INTERACTIONS OF DEXTROMETHORPHAN WITH THE N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR-CHANNEL COMPLEX - SINGLE-CHANNEL RECORDINGS

被引:40
作者
CHURCH, J [1 ]
SAWYER, D [1 ]
MCLARNON, JG [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA,DEPT PHARMACOL & THERAPEUT,VANCOUVER V6T 1Z3,BC,CANADA
基金
英国医学研究理事会; 加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
DEXTROMETHORPHAN; N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; HIPPOCAMPUS;
D O I
10.1016/0006-8993(94)90771-4
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
The actions of dextromethorphan (DXM) on the 50 pS conductance state of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-operated channel were studied using outside-out patches obtained from cultured rat hippocampal pyramidal neurons. DXM (5-50 mu M) had no effect on the amplitudes of unitary currents but caused concentration-dependent reductions in channel mean open times and the frequency of channel openings. Channel open probability was reduced in a concentration-dependent manner by DXM and was one-half of the control value at a DXM concentration of 6 mu M, with the patch potential held at -60 mV. An IC50 value of 4 mu M was obtained for the reduction by DXM of NMDA-evoked rises in [Ca2+](i) in cultured rat hippocampal pyramidal neurons loaded with Fura-2. The results were consistent with drug block of the open NMDA channel with an onward (blocking) rate constant of 7.7 x 10(6) M(-1).s(-1) (at -60 mV). The estimated unblocking rate constant was about 10 s(-1), a value considerably higher compared to the off-rate constant found for dizocilpine block of the NMDA channel.
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页码:189 / 194
页数:6
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