Chen Linyi, Cho Hsin-Yen, Chuang Tzu-Hsien, Ke Ting-Ling, Wu Sheng-Nan
Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan.
Department of Medical Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan.
Biomedicines. 2022 Mar 27;10(4):780. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines10040780.
Isoplumbagin (isoPLB, 5-hydroxy-3-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone), a naturally occurring quinone, has been observed to exercise anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and antineoplastic activities. Notably, whether and how isoPLB, plumbagin (PLB), or other related compounds impact transmembrane ionic currents is not entirely clear. In this study, during GH-cell exposure to isoPLB, the peak and sustained components of an ( related gene)-mediated K current () evoked with long-lasting-step hyperpolarization were concentration-dependently decreased, with a concomitant increase in the decaying time constant of the deactivating current. The presence of isoPLB led to a differential reduction in the peak and sustained components of deactivating with effective IC values of 18.3 and 2.4 μM, respectively, while the value according to the minimum binding scheme was estimated to be 2.58 μM. Inhibition by isoPLB of was not reversed by diazoxide; however, further addition of isoPLB, during the continued exposure to 4,4'-dithiopyridine, did not suppress further. The recovery of by a two-step voltage pulse with a geometric progression was slowed in the presence of isoPLB, and the decaying rate of activated by the envelope-of-tail method was increased in its presence. The strength of the hysteresis in response to an inverted isosceles-triangular ramp pulse was diminished by adding isoPLB. A mild inhibition of the delayed-rectifier K current () produced by the presence of isoPLB was seen in GH cells, while minimal changes in the magnitude of the voltage-gated Na current were demonstrated in its presence. Moreover, the identified in MA-10 Leydig tumor cells was blocked by adding isoPLB. Therefore, the effects of isoPLB or PLB on ionic currents (e.g., and ) demonstrated herein would be upstream of our previously reported perturbations on mitochondrial morphogenesis or respiration. Taken together, the perturbations of ionic currents by isoPLB or PLB demonstrated herein are likely to contribute to the underlying mechanism through which they, or other structurally similar compounds, result in adjustments in the functional activities of different neoplastic cells (e.g., GH and MA-10 cells), presuming that similar in vivo observations occur.
异补骨脂素(isoPLB,5-羟基-3-甲基-1,4-萘醌)是一种天然存在的醌类化合物,已被观察到具有抗炎、抗菌和抗肿瘤活性。值得注意的是,isoPLB、补骨脂素(PLB)或其他相关化合物是否以及如何影响跨膜离子电流尚不完全清楚。在本研究中,在生长激素(GH)细胞暴露于isoPLB的过程中,由长时程阶跃超极化诱发的内向整流钾电流(IKir)的峰值和持续成分呈浓度依赖性降低,同时失活电流的衰减时间常数增加。isoPLB的存在导致失活IKir的峰值和持续成分分别以18.3和2.4 μM的有效半数抑制浓度(IC)值出现差异降低,而根据最小结合方案估算的解离常数(Kd)值为2.58 μM。isoPLB对IKir的抑制作用不能被二氮嗪逆转;然而,在持续暴露于4,4'-二硫代吡啶的过程中进一步添加isoPLB,并未进一步抑制IKir。在isoPLB存在的情况下,通过几何级数的双步电压脉冲恢复IKir的过程减慢,并且通过尾电流包络法激活的IKir的衰减速率增加。添加isoPLB可减弱对倒等腰三角形斜坡脉冲响应的IKir滞后强度。在GH细胞中观察到isoPLB的存在对延迟整流钾电流(IK)产生轻度抑制,而在其存在的情况下电压门控钠电流的幅度变化极小。此外,在MA-10 Leydig肿瘤细胞中鉴定出的IKir被添加isoPLB所阻断。因此,本文所证明的isoPLB或PLB对离子电流(例如IKir和IK)的影响可能在我们先前报道的对线粒体形态发生或呼吸的扰动的上游。综上所述,本文所证明的isoPLB或PLB对离子电流的扰动可能有助于解释它们或其他结构相似的化合物导致不同肿瘤细胞(例如GH和MA-10细胞)功能活动调整的潜在机制,前提是在体内发生类似的观察结果。