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Differential blockade of rat alpha3beta4 and alpha7 neuronal nicotinic receptors by omega-conotoxin MVIIC, omega-conotoxin GVIA and diltiazem.
Herrero CJ, García-Palomero E, Pintado AJ, García AG, Montiel C.
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Rat alpha3beta4 or alpha7 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) were expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes, and the effects of various toxins and non-toxin Ca2+ channel blockers studied. Nicotinic AChR currents were elicited by 1 s pulses of dimethylphenylpiperazinium (DMPP, 100 microM) applied at regular intervals. The N/P/Q-type Ca2+ channel blocker omega-conotoxin MVIIC inhibited alpha3beta4 currents with an IC50 of 1.3 microM; the blockade was non-competitive and reversible. The alpha7 currents were unaffected. At 1 microM, omega-conotoxin GVIA (N-type Ca2+ channel blocker) inhibited by 24 and 20% alpha3beta4 and alpha7 currents, respectively. At 1 microM, omega-agatoxin IVA (a P/Q-type Ca2+ channel blocker) did not affect alpha7 currents and inhibited alpha3beta4 currents by only 15%. L-type Ca2+ channel blockers furnidipine, verapamil and, particularly, diltiazem exhibited a preferential blocking activity on alpha3beta4 nicotinic AChRs. The mechanism of alpha3beta4 currents blockade by omega-conotoxins and diltiazem differed in the following aspects: (i) the onset and reversal of the blockade was faster for toxins; (ii) the blockade by the peptides was voltage-dependent, while that exerted by diltiazem was not; (iii) diltiazem promoted the inactivation of the current while omega-toxins did not. These data show that, at concentrations currently employed as Ca2+ channel blockers, some of these compounds also inhibit certain subtypes of nicotinic AChR currents. Our data calls for caution when interpreting many of the results obtained in neurons and other cell types, where nicotinic receptor and Ca2+ channels coexist.
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