title: Block of P-type Ca2+ channels by the NMDA receptor antagonist eliprodil in acutely dissociated rat Purkinje cells.
abstract: The effect of eliprodil on P-type Ca2+ channels was investigated in acutely dissociated rat Purkinje neurons, by using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. Eliprodil inhibited in a reversible manner the omega-agatoxin-IVA-sensitive Ba2+ current elicited by step depolarizations from a -80 mV holding voltage (IC50 = 1.9 microM). The Ba2+ current showed steady-state inactivation (V1/2 = -61 mV) which was shifted toward more positive values when the intracellular Ca2+ buffering was increased. In these conditions, the potency of eliprodil was decreased (IC50 = 8.2 microM), suggesting a modulation by intracellular Ca2+ of the eliprodil blockade. The potency of eliprodil was not modified at more depolarized holding potentials and was not dependent on the frequency at which the step-depolarizations were applied (0-0.2 Hz) indicating a lack of voltage and use dependence of the eliprodil blockade. When eliprodil was applied in the patch-pipette at a concentration which causes full block when applied externally, the Ba2+ current amplitude was not affected and external application of eliprodil was still efficacious, indicating an extracellular location of the binding site. Analysis of the time course of recovery from Ca2+ channel blockade obtained by concomitant application of eliprodil with Cd2+, omega-agatoxin-IVA or fluspirilene, indicated that these later compounds did not interact with eliprodil, suggesting that eliprodil acts at a different site. These results demonstrate that eliprodil blocks P-type Ca2+ channels in cerebellar Purkinje neurons and suggest that this property may contribute to its neuroprotective activity.
authors.affiliation: CNS Research Department, Synthélabo Recherche, Bagneux, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Biton
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Granger
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Depoortere
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Scatton
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Avenet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000187:drug effects; D002104:Cadmium / Q000494:pharmacology; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D004594:Electrophysiology; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005484:Fluspirilene / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D010880:Piperidines / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011689:Purkinje Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D012996:Solutions; D013111:Spider Venoms / Q000494:pharmacology; D020867:omega-Agatoxin IVA
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D010880:Piperidines; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D012996:Solutions; D013111:Spider Venoms; D020867:omega-Agatoxin IVA; D002104:Cadmium; D005484:Fluspirilene; C058083:eliprodil