title: Peptidyl inhibitors of shaker-type Kv1 channels elicit twitches in guinea pig ileum by blocking kv1.1 at enteric nervous system and enhancing acetylcholine release.
abstract: Potent and selective peptidyl blockers of the Shaker-type (Kv1) voltage-gated potassium channels were used to determine the role of these channels in regulating the spontaneous motility of smooth muscle preparations. Margatoxin (MgTX), kaliotoxin, and agitoxin-2 at 1 to 10 nM and agitoxin-1 at 50 to 100 nM induce twitches in guinea pig ileum strips. These twitches are abolished by tetrodotoxin (TTX, 0.5 microM), atropine (1 microM), hexamethonium (10 microM), or nifedipine (0.1 microM). It is proposed that blockade of Kv1 channels by MgTX, kaliotoxin, or the agitoxins increases excitability of intramural nerve plexuses in the ileum, promoting release of acetylcholine from excitatory motor nerve terminals. This, in turn, leads to Ca2+-dependent action potentials and twitching of the muscle fibers. MgTX does not induce twitches in several other guinea pig and/or rat vascular, genitourinary, or gastrointestinal smooth muscles, although small increases in spontaneous myogenic activity may be seen in detrusor muscle exposed to >30 nM MgTX. This effect is not reversed by TTX or atropine. The TTX- and atropine-sensitive twitches of guinea pig ileum are also induced by nanomolar concentrations of alpha-dendrotoxin, a selective blocker of Shaker Kv1.1 and 1.2 subtypes, or stichodactylatoxin, a peptide isolated from sea anemone that displays high affinity for Kv1.1 and 1.3, but not by charybdotoxin, which blocks Kv1.2 and 1.3 but not 1.1. The data taken together suggest that high-affinity blockade of Kv1.1 underlies the ability of MgTX, kaliotoxin, agitoxin-1, agitoxin-2, alpha-dendrotoxin, and stichodactylatoxin to elicit TTX-sensitive twitches in guinea pig ileum.
authors.affiliation: Coordenação de Pesquisa, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. kurtz@inca.org.br
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Suarez-Kurtz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vianna-Jorge
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Kaczorowski
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology; D017615:Enteric Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D018738:Hexamethonium / Q000494:pharmacology; D007082:Ileum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007537:Isometric Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D051662:Kv1.1 Potassium Channel; D008297:Male; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009498:Neurotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000502:physiology; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D024642:Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012604:Scorpion Venoms / Q000494:pharmacology; D051637:Shaker Superfamily of Potassium Channels; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014118:Toxins, Biological / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D009498:Neurotoxins; D010455:Peptides; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D015221:Potassium Channels; D024642:Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated; D012604:Scorpion Venoms; D051637:Shaker Superfamily of Potassium Channels; D014118:Toxins, Biological; C072276:kaliotoxin; D051662:Kv1.1 Potassium Channel; C087602:agitoxin 1; C087603:agitoxin 2; D018738:Hexamethonium; D013779:Tetrodotoxin; C077910:margatoxin; D001285:Atropine; D009543:Nifedipine; D000109:Acetylcholine