Block of Voltage-Dependent Calcium Channels by Aliphatic Monoamines
Biophysical Journal, ISSN: 0006-3495, Vol: 79, Issue: 1, Page: 260-270
2000
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Article Description
We have recently identified farnesol, an intermediate in the mevalonate pathway, as a potent endogenous modulator and blocker of N-type calcium channels (Roullet, J. B., R. L. Spaetgens, T. Burlingame, and G. W. Zamponi. 1999. J. Biol. Chem. 274:25439–25446). Here, we investigate the action of structurally related compounds on various types of voltage-dependent Ca 2+ channels transiently expressed in human embryonic kidney cells. 1-Dodecanol, despite sharing the 12-carbon backbone and headgroup of farnesol, exhibited a significantly lower blocking affinity for N-type Ca 2+ channels. Among several additional 12-carbon compounds tested, dodecylamine (DDA) mediated the highest affinity inhibition of N-type channels, indicating that the functional headgroup is a critical determinant of blocking affinity. This inhibition was concentration-dependent and relatively non-discriminatory among N-, L-, P/Q-, and R-Ca 2+ channel subtypes. However, whereas L-type channels exhibited predominantly resting channel block, the non-L-type isoforms showed substantial rapid open channel block manifested by a speeding of the apparent time course of current decay and block of the inactivated state. Consistent with these findings, we observed significant frequency-dependence of block and dependence on external Ba 2+ concentration for N-type, but not L-type, channels. We also systematically investigated the drug structural requirements for N-type channel inhibition. Blocking affinity varied with carbon chain length and showed a clear maximum at C12 and C13, with shorter and longer molecules producing progressively weaker peak current block. Overall, our data indicate that aliphatic monoamines may constitute a novel class of potent inhibitors of voltage-dependent Ca 2+ channels, with block being governed by rigid structural requirements and channel-specific state dependencies.
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006349500762886; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0006-3495(00)76288-6; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=0033917496&origin=inward; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10866952; http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0006349500762886; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0006349500762886?httpAccept=text/xml; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0006349500762886?httpAccept=text/plain; https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0006349500762886
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