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Ca_v 1.3-selective inhibitors of voltage-gated L-type Ca²⁺ channels: Fact or (still) fiction?

ABSTRACT: Voltage-gated L-type Ca²⁺ -channels (LTCCs) are the target of Ca²⁺ -channel blockers (CCBs), which are in clinical use for the evidence-based treatment of hypertension and angina. Their cardiovascular effects are largely mediated by the Ca_v 1.2-subtype. However, based on our current understanding of their physiological and pathophysiological roles, Ca_v 1.3 LTCCs also appear as attractive drug targets for the therapy of various diseases, including treatment-resistant hypertension, spasticity after spinal cord injury and neuroprotection in Parkinson's disease. Since CCBs inhibit both Ca_v 1.2 and Ca_v 1.3, Ca_v 1.3-selective inhibitors would be valuable tools to validate the therapeutic potential of Ca_v 1.3 channel inhibition in preclinical models. Despite a number of publications reporting the discovery of Ca_v 1.3-selective blockers, their selectivity remains controversial. We conclude that at present no pharmacological tools exist that are suitable to confirm or refute a role of Ca_v 1.3 channels in cellular responses. We also suggest essential criteria for a small molecule to be considered Ca_v 1.3-selective.

SUBMITTER: Filippini L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10953394 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cav 1.3-selective inhibitors of voltage-gated L-type Ca2+ channels: Fact or (still) fiction?

Filippini Ludovica L Ortner Nadine J NJ Kaserer Teresa T Striessnig Jörg J

British journal of pharmacology 20230314 10

Voltage-gated L-type Ca2+ -channels (LTCCs) are the target of Ca2+ -channel blockers (CCBs), which are in clinical use for the evidence-based treatment of hypertension and angina. Their cardiovascular effects are largely mediated by the Cav 1.2-subtype. However, based on our current understanding of their physiological and pathophysiological roles, Cav 1.3 LTCCs also appear as attractive drug targets for the therapy of various diseases, including treat ...[more]

PMID: 36788128

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