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J Neurophysiol 66: 1329-1337, 1991;
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Journal of Neurophysiology, Vol 66, Issue 4 1329-1337, Copyright © 1991 by APS

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Inhibition of 5-HT3 receptor-mediated ion current by divalent metal cations in NCB-20 neuroblastoma cells

D. M. Lovinger
Unit of Synaptic Pharmacology, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

1. The effect of micromolar concentrations of divalent metal cations on ion current activated by 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) was investigated in NCB-20 neuroblastoma cells by the use of the whole-cell, patch-clamp technique. 2. Ion current activated by 5-HT in these cells was mimicked by 5-HT3 receptor agonists, blocked by nanomolar concentrations of selective 5-HT3 receptor antagonists and reversed polarity at approximately 0 mV. These properties indicate that this current is carried primarily if not exclusively by the nonspecific cation channel activated by the 5-HT3 receptor. 3. The Group IIb metal cations Cd2+ and Zn2+ and the Group Ib cation Cu2+ inhibited 5-HT-activated current with inhibition increasing in a concentration-dependent manner over micromolar concentrations of the ions. The order of potency of the ions for inhibiting 5-HT-activated current was Zn2+ (IC50 = 20 microM) greater than or equal to Cu2+ (IC50 = 25 microM) greater than Cd2+ (IC50 = 75 microM) at -50 mV. The other divalent metal cations tested (Ba2+, Co2+, Mg2+, Mn2+, and Ni2+) produced little or no inhibition of 5-HT-activated current at concentrations up to 200 microM. 4. Inhibition of 5-HT-activated current by Cd2+ and Zn2+ was dependent on membrane potential with the Kd increasing e-fold per 72 and 52 mV, respectively. Inhibition by Cu2+ was much less voltage dependent with the Kd increasing e-fold per 233 mV. 5. Inhibition by all three cations decreased with increasing concentration of agonist over a range of 5-HT concentrations from 1 to 10 microM.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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