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Egorova OV, Fisyunov OI, Kryshtal OA. Effects of Agonists of μ-Opioid Receptors on P-Type Calcium Channels in Rat Purkinje Neurons. NEUROPHYSIOLOGY+ 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s11062-015-9505-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Iegorova O, Fisyunov A, Krishtal O. G-protein-independent modulation of P-type calcium channels by mu-opioids in Purkinje neurons of rat. Neurosci Lett 2010; 480:106-11. [PMID: 20541588 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2010] [Revised: 05/26/2010] [Accepted: 06/03/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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P-type calcium channels play a key role in the synaptic transmission between mammalian central neurons since a major part of calcium entering pre-synaptic terminals is delivered via these channels. Using conventional whole-cell patch clamp techniques we have studied the effect of mu-opioids on P-type calcium channels in acutely isolated Purkinje neurons from rat cerebellum. The selective mu-opioid agonist DAMGO (10nM) produced a small, but consistent facilitation of current through P-type calcium channels (10+/-1%, n=27, p<0.001). The effect of DAMGO was rapid (less than 10s) and fully reversible. This effect was both concentration and voltage-dependent. The EC(50) for the effect of DAMGO was 1.3+/-0.4nM and the saturating concentration was 100nM. The endogenous selective agonist of mu-opioid receptors, endomorphin-1 demonstrated similar action. Intracellular perfusion of Purkinje neurons with GTPgammaS (0.5mM) or GDPbetaS (0.5mM), as well as strong depolarizing pre-pulses (+50mV), did not eliminate facilitatory action of DAMGO on P-channels indicating that this effect is not mediated by G-proteins. Furthermore, the effect of DAMGO was preserved in the presence of a non-specific inhibitor of PKA and PKC (H7, 10microM) inside the cell. DAMGO-induced facilitation of P-current was almost completely abolished by the selective mu-opioid antagonist CTOP (100nM). These observations indicate that mu-type opioid receptors modulate P-type calcium channels in Purkinje neurons via G-protein-independent mechanism.
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- Olena Iegorova
- Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Department of Cellular Membranology, 4 Bogomoletz Street, Kiev 01024, Ukraine
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Pluzhnikov K, Vassilevski A, Korolkova Y, Fisyunov A, Iegorova O, Krishtal O, Grishin E. ω-Lsp-IA, a novel modulator of P-type Ca2+ channels. Toxicon 2007; 50:993-1004. [PMID: 17888477 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2007] [Revised: 07/16/2007] [Accepted: 07/17/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A novel polypeptide, designated omega-Lsp-IA, which modulates P-type Ca(2+) channels, was purified from the venom of the spider Geolycosa sp. omega-Lsp-IA contains 47 amino acid residues and 4 intramolecular disulfide bridges. It belongs to a group of spider toxins affecting Ca(2+) channels and presumably forms the inhibitor cystine knot (ICK) fold. Peculiar structural features (a cluster of positively charged residues in the C-terminal loop of the peptide and a regular distribution of hydrophobic residues) that may play a decisive role in the omega-Lsp-IA mechanism of action were located. Recombinant omega-Lsp-IA was produced in prokaryotic expression system and was shown to be structurally and functionally identical to the native toxin. At saturating concentration (10nM), the peptide clearly slows down the activation kinetics and partially inhibits the amplitude of P-current in rat cerebellar Purkinje neurons. Prominent deceleration of the activation kinetics is manifested as the appearance of a five-fold slower component of the current activation. The specificity of action of omega-Lsp-IA on different Ca(2+) channel types was studied in isolated hippocampal neurons of rat. omega-Agatoxin IVA completely removed the effect of omega-Lsp-IA on the whole-cell Ca(2+) current. Therefore, omega-Lsp-IA appears to act specifically on P-type Ca(2+) channels.
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- Kirill Pluzhnikov
- Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Miklukho-Maklaya, 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russian Federation
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Fisyunov A, Tsintsadze V, Min R, Burnashev N, Lozovaya N. Cannabinoids modulate the P-type high-voltage-activated calcium currents in purkinje neurons. J Neurophysiol 2006; 96:1267-77. [PMID: 16738209 DOI: 10.1152/jn.01227.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Endocannabinoids released by postsynaptic cells inhibit neurotransmitter release in many central synapses by activating presynaptic cannabinoid CB1 receptors. In particular, in the cerebellum, endocannabinoids inhibit synaptic transmission at granule cell to Purkinje cell synapses by modulating presynaptic calcium influx via N-, P/Q-, and R-type calcium channels. Using whole cell patch-clamp techniques, we show that in addition to this presynaptic action, both synthetic and endogenous cannabinoids inhibit P-type calcium currents in isolated rat Purkinje neurons independent of CB1 receptor activation. The IC50 for the anandamide (AEA)-induced inhibition of P-current peak amplitude was 1.04 +/- 0.04 microM. In addition, we demonstrate that all the tested cannabinoids in a physiologically relevant range of concentrations strongly accelerate inactivation of P currents. The effects of AEA cannot be attributed to the metabolism of AEA because a nonhydrolyzing analogue of AEA, methanandamide inhibited P-type currents with a similar efficacy. All effects of cannabinoids on P-type Ca2+ currents were insensitive to antagonists of CB1 cannabinoid or vanilloid TRPV1 receptors. In cerebellar slices, WIN 55,212-2 significantly affected spontaneous firing of Purkinje neurons in the presence of CB1 receptor antagonist, in a manner similar to that of a specific P-type channel antagonist, indicating a possible functional implication of the direct effects of cannabinoids on P current. Taken together these findings demonstrate a functionally important direct action of cannabinoids on P-type calcium currents.
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- Alexander Fisyunov
- Department of Cellular Membranology, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, 4 Bogomoletz St., Kyiv 01024, Ukraine
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Fisyunov A, Pluzhnikov K, Molyavka A, Grishin E, Lozovaya N, Krishtal O. Novel spider toxin slows down the activation kinetics of P-type Ca2+ channels in Purkinje neurons of rat. Toxicology 2005; 207:129-36. [PMID: 15590128 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2004.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2004] [Revised: 09/10/2004] [Accepted: 09/10/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We have identified a novel polypeptide toxin (Lsp-1) from the venom of the spider Lycosa (LS). Its effect has been examined on the P-type calcium channels in Purkinje neurons, using whole-cell patch-clamp. This toxin (at saturating concentration 7 nM) produces prominent (four-fold) deceleration of the activation kinetics and partial (71+/-6%) decrease of the amplitude of P-current without affecting either deactivation or inactivation kinetics. These effects are not use-dependent. They are partially reversible within a minute upon the wash-out of the toxin. Intracellular perfusion of Purkinje neurons with 100 microM of GDP or 2 microM of GTPgammaS, as well as strong depolarising pre-pulses (+100 mV), do not eliminate the action of Lsp-1 on P-channels indicating that down-modulation via guanine nucleotide-binding proteins (G-proteins) is not involved in the observed phenomenon. In view of extremely high functional significance of P-channels, the toxin can be suggested as a useful pharmacological tool.
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- Alexander Fisyunov
- Department of Cellular Membranology, A.A. Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Bogomoletz Street 4, Kiev 01024, Ukraine
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T-type calcium channels play critical roles in cellular excitability and have been implicated in the pathogenesis of a variety of neurological disorders including epilepsy. Although there have been reports that certain neuroleptics that primarily target D2 dopamine receptors and are used to treat psychoses may also interact with T-type Ca channels, there has been no systematic examination of this phenomenon. In the present paper we provide a detailed analysis of the effects of several widely used neuroleptic agents on a family of exogenously expressed neuronal T-type Ca channels (alpha1G, alpha1H, and alpha1I subtypes). Among the neuroleptics tested, the diphenylbutylpiperidines pimozide and penfluridol were the most potent T-type channel blockers with Kd values (approximately 30-50 nm and approximately 70-100 nm, respectively), in the range of their antagonism of the D2 dopamine receptor. In contrast, the butyrophenone haloperidol was approximately 12- to 20-fold less potent at blocking the various T-type Ca channels. The diphenyldiperazine flunarizine was also less potent compared with the diphenylbutylpiperadines and preferentially blocked alpha1G and alpha1I T-type channels compared with alpha1H. The various neuroleptics did not significantly affect T-type channel activation or kinetic properties, although they shifted steady-state inactivation profiles to more negative values, indicating that these agents preferentially bind to channel inactivated states. Overall, our findings indicate that T-type Ca channels are potently blocked by a subset of neuroleptic agents and suggest that the action of these drugs on T-type Ca channels may significantly contribute to their therapeutic efficacy.
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Chatterjee S, Filippov V, Lishko P, Maximyuk O, Nöldner M, Krishtal O. Hyperforin attenuates various ionic conductance mechanisms in the isolated hippocampal neurons of rat. Life Sci 1999; 65:2395-405. [PMID: 10597894 DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(99)00506-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Effects of hyperforin, an acylphloroglucinol derivative isolated from antidepressive medicinal herb Hypericum perforatum (St. John's Wort), on voltage- and ligand-gated ionic conductances were investigated. Whole-cell patch clamp and concentration clamp techniques on acutely isolated hippocampal pyramidal neurons and on cerebellar Purkinje neurons of rat were used. At concentrations between 3 to 100 microM hyperforin induced a dose and time dependent inward current which completely stabilized within a few seconds. Although 1 microM hyperforin inhibited virtually all investigated conductances (GABA > or = I(Ca(N)) > I(Na) > I(Ca(P) > or = AMPA > or = I(K(A)) > NMDA > I(K(DR))), its effects on several of them could not be reversed by repeated washings. Dose response studies revealed that although AMPA induced current is inhibited by hyperforin in a competitive manner, these responses are not completely blocked by very high concentration of the agent. On the contrary, however, NMDA receptor-activated ionic conductance could be completely and uncompetitively inhibited by the agent. Taken together these observation not only reconfirm that hyperforin is a major neuroactive component of hypericum extracts but also demonstrate that this structurally unique and naturally abundant molecule is a potent modulation of mechanism involved in the control of neuronal ionic conductances. Various observed effects of hyperforin do not, however, seem to be mediated by one single molecular mechanism of action of the agent.
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- S Chatterjee
- Pharmacology Department, Dr. Willmar Schwabe GmbH & Co., Karlsruhe, Germany
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Barbieri M, Nistri A. Electrophysiological actions of N-[1-[4-(4-fluorophenoxy)butyl]-4-piperidinyl]-N-methyl-2-benzothiazola mine (R56865) on CA1 neurons of the rat hippocampal slice during hypoxia. Neurosci Lett 1999; 270:161-4. [PMID: 10462119 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(99)00502-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The electrophysiological effects of N-[1-[4-(4-fluorophenoxy)butyl]-4-piperidinyl]-N-methyl-2-benzothiazo lamine (R56865), a drug which protects heart cells from ischemia-induced arrhythmias, was studied on intracellularly-recorded CA1 neurons of the rat hippocampal slice under normal or hypoxic conditions. On normoxic cells R56865 (1 microM) reduced firing accommodation without changing passive membrane properties, spike characteristics or synaptic transmission. On hypoxic cells R56865 selectively reduced the amplitude of hypoxia-induced membrane depolarization and partly counteracted the depression of synaptic transmission evoked by Schaffers collateral stimulation. Despite its influence on repetitive firing properties, R56865 might be useful to limit the extent of cellular depolarizing responses to hypoxia.
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- M Barbieri
- Biophysics Sector and INFM Unit, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy.
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Filippov V, Krishtal O. The mechanism gated by external potassium and sodium controls the resting conductance in hippocampal and cortical neurons. Neuroscience 1999; 92:1231-42. [PMID: 10426480 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(99)00081-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The excitation of densely packed mammalian central neurons is followed by a substantial transitory elevation of external K+ concentration. This phenomenon may have a different functional significance depending on how the resting membrane conductance mechanisms react to the changes in the gradient of these ions. We have found that in the hippocampal and cortex neurons of rat a large fraction of the membrane conductance in the vicinity of the resting potential is provided by the K+ permeability mechanism which is gated by external K+ and Na+. The responses of acutely isolated pyramidal neurons to rapidly altered external [K+] were investigated using the whole-cell patch clamp and concentration clamp techniques. Elevation of [K+]out induced a biphasic inward current at membrane potentials more negative than the reversal potential for K+ ions. This current consisted of an "instantaneously" increased leakage component and a slowly activated current (tau = 48 ms at 21 degrees C) designated below as I(deltaK). The latter demonstrated a first order activation kinetics with a remarkably high Q10 = 7.31. I(deltaK) was absent in the peripheral sensory neurons as well as in the Purkinje neurons. Slow activation of I(deltaK) was critically dependent on [Na+]out: substitution of the extracellular Na+ with choline chloride or Li+ led to the "instantaneous" reaction of the membrane to the changes in [K+]out. By slowing down potassium influx, I(deltaK) may be of importance in preserving densely packed pyramidal neurons from immediate excitation following rapid increases in [K+]out.
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- V Filippov
- Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Department of Cellular Membranology, Kiev, Ukraine
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Potentiation of voltage-dependent calcium channel currents by NMDA receptor agonists. NEUROPHYSIOLOGY+ 1997. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02463180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Xie Y, Zacharias E, Hoff P, Tegtmeier F. Ion channel involvement in anoxic depolarization induced by cardiac arrest in rat brain. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 1995; 15:587-94. [PMID: 7540620 DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.1995.72] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Anoxic depolarization (AD) and failure of ion homeostasis play an important role in ischemia-induced neuronal injury. In the present study, different drugs with known ion-channel-modulating properties were examined for their ability to interfere with cardiac-arrest-elicited AD and with the changes in the extracellular ion activity in rat brain. Our results indicate that only drugs primarily blocking membrane Na+ permeability (NBQX, R56865, and flunarizine) delayed the occurrence of AD, while compounds affecting cellular Ca2+ load (MK-801 and nimodipine) did not influence the latency time. The ischemia-induced [Na+]e reduction was attenuated by R56865. Blockade of the ATP-sensitive K+ channels with glibenclamide reduced the [K+]e increase upon ischemia, indicating an involvement of the KATP channels in ischemia-induced K+ efflux. The KATP channel opener cromakalim did not affect the AD or the [K+]e concentration. The ischemia-induced rapid decline of extracellular calcium was attenuated by receptor-operated Ca2+ channel blockers MK-801 and NBQX, but not by the voltage-operated Ca2+ channel blocker nimodipine, R56865, and flunarizine.
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- Y Xie
- Preclinical Research, Janssen GmbH, Neuss, Germany
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New classes of drugs modifying Ca2+ channel activity have become available, this may enlarge the clinical utilities that have been associated with established Ca2+ channel antagonists such as the dihydropyridines (for example, nifedipine). Two such classes are reviewed by Michael Spedding, Barry Kenny and Pierre Chatelain. Fantofarone is a non-dihydropyridine with a novel site of action in the L-type Ca2+ channel that appears to yield a distinct cardiovascular profile. In contrast, fluspirilene and related Na+ and Ca2+ channel inhibitors have a distinct site of action in Ca2+ channels, which is not specific for one channel type. The utility of Na+ and Ca2+ channel inhibitors in ischaemic stroke is compared with new and more selective Na+ channel inhibitors.
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- M Spedding
- Institut de Recherche Servier, Croissy sur Seine, France
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Kiskin NI, Chizhmakov IV, Krishtal OA, Tegtmeier F. R56865 and flunarizine as Na(+)-channel blockers in isolated Purkinje neurons of rat cerebellum. Neuroscience 1993; 54:575-85. [PMID: 8392666 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(93)90229-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Dose-related blocking effects of R56865, flunarizine and nimodipine on voltage-activated Na+ currents recorded in the whole-cell voltage clamp mode were studied in acutely isolated Purkinje neurons of rat cerebellum. The dose-dependences of blocking action were obtained for all drugs at a holding potential of -110 mV and rare stimulation. At stimulation frequencies 5 and 15 Hz the block produced by R56865 was increased showing a shift of dose-dependence to lower concentrations of antagonist. This shift was less pronounced for flunarizine, practically absent for nimodipine, and increased for all drugs with an increase in the amplitude of stimulating voltage pulse. With the change in holding potential to -80 mV the block produced by R56865 and flunarizine increased showing a dose-dependence shift to lower concentrations of antagonists. All the drugs tested induced parallel shifts of the steady-state voltage-dependence of inactivation of Na+ channels to more negative membrane potentials. R56865, and to a lesser extent flunarizine, slowed down the recovery of Na+ channels from steady-state inactivation increasing the relative number of channels which showed slow recovery. In the absence of Na+ current inactivation (treatment by intracellular pronase) R56865 at a concentration of 1 microM blocked modified channels preferentially in the open state, while the block produced by flunarizine showed no dependence on voltage pulse protocol. R56865 was shown to decrease the cell leakage while other drugs produced little or no effect. It is concluded that R56865 and flunarizine block Na+ currents predominantly by interacting with inactivated Na+ channels. The higher ability of R56865 to block open channels and to increase slow inactivation underlies its higher frequency-dependence. These characteristics suggest the use of R56865 and flunarizine in the treatment of cerebral ischemia.
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- N I Kiskin
- A. A. Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Ukrainian Academy of Science, Kiev
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