Block of sodium currents in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons by diphenhydramine |
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Authors: | Kim Y S Shin Y K Lee C Song J |
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Affiliation: | Department of Pharmacology, Chung-Ang University, College of Medicine, 221 Heuk-Suk Dong, 156-756, Seoul, South Korea. |
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Abstract: | To elucidate the local anesthetic mechanism of diphenhydramine, its effects on tetrodotoxin-sensitive (TTX-S) and tetrodotoxin-resistant (TTX-R) sodium currents in rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons were examined by the whole-cell voltage clamp method. Diphenhydramine blocked TTX-S and TTX-R sodium currents with K(d) values of 48 and 86 microM, respectively, at a holding potential of -80 mV. It shifted the conductance-voltage curve for TTX-S sodium currents in the depolarizing direction but had little effect on that for TTX-R sodium currents. Diphenhydramine caused a shift of the steady-state inactivation curve for both types of sodium currents in the hyperpolarizing direction. The time-dependent inactivation became faster and the recovery from the inactivation was slowed by diphenhydramine in both types of sodium currents. Diphenhydramine produced a profound use-dependent block when the cells were repeatedly stimulated with high-frequency depolarizing pulses. The use-dependent block was more pronounced in TTX-R sodium currents. The results show that diphenhydramine blocks sodium channels of sensory neurons similarly to local anesthetics. |
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Keywords: | Diphenhydramine Local anesthetic Sodium channel Dorsal root ganglion Patch clamp |
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