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  • Title: Electrophysiological effects of a pumiliotoxin-B-like alkaloid derived from the skin of the Australian frog Pseudophryne coriacea.
    Author: Re L, Concettoni C, Moretti V, Giusti P, Rossini L.
    Journal: Pharmacol Res; 1991 Oct; 24(3):283-94. PubMed ID: 1659696.
    Abstract:
    Skin extracts of the Australian frog Pseudophryne coriacea (PsC) potentiate and prolong the bioelectric activity of various excitable tissues. When studied by electrophysiological means in a preparation of mouse diaphragm, PsC skin extracts did not affect the spontaneous acetylcholine (ACh) release. However, the indirect stimulation of the preparation in the presence of PsC skin extracts gave rise to a different profile of rhythmic activity showing afterpotentials and variable oscillatory activity. The action potential and the total sodium current recorded in the muscle fibre with the loose patch clamp method were not modified significantly by the alkaloid. Concentrations of PsC skin extract that did not cause repetitive activity, seemed to reduce slightly the quantal content of the evoked release of ACh. The resting potential of muscle fibres was not modified even by the highest PsC skin extract concentrations. These results suggest that the facilitation effects of PsC skin extracts could be due to intracellular mechanisms probably related to the control of the cytosolic calcium concentrations or to an increased excitability of the presynaptic biomembranes.
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