Quentin Robert Renaud Coquerel De Gracia

Dr. Quentin Robert Renaud Coquerel De Gracia

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Academic Career Length

7Years (2020-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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14 February 2020 in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
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LYLiu Yang
Liu Yang
GRGary M. Richoux
Gary M. Richoux
ENEdmund Norris
Edmund Norris
ICIngeborg H Cuba
Ingeborg H Cuba
SJShiyao Jiang
Shiyao Jiang
JBJeffrey R. Bloomquist
Jeffrey R. Bloomquist

1 October 2021 in Toxicon
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QGQuentin Robert Renaud Coquerel De Gracia
Quentin Robert Renaud Coquerel De Gracia
FDFabien J. Démares
Fabien J. Démares
WGWerner J Geldenhuys
Werner J Geldenhuys
ARAnne-Marie Le Ray
Anne-Marie Le Ray
DBDimitri Bréard
Dimitri Bréard
JBJeffrey R. Bloomquist
Jeffrey R. Bloomquist

28 June 2022 in Molecules
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QGQuentin Robert Renaud Coquerel De Gracia
Quentin Robert Renaud Coquerel De Gracia
CLClaire Legendre
Claire Legendre
Jacinthe FrangiehJacinthe Frangieh
Jacinthe Frangieh
SWStephan De Waard
Stephan De Waard
JMJerome Montnach
Jerome Montnach
Christian LegrosChristian Legros
Christian Legros
Voltage-gated Na+ (NaV) channels are significant therapeutic targets for the treatment of cardiac and neurological disorders, thus promoting the search for novel NaV channel ligands. With the objective of discovering new blockers of NaV channel ligands, we screened an In-House vegetal alkaloid library using fluorescence cell-based assays. We screened 62 isoquinoline alkaloids (IA) for their ability to decrease the FRET signal of voltage sensor probes (VSP), which were induced by the activation of NaV channels with batrachotoxin (BTX) in GH3b6 cells. This led to the selection of five IA: liriodenine, oxostephanine, thalmiculine, protopine, and bebeerine, inhibiting the BTX-induced VSP signal with micromolar IC50. These five alkaloids were then assayed using the Na+ fluorescent probe ANG-2 and the patch-clamp technique. Only oxostephanine and liriodenine were able to inhibit the BTX-induced ANG-2 signal in HEK293-hNaV1.3 cells. Indeed, liriodenine and oxostephanine decreased the effects of BTX on Na+ currents elicited by the hNaV1.3 channel, suggesting that conformation change induced by BTX binding could induce a bias in fluorescent assays. However, among the five IA selected in the VSP assay, only bebeerine exhibited strong inhibitory effects against Na+ currents elicited by the hNav1.2 and hNav1.6 channels, with IC50 values below 10 µM. So far, bebeerine is the first BBIQ to have been reported to block NaV channels, with promising therapeutical applications.