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Functional, electrophysiological and molecular docking analysis of the modulation of Cav 1.2 channels in rat vascular myocytes by murrayafoline A.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The carbazole alkaloid murrayafoline A (MuA) enhances contractility and the Ca(2+) currents carried by the Cav 1.2 channels [ICa1.2 ] of rat cardiomyocytes. As only few drugs stimulate ICa1.2 , this study was designed to analyse the effects of MuA on vascular Cav 1.2 channels. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Vascular activity was assessed on rat aorta rings mounted in organ baths. Cav 1.2 Ba(2+) current [IBa1.2 ] was recorded in single rat aorta and tail artery myocytes by the patch-clamp technique. Docking at a 3D model of the rat, ?1c central pore subunit of the Cav 1.2 channel was simulated in silico. KEY RESULTS:In rat aorta rings MuA, at concentrations ?14.2 ?M, increased 30 mM K(+) -induced tone and shifted the concentration-response curve to K(+) to the left. Conversely, at concentrations >14.2 ?M, it relaxed high K(+) depolarized rings and antagonized Bay K 8644-induced contraction. In single myocytes, MuA stimulated IBa1.2 in a concentration-dependent, bell-shaped manner; stimulation was stable, incompletely reversible upon drug washout and accompanied by a leftward shift of the voltage-dependent activation curve. MuA docked at the ?1C subunit central pore differently from nifedipine and Bay K 8644, although apparently interacting with the same amino acids of the pocket. Neither Bay K 8644-induced stimulation nor nifedipine-induced block of IBa1.2 was modified by MuA. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS:Murrayafoline A is a naturally occurring vasoactive agent able to modulate Cav 1.2 channels and dock at the ?1C subunit central pore in a manner that differed from that of dihydropyridines.

SUBMITTER: Saponara S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5341225 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Functional, electrophysiological and molecular docking analysis of the modulation of Cav 1.2 channels in rat vascular myocytes by murrayafoline A.

Saponara S S Durante M M Spiga O O Mugnai P P Sgaragli G G Huong T T TT Khanh P N PN Son N T NT Cuong N M NM Fusi F F

British journal of pharmacology 20151223 2

<h4>Background and purpose</h4>The carbazole alkaloid murrayafoline A (MuA) enhances contractility and the Ca(2+) currents carried by the Cav 1.2 channels [ICa1.2 ] of rat cardiomyocytes. As only few drugs stimulate ICa1.2 , this study was designed to analyse the effects of MuA on vascular Cav 1.2 channels.<h4>Experimental approach</h4>Vascular activity was assessed on rat aorta rings mounted in organ baths. Cav 1.2 Ba(2+) current [IBa1.2 ] was recorded in single rat aorta and tail artery myocyt ...[more]

PMID: 26493241

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Functional, electrophysiological and molecular docking analysis of the modulation of Cav 1.2 channels in rat vascular myocytes by murrayafoline A.

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Functional, electrophysiological and molecular docking analysis of the modulation of Cav 1.2 channels in rat vascular myocytes by murrayafoline A.

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