title: Kava extract ingredients, (+)-methysticin and (+/-)-kavain inhibit voltage-operated Na(+)-channels in rat CA1 hippocampal neurons.
abstract: The action of synthetic kava pyrones, (+)-methysticin and (+/-)-kavain, on voltage-operated Na(+)-channels was studied in whole-cell patch-clamped CA1 hippocampal neurons. In doses of 1-400 microM, both compounds exerted a rapid and reversible inhibition of the peak amplitude of Na(+)-currents. Shifting holding membrane potential (Vhold) to more positive values enhanced their blocking effect. The drugs studied did not demonstrate use-dependent properties at 10 Hz stimulation but shifted H infinity curve toward more negative potentials, accelerated time-course of inactivation and slowed down the recovery from inactivation. Voltage-dependence of Na(+)-channel inhibition can be explained by interaction of (+)-methysticin and (+/-)-kavain with resting closed and inactivated states of Na(+)-channel.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular Membranology, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Kyiv, Ukraine.
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Magura
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Kopanitsa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gleitz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Krishtal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects*; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011714:Pyrans / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011753:Pyrones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D011714:Pyrans; D011753:Pyrones; D015222:Sodium Channels; C076881:methysticin; C011889:kavain