Ancient venom systems: a review on cnidaria toxins

M Jouiaei, AA Yanagihara, B Madio, TJ Nevalainen… - Toxins, 2015‏ - mdpi.com
Cnidarians are the oldest extant lineage of venomous animals. Despite their simple
anatomy, they are capable of subduing or repelling prey and predator species that are far …

[HTML][HTML] Pore-forming protein toxins: from structure to function

MW Parker, SC Feil - Progress in biophysics and molecular biology, 2005‏ - Elsevier
Pore-forming protein toxins (PFTs) are one of Nature's most potent biological weapons. An
essential feature of their toxicity is the remarkable property that PFTs can exist either in a …

Ferroptotic pores induce Ca2+ fluxes and ESCRT-III activation to modulate cell death kinetics

L Pedrera, RA Espiritu, U Ros, J Weber… - Cell Death & …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent form of regulated necrosis associated with lipid
peroxidation. Despite its key role in the inflammatory outcome of ferroptosis, little is known …

[HTML][HTML] Necroptosis execution is mediated by plasma membrane nanopores independent of calcium

U Ros, A Peña-Blanco, K Hänggi, U Kunzendorf… - Cell reports, 2017‏ - cell.com
Necroptosis is a form of regulated necrosis that results in cell death and content release after
plasma membrane permeabilization. However, little is known about the molecular events …

[HTML][HTML] Pore formation by actinoporins, cytolysins from sea anemones

N Rojko, M Dalla Serra, P Maček, G Anderluh - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Actinoporins (APs) from sea anemones are~ 20 kDa pore forming toxins with a β-sandwich
structure flanked by two α-helices. The molecular mechanism of APs pore formation is …

Molecular mechanism of pore formation by actinoporins

KČ Kristan, G Viero, M Dalla Serra, P Maček… - Toxicon, 2009‏ - Elsevier
Actinoporins are effective pore-forming toxins produced by sea anemones. These extremely
potent, basic 20kDa proteins readily form pores in membranes that contain sphingomyelin …

[HTML][HTML] Ion channels and bacterial infection: the case of β-barrel pore-forming protein toxins of Staphylococcus aureus

G Menestrina, M Dalla Serra, M Comai, M Coraiola… - FEBS letters, 2003‏ - Elsevier
Staphylococcus aureus strains causing human pathologies produce several toxins,
including a pore-forming protein family formed by the single-component α-hemolysin and …

[HTML][HTML] Sticholysins, two pore-forming toxins produced by the Caribbean Sea anemone Stichodactyla helianthus: their interaction with membranes

C Alvarez, JM Mancheno, D Martínez, M Tejuca… - Toxicon, 2009‏ - Elsevier
Sticholysins (Sts) I and II (StI/II) are pore-forming toxins (PFTs) produced by the Caribbean
Sea anemone Stichodactyla helianthus belonging to the actinoporin family, a unique class …

Mechanism of polymer-induced hemolysis: nanosized pore formation and osmotic lysis

I Sovadinova, EF Palermo, R Huang… - …, 2011‏ - ACS Publications
Hemolysis induced by antimicrobial polymers was examined to gain an understanding of the
mechanism of polymer toxicity to human cells. A series of cationic amphiphilic methacrylate …

Structural insights into the oligomerization and architecture of eukaryotic membrane pore-forming toxins

AE Mechaly, A Bellomio, D Gil-Cartón, K Morante… - Structure, 2011‏ - cell.com
Pore-forming toxins (PFTs) are proteins that are secreted as soluble molecules and are
inserted into membranes to form oligomeric transmembrane pores. In this paper, we report …