کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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10509956 | 949445 | 2005 | 4 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Inhibition of gap junction currents by the abused solvent toluene
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موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری
علم عصب شناسی
علوم اعصاب رفتاری
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چکیده انگلیسی
Abused inhalants are a large class of compounds that are inhaled for their intoxicating and mood altering effects. They include chemicals with known therapeutic uses such as anesthetic gases as well as volatile organic solvents like toluene that are found in paint thinners and adhesives. Because of their widespread commercial use and availability, inhalants are often among the first drugs that children encounter and use of these compounds is often associated with adverse acute and long-term consequences. The cellular and molecular sites of action for abused inhalants is not well known although recent studies report that toluene and other organic solvents alter the activity of specific ligand- and voltage-gated ion channels that regulate cellular excitability. As part of an ongoing effort to define molecular sites of action for abused inhalants, this study examined the effect of toluene on the function of gap junction proteins endogenously expressed in human embryonic kidney (HEK 293) cells. Gap junctions allow cell-to-cell electrical communication as well as passage of small molecular weight substances and are critical for synchronizing cellular activity in certain tissues. Gap junction currents in HEK 293 cells were measured during brief voltage steps using patch-clamp electrophysiology and were blocked by known gap junction blockers confirming expression of connexin proteins in these cells. Toluene dose-dependently inhibited these conductances with threshold effects appearing at approximately 0.4Â mM and near complete inhibition occurring at concentrations of 1Â mM and higher. The estimated EC50 value for toluene inhibition of gap junction currents in HEK 293 cells was 0.57Â mM. The results of these studies suggest that volatile solvents including toluene may produce some of their effects by disrupting inter-cellular communication mediated by gap junction proteins.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - Volume 78, Issue 2, 9 May 2005, Pages 221-224
Journal: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - Volume 78, Issue 2, 9 May 2005, Pages 221-224
نویسندگان
Angelo M. Del Re, John J. Woodward,