title: 5-HT3 receptors in outside-out patches of N1E-115 neuroblastoma cells: basic properties and effects of pentobarbital.
abstract: A fast solution exchange system (Dilger and Brett, 1990; Biophysics Journal 57: 723-731) with an exchange rate < 1 msec was used to study 5-HT3 (5-HT; 5-hydroxytryptamine) receptor-mediated currents in superfused outside-out patches of N1E-115 mouse neuroblastoma cells. At negative membrane potentials, 5-HT induced inward currents in a concentration-dependent manner (IC50 = 3.8 microM, Hill coefficient = 1.8). The mean peak current at a near-maximally effective 5-HT concentration of 30 microM was 20.6 pA. The 5-HT3 receptor antagonist ondansetron (0.3 nM) reversibly inhibited the 5-HT (30 microM) signal by approximately 50%. The currents induced during application of 30 microM 5-HT for 2 sec were characterized by inward rectification, a monophasic onset (tau ON = 37.5 msec) and, after reaching a peak, a monophasic decay (desensitization; tau OFF = 391 msec). Onset and decay were slower at lower 5-HT concentrations. The recovery of fully desensitized patches required a washout period of 45 sec. Pentobarbital inhibited 5-HT-induced (30 microM) currents in a concentration-dependent manner. The maximally obtainable inhibition with a given pentobarbital concentration was reached already when it was exclusively coapplied with 5-HT (IC50 = 135 microM. Hill coefficient = -0.7), since additional preexposure for at least 45 sec did not alter the concentration-response curve of pentobarbital. In conclusion, outside-out patches of N1E-115 cells are suitable to study the kinetic properties of 5-HT3 receptor channels. The results obtained in this model with pentobarbital are compatible with the suggestion that the inhibitory action of pentobarbital on 5-HT3 receptors is dependent on the agonist-activated (open) channel.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universität Bonn, Germany. barann@mailer.meb.uni-bonn.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Göthert
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bönisch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dybek
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Urban
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004594:Electrophysiology; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D010424:Pentobarbital / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism*; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists; D010424:Pentobarbital