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Verapamil block of T-type calcium channels.


ABSTRACT: Verapamil is a prototypical phenylalkylamine (PAA), and it was the first calcium channel blocker to be used clinically. It tonically blocks L-type channels in the inner pore with micromolar affinity, and its affinity increases at depolarized membrane potentials. In T-type calcium channels, verapamil blocks with micromolar affinity and has modestly increased affinity at depolarized potentials. We found that a related PAA, 4-desmethoxyverapamil (D888), is comparable with verapamil both in affinity and in state-dependence. Permanently charged verapamil was more effective intracellularly than neutral verapamil. Charged PAAs were able to access their binding site from both inside and outside the cell. Furthermore, membrane-impermeant [2-(trimethylammonium)ethyl]methanethiosulfonate was able to access the inner pore from outside of the cell. We examined a homology model of the T-type calcium channel to look for possible routes of drug entry. Mutation of L1825W produced a channel that was blocked significantly more slowly by charged verapamil from the outside, with an increase in apparent affinity when the drug was applied from the inside. Data suggest that T-type channels have a back pathway through which charged drugs can access the inner pore of the channel without passing through the plasma membrane.

SUBMITTER: Bergson P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3061365 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Verapamil block of T-type calcium channels.

Bergson Pamela P   Lipkind Gregory G   Lee Steven P SP   Duban Mark-Eugene ME   Hanck Dorothy A DA  

Molecular pharmacology 20101213 3


Verapamil is a prototypical phenylalkylamine (PAA), and it was the first calcium channel blocker to be used clinically. It tonically blocks L-type channels in the inner pore with micromolar affinity, and its affinity increases at depolarized membrane potentials. In T-type calcium channels, verapamil blocks with micromolar affinity and has modestly increased affinity at depolarized potentials. We found that a related PAA, 4-desmethoxyverapamil (D888), is comparable with verapamil both in affinity  ...[more]

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