title: Sodium salicylate reduces gamma aminobutyric acid-induced current in rat spinal dorsal horn neurons.
abstract: Sodium salicylate is one of the nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs and is clinically used for antiinflammation and chronic pain relief. In the present study, we investigated the actions of sodium salicylate on gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor (GABA(A)) current in cultured rat spinal dorsal horn neurons. Sodium salicylate was found to reduce GABA(A) current in a reversible and concentration-dependent manner, but did not change its ion selectivity. Sodium salicylate was effective only when GABA and sodium salicylate were applied together. Application of sodium salicylate immediately before, but not during, the application of GABA did not result in a significant reduction of GABA(A) current. Our results demonstrate that sodium salicylate reversibly attenuates the GABA(A) response of dorsal horn neurons, suggesting that GABA(A) receptors in the region are pharmacological targets of sodium salicylate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology and Biophysics, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China.
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Neng
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Tian-Le
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects; D009433:Neural Inhibition / Q000187:drug effects*; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques / Q000379:methods; D020671:Posterior Horn Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects; D051381:Rats; D012980:Sodium Salicylate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D012980:Sodium Salicylate