title: High concentrations of the neuroleptic remoxipride block voltage-activated Na+ channels in central and peripheral nerve membranes.
abstract: The actions of the neuroleptic compounds remoxipride, haloperidol and (-)-sulpiride on Na+ and K+ ion current flow were examined in rat CNS and frog PNS, using 86Rb+ ion flux and voltage-clamp techniques, respectively. By combining veratridine and high K(+)-evoked 86Rb+ efflux, it was determined that remoxipride blocked Na+ current flow in a concentration-dependent fashion in tissue pieces from either cerebral cortex or striatum (IC50 approximately 20 microM), leaving K+ current flow virtually unaffected. Similarly, haloperidol concentration dependently blocked Na+ current flow in both tissues (IC50 approximately 50 microM). (-)-Sulpiride did not have a significant effect. Direct actions of the compounds on voltage-gated Na+ and K+ channels were determined in voltage-clamp experiments. The findings confirmed the results of the ion flux measurements in that remoxipride (Kd approximately 300 microM) and haloperidol (Kd approximately 1.5 microM) reduced mainly the Na+ current, having little effect on the K+ current, whereas (-)-sulpiride did not have a measurable action. The relatively high concentrations of remoxipride or haloperidol needed to alter the Na+ current makes it unlikely that these actions are of importance at clinically relevant doses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropharmacology, CNS R & D, Astra Arcus AB, Södertälje, Sweden.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Westlind-Danielsson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ericsson
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sandell
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Elinder
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arhem
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009413:Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017330:Remoxipride / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000187:drug effects*; D013469:Sulpiride / Q000494:pharmacology; D014982:Xenopus laevis
chemical_list: D015222:Sodium Channels; D017330:Remoxipride; D013469:Sulpiride; D012964:Sodium; D006220:Haloperidol; D011188:Potassium