title: Activation of Ca(2+)-dependent K(+) current by nordihydroguaiaretic acid in porcine coronary arterial smooth muscle cells.
abstract: The effects of nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA), a lipoxygenase inhibitor and an antioxidant, on membrane currents were examined in single smooth muscle cells isolated from porcine coronary artery. Spontaneous transient outward currents (STOCs) recorded at -30 mV were markedly enhanced by NDGA (>/=10 microM). Pretreatment with caffeine and ryanodine abolished STOCs and reduced NDGA-induced increase in outward current at -30 mV by approximately 60%. NDGA showed dual action on an outward current elicited by step depolarization from -60 to 0 mV: inhibition and enhancement at concentrations of 3 and >/=10 microM, respectively. In the presence of Cd(2+), the inhibition of outward current by NDGA disappeared and the enhancement remained. NDGA inhibited both the voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channel current (IC(50) = 2.5 microM) and the delayed rectifier K(+) current (IC(50) = 9.8 microM). The NDGA-induced enhancement of STOCs and outward currents on depolarization was abolished by 100 nM iberiotoxin but was not affected by glibenclamide or apamin. Under current clamp mode, 30 microM NDGA significantly hyperpolarized myocytes. The application of lipoxygenase inhibitors (caffeic acid and esculetin), a cyclooxygenase inhibitor (indomethacin), antioxidants (ascorbic acid and erythorbic acid), and structural-related compounds of NDGA (catechol and dopamine) did not enhance K(+) currents. These results indicate that the opening of the large conductance Ca(2+)-dependent K(+) channel by NDGA, which is independent of its lipoxygenase inhibition or antioxidant effect, results in membrane hyperpolarization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nagano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Muraki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imaizumi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000378:metabolism; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D051668:Delayed Rectifier Potassium Channels; D004594:Electrophysiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D051036:Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D009637:Masoprocol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D024681:Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated; D024642:Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated; D012433:Ryanodine / Q000494:pharmacology; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D015220:Calcium Channels; D051668:Delayed Rectifier Potassium Channels; D051036:Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors; D015221:Potassium Channels; D024681:Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated; D024642:Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated; D012433:Ryanodine; D002110:Caffeine; D009637:Masoprocol; D002118:Calcium