title: Electrophysiological and radioligand binding studies of elgodipine and derivatives in portal vein myocytes.
abstract: The effects of a novel dihydropyridine, elgodipine, and of three derivatives have been studied on the calcium channel currents of isolated cells from rat portal vein by the patch-clamp technique, and on specific (+)-[3H]isradipine binding to vascular membranes. Elgodipine inhibited both T- and L-type calcium channels in a concentration-dependent manner. Half-inhibitions of T- and L-type calcium channel current were obtained at concentrations of 32 and 2.3 nM, respectively. Currents activated repetitively were similarly inhibited than those after a rest period, indicating absence of use-dependent inhibition by elgodipine. When cells were held at depolarized membrane potentials at which T- or L-type calcium channels were inactivated, the inhibitory effects of elgodipine were enhanced on both calcium channel currents, indicating that the elgodipine-induced inhibition was voltage-dependent. The elgodipine concentration which blocked the inactivated calcium channels were 5 to 7 times lower than those which blocked the resting calcium channels. The inhibition constant for elgodipine obtained from the displacement of (+)-[3H]isradipine binding to the L-type calcium channels in vascular membranes was identical to the dissociation constant calculated from electrophysiological data on inactivated calcium channels. At concentrations that completely inhibited calcium channels, elgodipine had no effect on chloride and potassium channels, and did not interfere with the intracellular calcium stores.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Pharmacologie Moléculaire, URA CNRS 1489, Université de Bordeaux II, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lepretre
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arnaudeau
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mironneau
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rakotoarisoa
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mironneau
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galiano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects; D018118:Chloride Channels / Q000187:drug effects; D004095:Dihydropyridines / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D017275:Isradipine / Q000378:metabolism; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000187:drug effects; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000187:drug effects; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D051381:Rats; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D015220:Calcium Channels; D018118:Chloride Channels; D004095:Dihydropyridines; D015221:Potassium Channels; C063839:elgodipine; D017275:Isradipine