title: Neuropharmacological characterization of voltage-sensitive calcium channels: possible existence of neomycin-sensitive, omega-conotoxin GVIA- and dihydropyridines-resistant calcium channels in the rat brain.
abstract: We attempted to characterize the functional roles of subtypes of voltage-sensitive calcium channels in the brain. The maximal number of [125I]omega-conotoxin GVIA (omega-CTX) binding sites in rat brain associated with N-type calcium channels (N-channels) was approximately 10 times more than that of [3H]-PN200-110 associated with L-type calcium channels (L-channels). [125I]omega-CTX binding was inhibited by aminoglycoside antibiotics, neomycin and dynorphin A(1-13), but not by various classes of L-channel antagonists. A 6-hydroxydopamine-induced lesion of the striatum resulted in a marked reduction of both [125I]-omega-CTX and [3H]PN200-110 binding. Kainic acid-induced lesion of the striatum reduced [3H]PN200-110 binding by 57%, but did not reduce [125I]omega-CTX binding. Omega-CTX produced a small (18%) but significant reduction of potassium-stimulated Ca2+ influx into rat brain synaptosomes, although it produced a concentration-dependent inhibition in chick brain synaptosomes. Neomycin inhibited Ca2+ influx in both preparations in a concentration-dependent manner. Both omega-CTX and neomycin inhibited potassium-stimulated [3H]dopamine (DA) release from rat striatal slices. The L-channel antagonists had no effect on either Ca2+ influx or [3H]DA release. These results suggest that DA release in the striatum is regulated by Ca2+ influx through N-channels located in presynaptic nerve terminals, and that the most of the Ca2+ influx in rat brain appears to be governed by neomycin-sensitive, omega-CTX- and DHP-resistant calcium channels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychopharmacology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Teraoka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nabeshima
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002645:Chickens; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004095:Dihydropyridines / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D017275:Isradipine / Q000378:metabolism; D007608:Kainic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009355:Neomycin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016627:Oxidopamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010455:Peptides / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D020866:omega-Conotoxin GVIA
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D015220:Calcium Channels; D004095:Dihydropyridines; D010455:Peptides; D016627:Oxidopamine; D020866:omega-Conotoxin GVIA; D009355:Neomycin; D007608:Kainic Acid; D002118:Calcium; D004298:Dopamine; D017275:Isradipine