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. 2022 Dec 21;15(1):8. doi: 10.3390/toxins15010008

Table 3.

Effects of neurotoxins BcIII, ATF-II, ATX-II [59], CGTX-II, δ-AITX-Bcg1a, δ-AITX-Bcg1b [155], CgNa [156], Nv1, Nv5, Nv6 [17], BgII, BgIII [81,105], RTX-III [29,168], δ-SHTX-Hcr1f, and RTX-VI [168] on the Na+ currents of mammals NaV1.1–NaV1.8, insect BgNaV1, and arachnid VdNaV1 channels expressed in Xenopus laevis.

NaTx Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Subtype
NaV1.1 NaV1.2 NaV1.3 NaV1.4 NaV1.5 NaV1.6 NaV1.7 NaV1.8 BgNaV1 VdNaV1
δ-SHTX Hcr1f + + - - - + n.d. - + +
RTX-III - - + - - + n.d. - + +
RTX-VI - + - - - + n.d. - + +
BcIII + + + + + + n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.
AFT-II + + + + + + n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.
ATX-II + + + + + + n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.
CGTX-II - - - - + + - n.d. n.d. n.d.
δ-AITX-Bcg1a + + + + + + - n.d. n.d. n.d.
δ-AITX-Bcg1b - - - - - - - n.d. n.d. n.d.
BgII n.d. + n.d. + + n.d. n.d. - n.d. n.d.
BgIII n.d. + n.d. + + n.d. n.d. - n.d. n.d.
CgNa - - + - + + - n.d. n.d. n.d.
Nv1 - - - - - - n.d. - + n.d.
Nv4/Nv5 - - - - - - n.d. - - n.d.

n.d.—The activity of neurotoxins in relation to NaV channel subtypes was not determined.