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Yet, the precise mechanism by which TTX blocks voltage-gated sodium (Na V) channels is not fully understood. Here molecular dynamics simulations are used to elucidate how TTX blocks mammalian voltage-gated sodium (Nav) channels and why it fails to be effective for the bacterial sodium channel, Na V Ab.1B) in TTX block of Na V channels [5] and [8] . Thus, the guanidine group of TTX may interact with the outer charged ring more intimately, rather than protruding into the filter. Here the inhibition of Na V Ab and Na V 1.4 by TTX is examined in atomic detail using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations.
TTX blocks the sodium channel only from outside of the nerve membrane, and is due to binding to the selectivity filter resulting in prevention of sodium ion flow. It does not impairs the channel gating mechanism.his brief review describes the history of discovery of TTX action on sodium channels, and represents a story primarily of my own work. TTX inhibits voltage-gated sodium channels in a highly potent and selective manner without effects on any other receptor and ion channel systems.