title: Differential block of two types of sodium channels by anticonvulsants.
abstract: The differential effects of the anticonvulsants phenytoin and carbamazepine on the sodium channels of rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons were studied using the patch clamp technique. The action potentials from tetrodotoxin-resistant (TTX-R) cells were less sensitive to phenytoin and carbamazepine than those from tetrodotoxin-sensitive (TTX-S) cells. The steady-state inactivation curve for TTX-S sodium channels was shifted by as much as 20.6 mV and 11.4 mV by phenytoin and carbamazepine at 300 microM, respectively, yet the curve for TTX-R sodium channels was shifted only by 6.0 mV and 6.9 mV, respectively. Thus, the differential action potential block of TTX-S and TTX-R cells by phenytoin and carbamazepine is due to different voltage dependence of and differential drug effects on the inactivation kinetics of two types of sodium channels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: J Z
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Narahashi
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010672:Phenytoin / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D015222:Sodium Channels; D002220:Carbamazepine; D013779:Tetrodotoxin; D010672:Phenytoin