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Differential effects of pyrethroids on volume-sensitive anion and organic osmolyte pathways.

Abstract
1. There are no effective ways of screening for potential modulators of volume-regulated anion channels in their native cell type. Generally, cell lines are used for this purpose. Using HeLa and C6 glioma cells, we identified the pyrethroids as a novel class of compounds that inhibit taurine efflux through volume-regulated anion transport pathways in these cells. Subsequently, we examined their effects on volume-regulated anion channels in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes to determine whether results obtained using cell lines could be extrapolated to other tissues. 2. Tetramethrin inhibited taurine efflux in both HeLa and C6 glioma cells with Ki values of approximately 26 and 16 micro mol/L, respectively. Bioallethrin and fenpropathrin inhibited volume-sensitive taurine efflux from C6 glioma cells, but not from HeLa cells. The Ki values for bioallethrin and fenpropathrin were 70 and 59 micro mol/L, respectively. 3. Volume-sensitive I- efflux was observed in HeLa cells but not in C6 glioma cells, suggesting that the taurine efflux pathway in C6 glioma cells may be different to that of the I- efflux pathway. Cyfluthrin, tetramethrin, fenpropathrin, tefluthrin and bioallethrin all significantly inhibited volume-sensitive I- efflux from HeLa cells at 100 micro mol/L. 4. Patch-clamp experiments have shown inhibition of ICl,vol in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes by fenpropathrin, but not tetramethrin or cypermethrin, at 100 micro mol/L. This revealed that further differences exist between ICl,vol in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes and the anion transport pathways in C6 glioma and HeLa cells. 5. In conclusion, we have shown that pyrethroids differentially inhibit volume-regulated anion and taurine efflux in a number of cell types. Because these compounds have different effects in different cells, it is likely that: (i) more than one pathway is involved in the volume-sensitive transport of anions and organic osmolytes; and (ii) the molecular identities of the channels underlying anion transport are different. Finally, for the reasons given above, care should be taken when extrapolating data from one cell type to another. However, in the absence of an existing high-throughput screen, taurine efflux still represents a viable route for the identification of potential modulators of volume-regulated ion channels.
AuthorsSteve J Culliford, John J Borg, Martin J O'Brien, Roland Z Kozlowski
JournalClinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology (Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol) Vol. 31 Issue 3 Pg. 134-44 (Mar 2004) ISSN: 0305-1870 [Print] Australia
PMID15008955 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Anions
  • Chloride Channels
  • Iodides
  • Pyrethrins
  • Taurine
Topics
  • Animals
  • Anions (metabolism)
  • Biological Transport, Active
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Chloride Channels (drug effects, physiology)
  • Guinea Pigs
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Iodides (metabolism)
  • Male
  • Myocytes, Cardiac (drug effects, physiology)
  • Osmolar Concentration
  • Patch-Clamp Techniques
  • Pyrethrins (pharmacology)
  • Rats
  • Taurine (metabolism)

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