Natural Nerve Poisons

A brain detoxifying enzyme for organophosphorus nerve poisons.

Organophosphorus (OP) insecticides and chemical warfare agents act primarily by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase. There are many secondary targets for OP toxicants as observed for example with the major insecticide chlorpyrifos and its bioactivated metabolite chlorpyrifos oxon (CPO). Therefore, it was surprising that the predominant mouse brain protein labeled in vitro by [(3)H-ethyl]CPO (1 nM) ...

Cholera and Fever Poisons

Cholera and Fever Poisons

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Natural variation in a single amino acid substitution underlies physiological responses to topoisomerase II poisons

Many chemotherapeutic drugs are differentially effective from one patient to the next. Understanding the causes of this variability is a critical step towards the development of personalized treatments and improvements to existing medications. Here, we investigate sensitivity to a group of anti-neoplastic drugs that target topoisomerase II using the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans. We sho...

Arrow poisons in the Palaeolithic?