TY - JOUR
T1 - Extracellular quaternary ammonium blockade of transient receptor potential vanilloid subtype 1 channels expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes
AU - Rivera-Acevedo, Ricardo E
AU - Pless, Stephan Alexander
AU - Schwarz, Stephan K W
AU - Ahern, Christopher A
PY - 2012/12
Y1 - 2012/12
N2 - Transient receptor potential vanilloid subtype 1 (TRPV1) channels are essential nociceptive integrators in primary afferent neurons. These nonselective cation channels are inhibited by local anesthetic compounds through an undefined mechanism. Here, we show that lidocaine inhibits TRPV1 channels expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes, whereas the neutral local anesthetic, benzocaine, does not, suggesting that a titratable amine is required for high-affinity inhibition. Consistent with this possibility, extracellular tetraethylammonium (TEA) and tetramethylammonium application produces potent, voltage-dependent pore block. Alanine substitutions at Phe649 and Glu648, residues in the putative TRPV1 pore region, significantly abrogated the concentration-dependent TEA inhibition. The results suggest that large cations, shown previously to enter cells through activated transient receptor potential channels, can also act as channel blockers.
AB - Transient receptor potential vanilloid subtype 1 (TRPV1) channels are essential nociceptive integrators in primary afferent neurons. These nonselective cation channels are inhibited by local anesthetic compounds through an undefined mechanism. Here, we show that lidocaine inhibits TRPV1 channels expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes, whereas the neutral local anesthetic, benzocaine, does not, suggesting that a titratable amine is required for high-affinity inhibition. Consistent with this possibility, extracellular tetraethylammonium (TEA) and tetramethylammonium application produces potent, voltage-dependent pore block. Alanine substitutions at Phe649 and Glu648, residues in the putative TRPV1 pore region, significantly abrogated the concentration-dependent TEA inhibition. The results suggest that large cations, shown previously to enter cells through activated transient receptor potential channels, can also act as channel blockers.
KW - Anesthetics, Local
KW - Animals
KW - Benzocaine
KW - Capsaicin
KW - Lidocaine
KW - Mutation
KW - Oocytes
KW - Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
KW - TRPV Cation Channels
KW - Tetraethylammonium
KW - Xenopus Proteins
KW - Xenopus laevis
U2 - 10.1124/mol.112.079277
DO - 10.1124/mol.112.079277
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 22956771
SN - 0026-895X
VL - 82
SP - 1129
EP - 1135
JO - Molecular Pharmacology
JF - Molecular Pharmacology
IS - 6
ER -