Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Channels (Austin). 2012 Nov-Dec;6(6):438-42. doi: 10.4161/chan.22209. Epub 2012 Sep 18.
ZD7288 has been widely used as a tool in the study of hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated channels (HCN channels), and to test the relationships between HCN channels and heart and brain function. ZD7288 is widely considered a selective blocker of HCN currents. Here we show that ZD7288 inhibits not only HCN channel currents, but also Na(+) currents in DRG neurons and ZD7288 was confirmed to inhibit Na(+) current in HEK293 cells transfected with Na(v)1.4 plasmids. Thus our findings challenge the view that ZD7288 is a selective blocker of HCN channels. Conclusions about the role of NCN channels in neuronal function should be re-evaluated if based exclusively on the effect of ZD7288.
ZD7288 已被广泛用作研究超极化激活环核苷酸门控通道(HCN 通道)的工具,并用于测试 HCN 通道与心脏和大脑功能之间的关系。ZD7288 被广泛认为是 HCN 电流的选择性阻断剂。在这里,我们表明 ZD7288 不仅抑制 HCN 通道电流,还抑制 DRG 神经元中的钠离子电流,并且在转染 Na(v)1.4 质粒的 HEK293 细胞中证实 ZD7288 抑制钠离子电流。因此,我们的发现挑战了 ZD7288 是 HCN 通道选择性阻断剂的观点。如果基于 ZD7288 的作用来评估 NCN 通道在神经元功能中的作用,那么应该重新评估。