title: Dual action of the cyclodiene insecticide dieldrin on the gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor-chloride channel complex of rat dorsal root ganglion neurons.
abstract: The gamma-aminobutyric acidA (GABAA) receptor-chloride channel complex is known to be the target site of dieldrin, a cyclodiene insecticide, and lindane. In order to elucidate the mechanisms of dieldrin interaction with the GABA system, whole-cell patch clamp experiments were performed with rat dorsal root ganglion neurons in primary culture. When co-applied with GABA, dieldrin exerted a dual effect on the GABA-induced chloride current. The chloride current induced by 10 microM GABA was greatly enhanced by the first 20-sec co-application with 1 microM dieldrin, but the enhancement subsided during repeated co-applications, and the current was eventually suppressed below the control level. No recovery occurred after a prolonged washing with dieldrin-free solution. Desensitization of the chloride current was accelerated by dieldrin. However, when the period of co-application was limited to 2 sec, which was short enought to avoid desensitization, no suppression of current was observed during repeated co-applications and recovery occurred after washing. The desensitization and suppression occurred with an EC50 of 92 nM, whereas the enhancement required a higher EC50 at 754 nM. The GABA-induced chloride current comprised two components, one with a high sensitivity to dieldrin suppression with an EC50 of 5 nM and the other with a lower sensitivity with an EC50 of 92 nM. Dieldrin exerted its inhibitory effect on the GABA-induced current regardless of the presence or absence of pentobarbital and chlordiazepoxide. However, its effect was attenuated by the presence of picrotoxin. Furthermore, dieldrin suppressed the GABA-induced chloride current in a noncompetitive manner.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Narahashi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002707:Chlordiazepoxide / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D018118:Chloride Channels / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D004026:Dieldrin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010424:Pentobarbital / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D010852:Picrotoxin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002707:Chlordiazepoxide; D018118:Chloride Channels; D004026:Dieldrin; D010424:Pentobarbital; D010852:Picrotoxin; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid