Dr Jennifer Deuis
ARC DECRA
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
+61 7 334 62366
Researcher biography
My main research focus has been applying venom peptide pharmacology to pain pathway characterisation. This approach has led to the identification of novel pain mechanisms underlying the development of chemotherapy-induced pain, ciguatera, and burn-induced pain. In an addition, I have identified and characterised over 20 novel bioactive peptides, which includes a novel class of Nav1.7 inhibitors that is currently undergoing pre-clinical development as analgesics, and a novel class of stinging nettle toxins that act on a previously unidentified Nav1.7 interacting protein named TMEM233.
Book Chapters
Vetter, Irina, Carter, David, Bassett, John, Deuis, Jennifer R., Tay, Bryan, Jami, Sina and Robinson, Samuel D. (2020). High-throughput fluorescence assays for ion channels and GPCRs. Calcium Signaling. (pp. 27-72) edited by Md. Shahidul Islam. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-12457-1_3
Deuis, Jennifer, Vetter, Irina and Zimmermann, Katharina (2013). Characterizing response properties of cutaneous nociceptors using in vitro skin-nerve preparations. Pain models: translational relevance and applications. (pp. 33-46) edited by Hermann Handwerker and Lars Arendt-nielsen. Washington, United States: IASP Press.
Journal Articles
Thapa, Ashvriya, Tran, Hue, Ragnarsson, Lotten, Keramidas, Angelo, Herzig, Volker, Brinkwirth, Nina, Deuis, Jennifer R. and Vetter, Irina (2025). A hydrophobic loop of the spider-venom peptide Tl1a drives activity at NaV1.8. European Journal of Pharmacology, 1001 177751, 177751. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2025.177751
Sharma, Gagan, Deuis, Jennifer R., Jia, Xinying, Crawford, Theo, Rahnama, Sassan, Undheim, Eivind A. B., Vetter, Irina, Chin, Yanni K. -Y. and Mobli, Mehdi (2025). Refining the NaV1.7 pharmacophore of a class of venom-derived peptide inhibitors via a combination of in silico screening and rational engineering. Febs Letters, 599 (12), 1717-1732. doi: 10.1002/1873-3468.70036
Thapa, Ashvriya, Beh, Jia Hao, Robinson, Samuel D., Deuis, Jennifer R., Tran, Hue, Vetter, Irina and Keramidas, Angelo (2024). A venom peptide-induced NaV channel modulation mechanism involving the interplay between fixed channel charges and ionic gradients. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 300 (10) 107757, 107757. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107757
Deuis, Jennifer R., Klasfauseweh, Tabea, Walker, Lucinda and Vetter, Irina (2024). The ‘dispanins’ and related proteins in physiology and neurological disease. Trends in Neurosciences, 47 (8), 622-634. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2024.06.004
Ramanujam, Venkatraman, Crawford, Theo, Cristofori‐Armstrong, Ben, Deuis, Jennifer R., Jia, Xinying, Maxwell, Michael J., Jami, Sina, Ma, Linlin, Vetter, Irina and Mobli, Mehdi (2024). Structural basis of the bivalency of the TRPV1 agonist DkTx. Angewandte Chemie, 136 (3), 1-8. doi: 10.1002/ange.202314621
Ramanujam, Venkatraman, Crawford, Theo, Cristofori-Armstrong, Ben, Deuis, Jennifer, Jia, Xinying, Maxwell, Michael, Jami, Sina, Ma, Linlin, Vetter, Irina and Mobli, Mehdi (2024). Structural basis of the bivalency of the TRPV1 agonist DkTx. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 63 (3) e202314621, 1-8. doi: 10.1002/anie.202314621
Robinson, Samuel D., Deuis, Jennifer R., Niu, Pancong, Touchard, Axel, Mueller, Alexander, Schendel, Vanessa, Brinkwirth, Nina, King, Glenn F., Vetter, Irina and Schmidt, Justin O. (2024). Peptide toxins that target vertebrate voltage-gated sodium channels underly the painful stings of harvester ants. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 300 (1) 105577, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105577
Deuis, Jennifer R., Kumble, Smitha, Keramidas, Angelo, Ragnarsson, Lotten, Simons, Cas, Pais, Lynn, White, Susan M and Vetter, Irina (2024). Erythromelalgia caused by the missense mutation p.Arg220Pro in an alternatively spliced exon of SCN9A (NaV1.7). Human Molecular Genetics, 33 (2), 103-109. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddad152
Pérez, Rebeca, Figueredo, Claudia, Burgos, Viviana, Cabrera-Pardo, Jaime R., Schmidt, Bernd, Heydenreich, Matthias, Koch, Andreas, Deuis, Jennifer R., Vetter, Irina and Paz, Cristian (2023). Natural compounds purified from the leaves of Aristotelia chilensis: Makomakinol, a new alkaloid and the effect of aristoteline and hobartine on NaV channels. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24 (21) 15504, 1-10. doi: 10.3390/ijms242115504
McMahon, Kirsten L., O’Brien, Henrik, Schroeder, Christina I., Deuis, Jennifer R., Venkatachalam, Dhananjeyan, Huang, Di, Green, Brad R., Bandyopadhyay, Pradip K., Li, Qing, Yandell, Mark, Safavi-Hemami, Helena, Olivera, Baldomero M., Vetter, Irina and Robinson, Samuel D. (2023). Identification of sodium channel toxins from marine cone snails of the subgenera Textilia and Afonsoconus. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 80 (10) 287, 287. doi: 10.1007/s00018-023-04935-0
Tran, Poanna, Crawford, Theo, Ragnarsson, Lotten, Deuis, Jennifer R., Mobli, Mehdi, Sharpe, Simon J., Schroeder, Christina I. and Vetter, Irina (2023). Structural conformation and activity of spider-derived inhibitory cystine knot peptide Pn3a are modulated by pH. ACS Omega, 8 (29), 26276-26286. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.3c02664
Tran, Poanna, Tran, Hue N. T., McMahon, Kirsten L., Deuis, Jennifer R., Ragnarsson, Lotten, Norman, Alexander, Sharpe, Simon J., Payne, Richard J., Vetter, Irina and Schroeder, Christina I. (2023). Changes in potency and subtype selectivity of bivalent NaV toxins are knot-specific. Bioconjugate Chemistry, 34 (6), 1072-1083. doi: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.3c00135
Robinson, Samuel D., Deuis, Jennifer R., Touchard, Axel, Keramidas, Angelo, Mueller, Alexander, Schroeder, Christina I., Barassé, Valentine, Walker, Andrew A., Brinkwirth, Nina, Jami, Sina, Bonnafé, Elsa, Treilhou, Michel, Undheim, Eivind A. B., Schmidt, Justin O., King, Glenn F. and Vetter, Irina (2023). Ant venoms contain vertebrate-selective pain-causing sodium channel toxins. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 2977, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-38839-1
Jami, Sina, Deuis, Jennifer R., Klasfauseweh, Tabea, Cheng, Xiaoyang, Kurdyukov, Sergey, Chung, Felicity, Okorokov, Andrei L., Li, Shengnan, Zhang, Jiangtao, Cristofori-Armstrong, Ben, Israel, Mathilde R., Ju, Robert J., Robinson, Samuel D., Zhao, Peng, Ragnarsson, Lotten, Andersson, Åsa, Tran, Poanna, Schendel, Vanessa, McMahon, Kirsten L., Tran, Hue N. T., Chin, Yanni K.-Y., Zhu, Yifei, Liu, Junyu, Crawford, Theo, Purushothamvasan, Saipriyaa, Habib, Abdella M., Andersson, David A., Rash, Lachlan D., Wood, John N. ... Vetter, Irina (2023). Pain-causing stinging nettle toxins target TMEM233 to modulate NaV1.7 function. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 2442. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37963-2
Giribaldi, Julien, Chemin, Jean, Tuifua, Marie, Deuis, Jennifer R., Mary, Rosanna, Vetter, Irina, Wilson, David T., Daly, Norelle L., Schroeder, Christina I., Bourinet, Emmanuel and Dutertre, Sébastien (2023). Pmu1a, a novel spider toxin with dual inhibitory activity at pain targets hNaV1.7 and hCaV3 voltage‐gated channels. The FEBS Journal, 290 (14), 3688-3702. doi: 10.1111/febs.16773
Shi, Naiqi, Szanto, Tibor G., He, Jia, Schroeder, Christina I., Walker, Andrew A., Deuis, Jennifer R., Vetter, Irina, Panyi, György, King, Glenn F. and Robinson, Samuel D. (2022). Venom composition and pain-causing toxins of the Australian great carpenter bee Xylocopa aruana. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) 22168, 1-13. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-26867-8
Robinson, Samuel D., Deuis, Jennifer R., Klasfauseweh, Tabea, Schendel, Vanessa and Vetter, Irina (2022). Venom-derived pain-causing toxins: insights into sensory neuron function and pain mechanisms. Pain, 163 (S1), S46-S56. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002701
McMahon, Kirsten L., Tran, Hue N. T., Deuis, Jennifer R., Craik, David J., Vetter, Irina and Schroeder, Christina I. (2022). µ-Conotoxins targeting the human voltage-gated sodium channel subtype NaV1.7. Toxins, 14 (9) 600, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/toxins14090600
Xie, Jing, Robinson, Samuel D., Gilding, Edward K., Jami, Sina, Deuis, Jennifer R., Rehm, Fabian B.H., Yap, Kuok, Ragnarsson, Lotten, Chan, Lai Yue, Hamilton, Brett R., Harvey, Peta J., Craik, David J., Vetter, Irina and Durek, Thomas (2022). Neurotoxic and cytotoxic peptides underlie the painful stings of the tree nettle Urtica ferox. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 298 (8) 102218, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102218
Klasfauseweh, Tabea, Israel, Mathilde R., Ragnarsson, Lotten, Cox, James J., Durek, Thomas, Carter, David A., Leffler, Andreas, Vetter, Irina and Deuis, Jennifer R. (2022). Low potency inhibition of NaV1.7 by externally applied QX-314 via a depolarizing shift in the voltage-dependence of activation. European Journal of Pharmacology, 925 175013, 175013. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2022.175013
Tran, Hue N. T., McMahon, Kirsten L., Deuis, Jennifer R., Vetter, Irina and Schroeder, Christina I. (2022). Structural and functional insights into inhibition of human voltage-gated sodium channels by μ‐conotoxin KIIIA disulfide isomers. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 298 (3) 101728, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101728
Deuis, Jennifer R., Ragnarsson, Lotten, Robinson, Samuel D., Dekan, Zoltan, Chan, Lerena, Jin, Ai-Hua, Tran, Poanna, McMahon, Kirsten L., Li, Shengnan, Wood, John N., Cox, James J., King, Glenn F., Herzig, Volker and Vetter, Irina (2022). The tarantula venom peptide Eo1a binds to the domain II S3-S4 extracellular loop of voltage-gated sodium channel NaV1.8 to enhance activation. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 12 789570, 789570. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.789570
Wu, Yue, Cui, Zhenling, Huang, Yen-Hua, de Veer, Simon J., Aralov, Andrey V., Guo, Zhong, Moradi, Shayli V., Hinton, Alexandra O., Deuis, Jennifer R., Guo, Shaodong, Chen, Kai-En, Collins, Brett M., Vetter, Irina, Herzig, Volker, Jones, Alun, Cooper, Matthew A., King, Glenn F., Craik, David J., Alexandrov, Kirill and Mureev, Sergey (2022). Towards a generic prototyping approach for therapeutically-relevant peptides and proteins in a cell-free translation system. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 260, 260. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27854-9
Paz, Cristian, Ortiz, Leandro, Deuis, Jennifer R. and Vetter, Irina (2022). Polygodial, a drimane sesquiterpenoid dialdehyde purified from Drimys winteri, inhibits voltage-gated sodium channels. Natural Product Research, 36 (24), 1-6. doi: 10.1080/14786419.2022.2025592
Dashevsky, Daniel, Deuis, Jennifer R., Vetter, Irina, Huynh, Tam, Hodgson, Wayne C., Tan, Choo Hock, Nouwens, Amanda and Fry, Bryan G. (2021). Novel neurotoxic activity in Calliophis intestinalis venom. Neurotoxicity Research, 40 (1), 173-178. doi: 10.1007/s12640-021-00413-2
Tran, Hue N. T., Tran, Poanna, Deuis, Jennifer R., McMahon, Kirsten L., Yap, Kuok, Craik, David J., Vetter, Irina and Schroeder, Christina I. (2021). Evaluation of efficient non-reducing enzymatic and chemical ligation strategies for complex disulfide-rich peptides. Bioconjugate Chemistry, 32 (11) acs.bioconjchem.1c00452, 2407-2419. doi: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.1c00452
Hu, Huiyu, Mawlawi, Saja, Zhao, Tianjiao, Jami, Sina, Deuis, Jennifer R., Vetter, Irina, Lewis, Richard J. and Cardoso, Fernanda C. (2021). Engineering of a spider peptide via conserved structure-function traits optimizes sodium channel inhibition in vitro and anti-nociception in vivo. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 8 742457, 742457. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.742457
Jensen, Timo, Walker, Andrew A., Nguyen, Son H., Jin, Ai-Hua, Deuis, Jennifer R., Vetter, Irina, King, Glenn F., Schmidt, Justin O. and Robinson, Samuel D. (2021). Venom chemistry underlying the painful stings of velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 78 (12), 5163-5177. doi: 10.1007/s00018-021-03847-1
Starobova, Hana, Monteleone, Mercedes, Adolphe, Christelle, Batoon, Lena, Sandrock, Cheyenne J., Tay, Bryan, Deuis, Jennifer R., Smith, Alexandra V., Mueller, Alexander, Nadar, Evelyn Israel, Lawrence, Grace Pamo, Mayor, Amanda, Tolson, Elissa, Levesque, Jean-Pierre, Pettit, Allison R., Wainwright, Brandon J., Schroder, Kate and Vetter, Irina (2021). Vincristine-induced peripheral neuropathy is driven by canonical NLRP3 activation and IL-1β release. Journal of Experimental Medicine, 218 (5) e20201452. doi: 10.1084/jem.20201452
McMahon, Kirsten L., Tran, Hue N.T., Deuis, Jennifer R., Lewis, Richard J., Vetter, Irina and Schroeder, Christina I. (2020). Discovery, pharmacological characterisation and NMR structure of the novel µ-Conotoxin SxIIIC, a potent and irreversible NaV channel inhibitor. Biomedicines, 8 (10) 391, 1-15. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8100391
Gilding, Edward K., Jami, Sina, Deuis, Jennifer R., Israel, Mathilde R., Harvey, Peta J., Poth, Aaron G., Rehm, Fabian B. H., Stow, Jennifer L., Robinson, Samuel D., Yap, Kuok, Brown, Darren L., Hamilton, Brett R., Andersson, David, Craik, David J., Vetter, Irina and Durek, Thomas (2020). Neurotoxic peptides from the venom of the giant Australian stinging tree. Science Advances, 6 (38) eabb8828, 1-10. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abb8828
Sharma, Gagan, Deuis, Jennifer R., Jia, Xinying, Mueller, Alexander, Vetter, Irina and Mobli, Mehdi (2020). Recombinant production, bioconjugation and membrane binding studies ofPn3a, a selective Nav1.7 inhibitor. Biochemical Pharmacology, 181 114148, 114148. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2020.114148
Israel, Mathilde R., Dash, Thomas S., Bothe, Stefanie N., Robinson, Samuel D., Deuis, Jennifer R., Craik, David J., Lampert, Angelika, Vetter, Irina and Durek, Thomas (2020). Characterization of synthetic Tf2 as a NaV1.3 selective pharmacological probe. Biomedicines, 8 (6) 155, 155. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8060155
McMahon, Kirsten L., Tay, Bryan, Deuis, Jennifer R., Tanaka, Brian S., Peigneur, Steve, Jin, Ai-Hua, Tytgat, Jan, Waxman, Stephen G., Dib-Hajj, Sulayman D., Vetter, Irina and Schroeder, Christina I. (2020). Pharmacological activity and NMR solution structure of the leech peptide HSTX-I. Biochemical Pharmacology, 181 114082, 114082. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2020.114082
Agwa, Akello J., Tran, Poanna, Mueller, Alexander, Tran, Hue N. T., Deuis, Jennifer R., Israel, Mathilde R., McMahon, Kirsten L., Craik, David J., Vetter, Irina and Schroeder, Christina I. (2020). Manipulation of a spider peptide toxin alters its affinity for lipid bilayers and potency and selectivity for voltage-gated sodium channel subtype 1.7. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 295 (15), 5067-5080. doi: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.012281
Mueller, Alexander, Dekan, Zoltan, Kaas, Quentin, Agwa, Akello J., Starobova, Hana, Alewood, Paul F., Schroeder, Christina I., Mobli, Mehdi, Deuis, Jennifer R. and Vetter, Irina (2020). Mapping the molecular surface of the analgesic NaV1.7-selective peptide Pn3a reveals residues essential for membrane and channel interactions. ACS Pharmacology and Translational Science. doi: 10.1021/acsptsci.0c00002
Yin, Kathleen, Deuis, Jennifer R., Dekan, Zoltan, Jin, Ai-Hua, Alewood, Paul F., King, Glenn F., Herzig, Volker and Vetter, Irina (2020). Addition of K22 converts spider venom peptide Pme2a from an activator to an inhibitor of NaV1.7. Biomedicines, 8 (2) 37, 37. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8020037
Tran, Hue, Tran, Poanna, Deuis, Jennifer R., Agwa, Akello Joanna, Zhang, Alan H., Vetter, Irina and Schroeder, Christina I (2019). Enzymatic ligation of a pore blocker toxin and gating modifier toxin; creating double-knotted peptides with improved sodium channel NaV1.7 inhibition. Bioconjugate Chemistry, 31 (1) acs.bioconjchem.9b00744, 64-73. doi: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.9b00744
Mueller, Alexander, Starobova, Hana, Morgan, Michael, Dekan, Zoltan, Cheneval, Olivier, Schroeder, Christina I., Alewood, Paul F., Deuis, Jennifer R. and Vetter, Irina (2019). Antiallodynic effects of the selective NaV1.7 inhibitor Pn3a in a mouse model of acute postsurgical pain: evidence for analgesic synergy with opioids and baclofen. Pain, 160 (8), 1766-1780. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001567
Starobova, Hana, Mueller, Alexander, Deuis, Jennifer R., Carter, David A. and Vetter, Irina (2019). Inflammatory and neuropathic gene expression signatures of chemotherapy-induced neuropathy induced by vincristine, cisplatin and oxaliplatin in C57BL/6J mice. The Journal of Pain, 21 (1-2), 182-194. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2019.06.008
Israel, Mathilde R., Tanaka, Brian S., Castro, Joel, Thongyoo, Panumart, Robinson, Samuel D., Zhao, Peng, Deuis, Jennifer R., Craik, David J., Durek, Thomas, Brierley, Stuart M., Waxman, Stephen G, Dib-Hajj, Sulayman D. and Vetter, Irina (2019). NaV1.6 regulates excitability of mechanosensitive sensory neurons. Journal of Physiology, 597 (14), 3751-3768. doi: 10.1113/JP278148
Tay, Bryan, Stewart, Teneale A., Davis, Felicity M., Deuis, Jennifer R. and Vetter, Irina (2019). Development of a high-throughput fluorescent no-wash sodium influx assay. PLOS One, 14 (3) e0213751, e0213751. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213751
Dash, Thomas S., Shafee, Thomas, Harvey, Peta J., Zhang, Chuchu, Peigneur, Steve, Deuis, Jennifer R., Vetter, Irina, Tytgat, Jan, Anderson, Marilyn A., Craik, David J., Durek, Thomas and Undheim, Eivind A. B. (2019). A centipede toxin family defines an ancient class of CSαβ defensins. Structure, 27 (2), 315-326. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2018.10.022
Yapa, Kunsala T. D. S., Deuis, Jennifer, Peters, Amelia A., Kenny, Paraic A., Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J., Vetter, Irina and Monteith, Gregory R. (2018). Assessment of the TRPM8 inhibitor AMTB in breast cancer cells and its identification as an inhibitor of voltage gated sodium channels. Life Sciences, 198, 128-135. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2018.02.030
Israel, Mathilde R., Morgan, Michael, Tay, Bryan and Deuis, Jennifer R. (2018). Toxins as tools: fingerprinting neuronal pharmacology. Neuroscience Letters, 679, 4-14. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2018.02.001
Morgan, Michael, Deuis, Jennifer R., Woodruff, Trent M., Lewis, Richard J. and Vetter, Irina (2018). Role of complement anaphylatoxin receptors in a mouse model of acute burn-induced pain. Molecular Immunology, 94, 68-74. doi: 10.1016/j.molimm.2017.12.016
Israel, Mathilde R., Thongyoo, Panumart, Deuis, Jennifer R., Craik, David J., Vetter, Irina and Durek, Thomas (2018). The E15R Point Mutation in Scorpion Toxin Cn2 Uncouples Its Depressant and Excitatory Activities on Human NaV1.6. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 61 (4), 1730-1736. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b01609
Muttenthaler, Markus, Andersson, Asa, Vetter, Irina, Menon, Rohit, Busnelli, Marta, Ragnarsson, Lotten, Bergmayr, Christian, Arrowsmith, Sarah, Deuis, Jennifer R., Chiu, Han Sheng, Palpant, Nathan J., O'Brien, Margaret, Smith, Terry J., Wray, Susan, Neumann, Inga D., Gruber, Christian W., Lewis, Richard J. and Alewood, Paul F. (2017). Subtle modifications to oxytocin produce ligands that retain potency and improved selectivity across species. Science Signaling, 10 (508) eaan3398, 1-13. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.aan3398
Morgan, Michael, Deuis, Jennifer R., Frøsig-Jørgensen, Majbrit, Lewis, Richard J., Cabot, Peter J., Gray, Paul D. and Vetter, Irina (2017). Burn pain: a systematic and critical review of epidemiology, pathophysiology, and treatment. Pain Medicine, 19 (4), 708-734. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnx228
Sousa, Silmara R., Wingerd, Joshua S., Brust, Andreas, Bladen, Christopher, Ragnarsson, Lotten, Herzig, Volker, Deuis, Jennifer R., Dutertre, Sebastien, Vetter, Irina, Zamponi, Gerald W., King, Glenn F., Alewood, Paul F. and Lewis, Richard J. (2017). Discovery and mode of action of a novel analgesic β-toxin from the African spider Ceratogyrus darlingi. PLoS One, 12 (9) e0182848, e0182848. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182848
Deuis, Jennifer R., Dvorakova, Lucie S. and Vetter, Irina (2017). Methods used to evaluate pain behaviors in rodents. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 10 284, 284. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2017.00284
Dekan, Zoltan, Headey, Stephen J., Scanlon, Martin, Baldo, Brian A., Lee, Tzong-Hsien, Aguilar, Marie-Isabel, Deuis, Jennifer R., Vetter, Irina, Elliott, Alysha G., Amado, Maite, Cooper, Matthew A., Alewood, Dianne and Alewood, Paul F. (2017). Δ-Myrtoxin-Mp1a is a helical heterodimer from the venom of the jack jumper ant that has antimicrobial, membrane-disrupting, and nociceptive activities. Angewandte Chemie, 56 (29), 8495-8499. doi: 10.1002/anie.201703360
Deuis, Jennifer R., Dekan, Zoltan, Wingerd, Joshua S., Smith, Jennifer J., Munasinghe, Nehan R., Bhola, Rebecca F., Imlach, Wendy L., Herzig, Volker, Armstrong, David A., Rosengren, K. Johan, Bosmans, Frank, Waxman, Stephen G., Dib-Hajj, Sulayman D., Escoubas, Pierre, Minett, Michael S., Christie, Macdonald J., King, Glenn F., Alewood, Paul F., Lewis, Richard J., Wood, John N. and Vetter, Irina (2017). Corrigendum: Pharmacological characterisation of the highly Na v 1.7 selective spider venom peptide Pn3a (Scientific Reports (2017) 7 (40883). Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 46816, 46816. doi: 10.1038/srep46816
Cardoso, Fernanda Caldas, Dekan, Zoltan, Smith, Jennifer J., Deuis, Jennifer R., Vetter, Irina, Herzig, Volker, Alewood, Paul F., King, Glenn F and Lewis, Richard J. (2017). Modulatory features of the novel spider toxin μ-TRTX-Df1a isolated from the venom of the spider Davus fasciatus. British Journal of Pharmacology, 174 (15), 2528-2544. doi: 10.1111/bph.13865
Deuis, Jennifer R., Mueller, Alexander, Israel, Mathilde R. and Vetter, Irina (2017). The pharmacology of voltage-gated sodium channel activators. Neuropharmacology, 127, 87-108. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.04.014
Israel, Mathilde R., Tay, Bryan, Deuis, Jennifer R. and Vetter, Irina (2017). Sodium Channels and Venom Peptide Pharmacology. Advances in Pharmacology, 79, 67-116. doi: 10.1016/bs.apha.2017.01.004
Rahnama, Sassan, Deuis, Jennifer R., Cardoso, Fernanda C., Ramanujam, Venkatraman, Lewis, Richard J., Rash, Lachlan D., King, Glenn F., Vetter, Irina and Mobli, Mehdi (2017). The structure, dynamics and selectivity profile of a NaV 1.7 potency-optimised huwentoxin-IV variant. PLoS One, 12 (3) e0173551, e0173551. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173551
Inserra, Marco C., Isreal, Mathilde, Caldwell, Ashlee, Castro, Joel, Deuis, Jennifer R., Harrington, Andrea M., Keramidas, Angelo, Garcia-Caraballo, Sonia, Maddern, Jessica, Erickson, Andelain, Grundy, Luke, Rychkov, Grigori Y., Zimmerman, Katharina, Lewis, Richard J., Brierley, Stuart M. and Vetter, Irina (2017). Multiple sodium channel isoforms mediate the pathological effects of Pacific ciguatoxin-1. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 42810, 42810. doi: 10.1038/srep42810
Deuis, Jennifer R., Dekan, Zoltan, Wingerd, Joshua S., Smith, Jennifer J., Munasinghe, Nehan R., Bhola, Rebecca F., Imlach, Wendy L., Herzig, Volker, Armstrong, David A., Rosengren, K. Johan, Bosmans, Frank, Waxman, Stephen G., Dib-Hajj, Sulayman D., Escoubas, Pierre, Minett, Michael S., Christie, Macdonald J., King, Glenn F., Alewood, Paul F., Lewis, Richard J., Wood, John N. and Vetter, Irina (2017). Pharmacological characterisation of the highly Nav1.7 selective spider venom peptide Pn3a. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 40883, 40883. doi: 10.1038/srep40883
Deuis, Jennifer R., Yin, Kathleen, Cooper, Matthew A., Schroder, Kate and Vetter, Irina (2016). Role of NLRP3 inflammasome in a model of acute burn-induced pain. Burns, 43 (2), 304-309. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2016.09.001
Vetter, Irina, Deuis, Jennifer, Mueller, Alexander, Israel, Mathilde R., Hana Starobova, Zhang, Alan, Rash, Lachlan D. and Mobli, Mehdi (2016). NaV1.7 as a pain target – from gene to pharmacology. Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 172, 73-100. doi: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2016.11.015
Yang, Daryl C., Deuis, Jennifer R., Dashevsky, Daniel, Dobson, James, Jackson, Timothy N. W., Brust, Andreas, Xie, Bing, Koludarov, Ivan, Debono, Jordan, Hendrikx, Iwan, Hodgson, Wayne C., Josh, Peter, Nouwens, Amanda, Baillie, Gregory J., Bruxner, Timothy J. C., Alewood, Paul F., Peng Lim, Kelvin Kok, Frank, Nathaniel, Vetter, Irina and Fry, Bryan G. (2016). The snake with the scorpion's sting: novel three-finger toxin sodium channel activators from the venom of the long-glanded blue coral snake (Calliophis bivirgatus). Toxins, 8 (10) A034, 303. doi: 10.3390/toxins8100303
Yin, Kathleen, Deuis, Jennifer R., Lewis, Richard J. and Vetter, Irina (2016). Transcriptomic and behavioural characterisation of a mouse model of burn pain identify the cholecystokinin 2 receptor as an analgesic target. Molecular Pain, 12, 1-13. doi: 10.1177/1744806916665366
Deuis, Jennifer R, Dekan, Zoltan, Inserra, Marco C., Lee, Tzong-Hsien, Aguilar, Marie-Isabel, Craik, David J., Lewis, Richard J., Alewood, Paul F., Mobli, Mehdi, Schroeder, Christina I., Henriques, Sónia Troeira and Vetter, Irina (2016). Development of a μO-conotoxin analogue with improved lipid membrane interactions and potency for the analgesic target NaV1.8. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 291 (22), 11829-11842. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M116.721662
Deuis, Jennifer R., Wingerd, Joshua S., Winter, Zoltan, Durek, Thomas, Dekan, Zoltan, Sousa, Silmara R., Zimmermann, Katharina, Hoffmann, Tali, Weidner, Christian, Nassar, Mohammed A., Alewood, Paul F., Lewis, Richard J. and Vetter, Irina (2016). Analgesic effects of GpTx-1, PF-04856264 and CNV1014802 in a mouse model of NaV1.7-Mediated pain. Toxins, 8 (3) 78, 78. doi: 10.3390/toxins8030078
Deuis, Jennifer R. and Vetter, Irina (2016). The thermal probe test: a novel behavioral assay to quantify thermal paw withdrawal thresholds in mice. Temperature, 3 (2), 199-207. doi: 10.1080/23328940.2016.1157668
Deuis, Jennifer, Whately, Ella, Brust, Andreas, Inserra, Marco, Asvadi, Naghmeh Hajarol, Lewis, Richard J., Alewood, Paul F., Cabot, Peter J. and Vetter, Irina (2015). Activation of k opioid receptors in cutaneous nerve endings by conorphin-1, a novel subtype-selective conopeptide, does not mediate peripheral analgesia. ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 6 (10), 1751-1758. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.5b00113
Cardoso, Fernanda C., Deka, Zoltan, Rosengren, K. Johan, Erickson, Andelain, Vetter, Irina, Deuis, Jennifer R., Herzig, Volker, Alewood, Paul F., King, Glenn F. and Lewis, Richard J. (2015). Identification and characterization of ProTx-III [μ-TRTX-Tp1a], a new voltage-gated sodium channel inhibitor from venom of the tarantula Thrixopelma pruriens. Molecular Pharmacology, 88 (2), 291-303. doi: 10.1124/mol.115.098178
Mueller, Alexander, Starobova, Hana, Inserra, Marco C., Jin, Ai-Hua, Deuis, Jennifer R., Dutertre, Sebastien, Lewis, Richard J., Alewood, Paul F., Daly, Norelle L. and Vetter, Irina (2015). α-conotoxin MrIC is a biased agonist at α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Biochemical Pharmacology, 94 (2), 155-163. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2015.01.011
Deuis, Jennifer R., Lim, Yu Ling, Rodrigues de Sousa, Silmara, Lewis, Richard J., Alewood, Paul F., Cabot, Peter J. and Vetter, Irina (2014). Analgesic effects of clinically used compounds in novel mouse models of polyneuropathy induced by oxaliplatin and cisplatin. Neuro-Oncology, 16 (10), 1324-1332. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/nou048
Zimmermann, Katharina, Deuis, Jennifer R., Inserra, Marco C., Collins, Lindon S., Namer, Barbara, Cabot, Peter J., Reeh, Peter W., Lewis, Richard J. and Vetter, Irina (2013). Analgesic treatment of ciguatoxin-induced cold allodynia. Pain, 154 (10), 1999-2006. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.06.015
Deuis, Jennifer R., Zimmermann, Katharina, Romanovsky, Andrej A., Possani, Lourival D., Cabot, Peter J., Lewis, Richard J. and Vetter, Irina (2013). An animal model of oxaliplatin-induced cold allodynia reveals a crucial role for Na(v)1.6 in peripheral pain pathways. Pain, 154 (9), 1749-1757. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.05.032
Conference Papers
Schroeder, Christina I., Deuis, Jennifer, Henriques, Sonia Troeria, Dekan, Zoltan, Inserra, Marco, Mobli, Mehdi and Vetter, Irina (2016). Rational design and synthesis of a novel membrane binding NaV1.8 selective inhibitor with in vivo activity in pain models. 60th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 27 Feb - 2 Mar 2016. CAMBRIDGE: CELL PRESS. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.11.247
Rahnama, S., Lachlan, R., Cardoso, F. C., Smith, J., Deuis, J., Vetter, I., King, G. F. and Mobli, M. (2015). Rational development of novel analgesics for the treatment of chronic pain: Structure-Function studies of an engineered Nav1.7 blocker. The 40th Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function, Lorne VIC, Australia, 8-12 February 2015.
Thesis
Deuis, Jennifer (2016). Using toxins to elucidate the role of voltage-gated sodium channels in pain. PhD Thesis, School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.53