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 language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 305-309 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology |
| Volume | 374 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2007 |
Bibliographical note
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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