title: Inhibitory action of protein kinase Cbeta inhibitor on tetrodotoxin-resistant Na+ current in small dorsal root ganglion neurons in diabetic rats.
abstract: Experimental evidence has been presented to suggest that protein kinase Cbeta isoform-selective inhibitor LY333531 is effective at alleviating diabetic hyperalgesia. In the present study, we isolated small (< or =25 microm in soma diameter) dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons from control and streptozocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats, and examined the acute action of LY333531 (1-1000 nM) on the tetrodotoxin-resistant Na(+) current (TTX-R I(Na)), which plays an essential role in transmitting nociceptive impulses, using the whole-cell patch-clamp method. TTX-R I(Na) in diabetic DRG neurons was enhanced in amplitude (71.5+/-3.6pA/pF, n=10 versus 41.2+/-3.3pA/pF, n=8) and was activated at more negative potentials (V(1/2), -15.1+/-1.3 mV versus -9.6+/-1.4 mV), compared with that in control neurons. Bath application of LY333531 acutely inhibited TTX-R I(Na) in both control and diabetic DRG neurons, and the degree of inhibition by the drug at concentrations of 1, 10 and 100 nM was significantly greater in diabetic DRG neurons than in control DRG neurons. Thus, TTX-R I(Na), which is upregulated in the diabetic state, is likely to be more potently inhibited by submicromolar concentrations of LY333531. These results suggest that an acute inhibition of TTX-R I(Na) by LY333531 attenuates the exaggerated excitability of DRG neurons in the diabetic state, which appears to be related at least partly to anti-hyperalgesic actions of the drug in diabetic neuropathy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan.
authors.forename: Fumiko
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hayase
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sanada
authors.forename: Kanako
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitada-Hamada
authors.forename: Mariko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Omatsu-Kanbe
authors.forename: Kengo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Atsunori
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kashiwagi
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yasuda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000150:complications; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008301:Maleimides / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D064546:Protein Kinase C beta; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D026941:Sodium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007211:Indoles; D008301:Maleimides; D026941:Sodium Channel Blockers; D015222:Sodium Channels; D013779:Tetrodotoxin; C099154:ruboxistaurin; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D064546:Protein Kinase C beta