Block of hippocampal CAN channels by flufenamate
Block of hippocampal CAN channels by flufenamate
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DOI:
10.1016/s0006-8993(00)02275-7
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发表时间:
2000-06-09
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Valenzuela, CF
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作者:
Partridge, LD;Valenzuela, CF
Ca2+-activated non-selective cation (CAN) channels are activated by cytoplasmic Ca2+ and I-CAN underlies many slow depolarizing processes in neurons including a putative role in excitotoxicity. CAN channels in many non-neuronal cells are blocked by non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs that are derivatives of diphenylamine-2-carboxylate (DPC). The DPC derivative flufenamate (FFA) has a complex effect on certain neurons, whereby it blocks CAN channels and increases [Ca2+](i). We report here that FFA, but not the parent compound, DPC, blocks CAN channels in hippocampal CAl neurons. As was the case in other neurons, the effects of FFA are complex and include a maintained rise in [Ca2+](i). Furthermore, the CAN channel blocking ability of FFA persists even when the channels have been potentiated by a Ca2+-dependent process. The use of a CAN channel-blocking drug is important for delineating CAN channel-dependent processes by a Ca and may provide a basis for therapy for CAN channel-dependent events in ischemia. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.