کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2494051 1556655 2010 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Tetrahydroberberine blocks ATP-sensitive potassium channels in dopamine neurons acutely-dissociated from rat substantia nigra pars compacta
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب رفتاری
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Tetrahydroberberine blocks ATP-sensitive potassium channels in dopamine neurons acutely-dissociated from rat substantia nigra pars compacta
چکیده انگلیسی

Tetrahydroberberine (THB) exhibits neuroprotective effects but its targets and underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. Emerging evidence indicates that ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) promote Parkinson disease (PD) pathogenesis, thus blocking KATP channels may protect neurons against neuronal degeneration. In the present study, we tested a hypothesis that THB blocks KATP channels in dopaminergic (DA) neurons acutely dissociated from rat SNc. Using perforated patch-clamp recording in current-clamp mode, the functional KATP channels can be opened by persistent perfusion of rotenone, an inhibitor of complex I of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. Bath-application of THB reversibly blocks opened KATP channels in a concentration-dependent manner, which is comparable to a classical KATP channel blocker, Tol. Compared to THB analogs, l-stepholidine (l-SPD) or l-tetrahydropalmatine (l-THP), THB exhibits more profound blockade in KATP channels. In addition, exposure of THB alone to the recorded neuron increases action potential firing, and THB also restores rotenone-induced membrane hyperpolarization in the presence of dopamine D2 receptor antagonist (sulpiride), suggesting that THB exhibits an excitatory effect on SNc DA neurons through the block of KATP channels. Collectively, the blockade of neuronal KATP channels by THB in SNc DA neurons is a novel pharmacological mechanism of THB, which may contribute to its neuroprotective effects in PD.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Neuropharmacology - Volume 59, Issues 7–8, December 2010, Pages 567–572
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