title: [Effect of SO2 derivatives on sodium currents in acutely isolated rat hippocampal CA1 neurons].
abstract: The effect of SO2 derivatives on Na(+) currents was studied in freshly dissociated hippocampal CA1 neurons of rat using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. The results indicated that SO2 derivatives caused a dose-dependent and voltage-dependent increase in the voltage-activated Na+ currents. The amplitudes of Na(+) currents were increased by 50.59 19.08% and 82.06 18.51% (n=15)by SO2 derivatives at 10 and 100 micromol/L, respectively. The action was frequency-independent. The results also showed that SO2 derivatives did not affect the activation process, but changed the inactivation process significantly. Before and after application of 10 micromol/L SO2 derivatives, the half-inactivation voltage was -69.71+/-4.67 and -53.27+/-4.95 mV (n=10, P<0.01), respectively, but the slope factor was not changed. These results imply that SO2 derivatives have neurotoxic effects and that SO2 pollution is probably related to some diseases of central neuronal system.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Environmental Medicine and Toxicology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China. zqmeng@sxu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Zi-Qiang
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Nan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013447:Sulfites / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D015222:Sodium Channels; D013447:Sulfites