dependent ion channels.

Iberiotoxin reversibly blocks Ca2+-activated K+ channel in excised membrane patches from bovine aortic smooth muscle. Iberiotoxin acts exclusively at the outer face of the channel and functions with IC₅₀ values of about 250 pM. Iberiotoxin is a partial inhibitor of ¹²⁵I-charybdotoxin binding in bovine aortic sarcolemmal membrane vesicles (Ki of 2₅₀ pM). Iberiotoxin functions as a noncompetitive inhibitor of charybdotoxin binding.
Iberiotoxin treatment affects rat mesenchymal stem cells (rMSCs) migration in the absence of platelet lysate (PL) by inducing a decrease in cell migration suggesting that BK channels regulate rMSCs migration in basal conditions. 10 nM of Iberiotoxin abolishes the PL-induced migration effect on MSCs.

西域 has not independently confirmed the accuracy of these methods. They are for reference only.

Male Wistar rats (6-7 weeks old) with chronic heart failure (CHF), Iberiotoxin (0.125 nmol/nl, 1.25 nmol/nl and 12.5 nmol/nl) is infused into paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus (PVN) by osmotic minipumps. After perfusion of Iberiotoxin by microinjection of rAAV2-KCNMB4 shRNA virus, right ventricular weight/body weight and lung weight/body weight ratio as well as left ventricular end-diastolic diameter are increased and left ventricular ejection fraction is decreased^[4].

西域 has not independently confirmed the accuracy of these methods. They are for reference only.

Male Wistar rats (6-7 weeks old) with chronic heart failure (CHF), Iberiotoxin (0.125 nmol/nl, 1.25 nmol/nl and 12.5 nmol/nl) is infused into paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus (PVN) by osmotic minipumps. After perfusion of Iberiotoxin by microinjection of rAAV2-KCNMB4 shRNA virus, right ventricular weight/body weight and lung weight/body weight ratio as well as left ventricular end-diastolic diameter are increased and left ventricular ejection fraction is decreased^[4].

西域 has not independently confirmed the accuracy of these methods. They are for reference only.

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  . Santiago Echeverry, et al. Activation of BK Channel Contributes to PL-Induced Mesenchymal Stem Cell Migration. Front Physiol. 2020 Mar 24;11:210.  [Content Brief]

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  [4]. R J Wang, et al. Downregulation of Large Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels in Paraventricular Nucleus Contributes to Sympathoexcitation in Rats With Chronic Heart Failure. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi. 2018 Mar 24;46(3):178-186.  [Content Brief]