title: Non-specific action of methoxamine on Ito, and the cloned channels hKv 1.5 and Kv 4.2.
abstract: The alpha1-adrenoceptor agonist methoxamine acted independently of receptor activation to reduce Ito and the sustained outward current in rat ventricular myocytes, and hKv 1.5 and Kv 4.2 cloned K+ channel currents. Two hundred microM methoxamine reduced Ito by 36% in the presence of 2 microM prazosin, and by 37 and 38% after preincubation of myocytes with either N-ethylmaleimide or phenoxybenzamine (n=6). The EC50 values at +60 mV for direct reduction of Ito, hKv 1.5, and Kv 4.2 by methoxamine were 239, 276, and 363 microM, respectively, with Hill coefficients of 0.87-1.5. Methoxamine accelerated Ito and Kv 4.2 current inactivation in a concentration- and voltage-dependent manner. Apparent rate constants for methoxamine binding and unbinding gave Kd values in agreement with EC50 values measured from dose-response relations. The voltage-dependence of block supported charged methoxamine binding to a putative intracellular site that sensed approximately 20% of the transmembrane electrical field. In the presence of methoxamine, deactivating Kv 4.2 tail currents displayed a distinct rising phase, and were slowed relative to control, such that tail current crossover was observed. These observations support a dominant mechanism of open channel block, although closed channel block could not be ruled out. Single-channel data from hKv 1.5 patches revealed increased closed times with blank sweeps and decreased burst duration in the presence of drug, and a reduction of mean channel open time from 1.8 ms in control to 0.4 ms in 500 microM methoxamine. For this channel, therefore, both open and closed channel block appeared to be important mechanisms for the action of methoxamine.
authors: Department of Physiology, Queen's University Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Parker
authors: Q
authors: Q
authors: Li
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Fedida
mesh_terms: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005033:Ethylmaleimide / Q000494:pharmacology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D051666:Kv1.5 Potassium Channel; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D008729:Methoxamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology; D010643:Phenoxybenzamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D024642:Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated; D011224:Prazosin / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D051672:Shal Potassium Channels; D016276:Ventricular Function
chemical_list: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; C496981:KCNA5 protein, human; C496983:Kcna5 protein, rat; D051666:Kv1.5 Potassium Channel; D015221:Potassium Channels; D024642:Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D051672:Shal Potassium Channels; D010643:Phenoxybenzamine; D010656:Phenylephrine; D008729:Methoxamine; D005033:Ethylmaleimide; D011224:Prazosin