Terstappen Georg C, Pellacani Annalisa, Aldegheri Laura, Graziani Francesca, Carignani Corrado, Pula Giordano, Virginio Caterina
GlaxoSmithKline, Medicines Research Centre, Via A Fleming 4, 37135 Verona, Italy.
Neurosci Lett. 2003 Jul 31;346(1-2):85-8. doi: 10.1016/s0304-3940(03)00574-3.
The effects of fluoxetine (Prozac) on the activity of human small-conductance calcium-activated potassium (SK) channels were investigated utilizing a functional fluorescence assay with bis-(1,3-dibutylbarbituric acid)trimethine oxonol (DiBAC(4)(3)). Fluoxetine blocked SK channels stably expressed in HEK 293 cells in a concentration-dependent manner displaying half-maximal inhibitory concentrations (IC(50)) of 9 microM for hSK1, 7 microM for hSK2 and 20 microM for hSK3. The block of hSK3 channels was confirmed by whole cell patch-clamp recordings of the recombinant cells and human TE 671 cells. Fluoxetine also inhibited [(125)I]apamin binding in a concentration-dependent manner displaying IC(50) values of 63 microM for hSK1, 148 microM for hSK2 and 295 microM for hSK3. These results provide new information concerning the mechanism of therapeutic and/or side effects of one of the most widely used antidepressant drugs.
利用双(1,3 - 二丁基巴比妥酸)三甲川草酚菁(DiBAC(4)(3))的功能性荧光测定法,研究了氟西汀(百忧解)对人小电导钙激活钾(SK)通道活性的影响。氟西汀以浓度依赖性方式稳定阻断在HEK 293细胞中稳定表达的SK通道,对hSK1的半数最大抑制浓度(IC(50))为9 microM,对hSK2为7 microM,对hSK3为20 microM。通过重组细胞和人TE 671细胞的全细胞膜片钳记录证实了hSK3通道的阻断。氟西汀还以浓度依赖性方式抑制[(125)I]蜂毒明肽结合,对hSK1的IC(50)值为63 microM,对hSK2为148 microM,对hSK3为295 microM。这些结果为最广泛使用的抗抑郁药物之一的治疗和/或副作用机制提供了新信息。