title: Effects of protonophores on membrane electrical characteristics in NG108-15 cells.
abstract: Studies were conducted to determine the effects of bath application of the protonophores carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP) and carbonyl cyanide p-(trifluoromethoxy)-phenylhydrazone (FCCP) on membrane electrical characteristics of differentiated NG108-15 (neuroblastoma X glioma hybrid) cells. Membrane resting potential (Vm), input resistance (R(in)) and electrically induced action potential generation were measured using intracellular micro-electrode techniques. Both compounds produced concentration-dependent depolarization rather than the hyperpolarization commonly found with other central mammalian neurons. CCCP and FCCP also reduced R(in) and disrupted the generation of action potentials in a concentration-dependent manner. The contribution of the observed alterations to the in vivo toxicity of these compounds remains to be established.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacology Division, US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010, USA. jeffrey.doebler@amedd.army.mil
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Doebler
mesh_terms: D002258:Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002259:Carbonyl Cyanide p-Trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D002259:Carbonyl Cyanide p-Trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone; D002258:Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone