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Actions of the novel neuroprotective agent, lifarizine (RS-87476), on voltage-dependent sodium currents in the neuroblastoma cell line, N1E-115.

Abstract
1. The actions of the neuroprotective agent, lifarizine (RS-87476-190), on voltage-dependent Na+ currents have been examined in the neuroblastoma cell line, N1E-115, using the whole-cell variant of the patch clamp technique. 2. At a holding potential of -80 mV, lifarizine reduced the peak Na+ current evoked by a 10 ms depolarizing step with an IC50 of 1.3 microM. At holding potentials of -100 and -60 mV the IC50 concentrations of lifarizine were 7.3 microM and 0.3 microM, respectively. 3. At a holding potential of -100 mV, most channels were in the resting state and the IC50 value for inhibition of Na+ current should correspond to the dissociation constant of lifarizine for resting channels (KR). KR was therefore estimated to be 7.3 microM. 4. In the absence of lifarizine, recovery from inactivation following a 20 s depolarization from -100 mV to 0 mV was complete within 2 s. However, in the presence of 3 microM lifarizine recovery took place in a biexponential fashion with time constants of 7 s and 79 s. 5. Lifarizine (1 microM) had no effect on steady-state inactivation curves when conditioning pre-pulses of 1 s duration were used. However, when pre-pulse durations of 1 min were used the curves were shifted to the left by lifarizine by about 10 mV. Analysis of the shifts induced by a range of lifarizine concentrations revealed that the apparent affinity of lifarizine for the inactivated state of the channel (K1) was 0.19 microM. 6. Lifarizine (1 microM) had no effect on chloramine-T-modified Na+ currents, suggesting no significant open channel interaction. 7. Taken together, these data show that lifarizine is a potent voltage-dependent inhibitor of Na+currents in NIE-115 cells and that the voltage-dependence arises from an interaction of the compound with the inactivated state of the channel. The possible contribution of Na+ current inhibition to the neuroprotective actions of lifarizine is discussed.
AuthorsJ G McGivern, L Patmore, R D Sheridan
JournalBritish journal of pharmacology (Br J Pharmacol) Vol. 114 Issue 8 Pg. 1738-44 (Apr 1995) ISSN: 0007-1188 [Print] England
PMID7599943 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Chloramines
  • Imidazoles
  • Piperazines
  • Sodium Channels
  • Tosyl Compounds
  • chloramine-T
  • lifarizine
Topics
  • Animals
  • Cell Line
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Chloramines (pharmacology)
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Imidazoles (pharmacology)
  • Membrane Potentials (drug effects)
  • Mice
  • Neuroblastoma (metabolism)
  • Patch-Clamp Techniques
  • Piperazines (pharmacology)
  • Sodium Channels (drug effects, metabolism)
  • Tosyl Compounds (pharmacology)

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