title: Analysis of the action of lidocaine on insect sodium channels.
abstract: A new class of sodium channel blocker insecticides (SCBIs), which include indoxacarb, its active metabolite, DCJW, and metaflumizone, preferably block inactivated states of both insect and mammalian sodium channels in a manner similar to that by which local anesthetic (LA) drugs block mammalian sodium channels. A recent study showed that two residues in the cockroach sodium channel, F1817 and Y1824, corresponding to two key LA-interacting residues identified in mammalian sodium channels are not important for the action of SCBIs on insect sodium channels, suggesting unique interactions of SCBIs with insect sodium channels. However, the mechanism of action of LAs on insect sodium channels has not been investigated. In this study, we examined the effects of lidocaine on a cockroach sodium channel variant, BgNa(v)1-1a, and determined whether F1817 and Y1824 are also critical for the action of LAs on insect sodium channels. Lidocaine blocked BgNa(v)1-1a channels in the resting state with potency similar to that observed in mammalian sodium channels. Lidocaine also stabilized both fast-inactivated and slow-inactivated states of BgNa(v)1-1a channels, and caused a limited degree of use- and frequency-dependent block, major characteristics of LA action on mammalian sodium channels. Alanine substitutions of F1817 and Y1824 reduced the sensitivity of the BgNa(v)1-1a channel to the use-dependent block by lidocaine, but not to tonic blocking and inactivation stabilizing effects of lidocaine. Thus, similar to those on mammalian sodium channels, F1817 and Y1824 are important for the action of lidocaine on cockroach sodium channels. Our results suggest that the receptor sites for lidocaine and SCBIs are different on insect sodium channels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Genetics and Neuroscience Programs, Michigan State University, 106 CIPS, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
authors.forename: Weizhong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Kristopher S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Silver
authors.forename: Yuzhe
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Zhiqi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dong
mesh_terms: D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D003058:Cockroaches / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005260:Female; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D007306:Insecticides / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D007700:Kinetics; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009865:Oocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D026941:Sodium Channel Blockers / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014982:Xenopus laevis
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D019476:Insect Proteins; D007306:Insecticides; D026941:Sodium Channel Blockers; D015222:Sodium Channels; D008012:Lidocaine