title: Activation of inwardly rectifying potassium channels (GIRK1) by co-expressed rat brain cannabinoid receptors in Xenopus oocytes.
abstract: The neuronal cannabinoid receptor clone was expressed of saturable [3H]WIN 55,212-2 binding sites. Co-expression of the cannabinoid receptor with cRNA coding for the G-protein-gated inwardly rectifying K+ channel (GIRK1) resulted in oocytes exhibiting large inward K+ currents in response to the cannabinoid agonist WIN 55,212-2. The activation of the potassium current by WIN 55,212-2 was dose-dependent with an EC50 of 630 nM. These results suggest that activation of inwardly rectifying K+ channels may be an additional effector mechanism for brain cannabinoid receptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chavkin
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D048588:Benzoxazines; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000502:physiology; D007700:Kinetics; D009025:Morpholines / Q000494:pharmacology; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D009865:Oocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D018075:RNA, Complementary / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D043882:Receptors, Cannabinoid; D011955:Receptors, Drug / Q000819:agonists / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D014981:Xenopus
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D048588:Benzoxazines; D009025:Morpholines; D009281:Naphthalenes; D015221:Potassium Channels; D018075:RNA, Complementary; D043882:Receptors, Cannabinoid; D011955:Receptors, Drug; C070417:(3R)-((2,3-dihydro-5-methyl-3-((4-morpholinyl)methyl)pyrrolo-(1,2,3-de)-1,4-benzoxazin-6-yl)(1-naphthalenyl))methanone; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins