title: [Action of tubocurarine on non-activated nicotinic cholinoreceptors of neurons of sympathetic ganglia in the rat].
abstract: Mechanism of tubocurarine (Tc) action on nonactive nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (NAChRs) of rat sympathetic neurons was studied by means of the patch-clamp whole-cell method. It was found that the blocking action of Tc on nonactive NAChRs augmented with the membrane hyperpolarization. The rate constant of Tc binding to nonactive NAChR (k + B) and the rate constant of dissociation of Tc-inactive NAChR complex (k-b) were found to be (9.0 +/- 1.5).10(3) M-1 s-1 and 0.11 +/- 0.05 s-1, respectively. Constant k + B decreased with the membrane depolarization (e-fold change in k + B corresponded to the potential shift approximately by 50 mV). In contrast, k-B slightly increased with the membrane depolarization (e-fold change in k-B corresponded to the potential shift approximately by 100 mV). It was concluded that Tc acted on the sympathetic neurons of rat noncompetitively as both open-channel and nonactive-receptor (closed-channel) blocker.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Kurennyĭ
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005728:Ganglia, Sympathetic / Q000187:drug effects*; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic / Q000187:drug effects*; D014403:Tubocurarine / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic; D014403:Tubocurarine
vernacular_title: Deĭstvie tubokurarina na neaktivirovannye nikotinovye kholinoretseptory neĭronov simpaticheskogo gangliia krysy.