title: Uncoupling by (--)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate of ATP-sensitive potassium channels from phosphatidylinositol polyphosphates and ATP.
abstract: Of green tea catechins, (--)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) and (--)-epicatechin-3-gallate (ECG), but not (--)-epicatechin and (--)-epigallocatechin, inhibit the activity of ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels at tens of micromolar concentrations, ECG being three times more effective than EGCG. Further, we found that by using cloned beta cell-type K(ATP) channels, only EGCG at 1 microM, a readily achievable plasma concentration by oral intake in humans, but not other epicatechins, significantly blocked channel reactivation after ATP wash-out, suggesting that interaction of phosphatidylinositol polyphosphates (PIP) with the channel was impaired by EGCG. In addition, a 10-fold higher concentration of EGCG reduced the channel sensitivity to ATP, but not AMP and ADP. This effect of EGCG was greater in the channel with the sulfonylurea receptor (SUR) than with the inwardly rectifying K(+) channel (Kir6.2) alone. Neomycin, a polycation, profoundly suppressed the effect of EGCG. Expectedly, glucose-stimulated cytosolic Ca(2+) elevation in rat pancreatic beta cells, and insulin secretory responses to high glucose loading in vivo were impaired by EGCG. In rabbit cardiac myocytes, dinitrophenol-induced opening of the channel was delayed by 1 microM EGCG. These results suggest that EGCG may interact with PIP-binding sites on the Kir6.2 subunit. SUR further endows EGCG with an ability to interfere with an interaction of the gamma-phosphate tail of ATP with Kir6.2. The specificity of EGCG possibly implies that 5'-OH of the B-ring on the pyrogallol moiety in the EGCG molecule may be critical for these actions of EGCG on the K(ATP) channel.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Chronic Disease Research Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, 194 Dongsan-Dong, Jung-Gu, Daegu 700-712, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jun-Yup
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Sung-Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jae-Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Ho-Chan
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Jeong-Geun
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Won Sun
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Jin Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Dae-Kyu
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000187:drug effects; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002392:Catechin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D050417:Insulin-Secreting Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D015394:Molecular Structure; D027425:ATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family C Proteins / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009355:Neomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D009865:Oocytes; D018129:Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011955:Receptors, Drug / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D064233:Sulfonylurea Receptors; D014982:Xenopus laevis; D000099161:Kcnj11 Channel
chemical_list: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D001786:Blood Glucose; D002118:Calcium; D002392:Catechin; D007328:Insulin; D027425:ATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family C Proteins; D009355:Neomycin; D018129:Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D015221:Potassium Channels; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; D011955:Receptors, Drug; D064233:Sulfonylurea Receptors; D000099161:Kcnj11 Channel; C045651:epigallocatechin gallate