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Open channel block of Kv1.3 by rosiglitazone and troglitazone: Kv1.3 as the pharmacological target for rosiglitazone

  • Hye Sook Ahn
  • , Sung Eun Kim
  • , Hyun Jong Jang
  • , Myung Jun Kim
  • , Duck Joo Rhie
  • , Shin Hee Yoon
  • , Yang Hyeok Jo
  • , Myung Suk Kim
  • , Ki Wug Sung
  • , Seong Yun Kim
  • , Sang June Hahn
  • The Catholic University of Korea

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Abstract

The effects of rosiglitazone and troglitazone were examined on cloned Kv1.3 channels stably expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells using the whole-cell configuration of the patch-clamp technique. Rosiglitazone decreased the Kv1.3 currents and accelerated the decay rate of current inactivation in a concentration-dependent manner with an IC50 of 18.6 μM. These effects were reversible after washout of the drug. Troglitazone caused the block of Kv1.3 with a similar pattern but was five times more potent than rosiglitazone with an IC50 of 3.5 μM. The block of Kv1.3 by rosiglitazone and troglitazone was voltage-dependent at a membrane potential coinciding with the activation of the channels. Both drugs decreased the tail current amplitude and slowed the deactivation process of Kv1.3, resulting in a tail crossover phenomenon. These results indicate that rosiglitazone and troglitazone block the open state of Kv1.3 channels, suggesting that it is an important pharmacological target for rosiglitazone as a potent blocker of Kv1.3 channels.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)305-309
Number of pages5
JournalNaunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology
Volume374
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2007

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Funding Information:
Acknowledgements We thank Dr. Kaczmarek (Yale University School of Medicine, USA) for the Kv1.3 transfected CHO cells. This work was supported by a grant from the Medical Research Center, Korea Science and Engineering Foundation, Republic of Korea (R13-2002-005-01002-0).

Keywords

  • Insulin sensitizer
  • Thiazolidinedione
  • Voltage-gated K channel

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