Selectivity of (±)-citalopram at nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and different inhibitory mechanisms between habenular ?3?4* and ?9?10 subtypes.
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ABSTRACT: The inhibitory activity of (±)-citalopram on human (h) ?3?4, ?4?2, and ?7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) was determined by Ca2+ influx assays, whereas its effect on rat ?9?10 and mouse habenular ?3?4* AChRs by electrophysiological recordings. The Ca2+ influx results clearly establish that (±)-citalopram inhibits (IC50's in ?M) h?3?4 AChRs (5.1?±?1.3) with higher potency than that for h?7 (18.8?±?1.1) and h?4?2 (19.1?±?4.2) AChRs. This is in agreement with the [3H]imipramine competition binding results indicating that (±)-citalopram binds to imipramine sites at desensitized h?3?4 with >2-fold higher affinity than that for h?4?2. The electrophysiological, molecular docking, and in silico mutation results indicate that (±)-citalopram competitively inhibits r?9?10 AChRs (7.5 ± 0.9) in a voltage-independent manner by interacting mainly with orthosteric sites, whereas it inhibits a homogeneous population of ?3?4* AChRs at MHb (VI) neurons (7.6 ± 1.0) in a voltage-dependent manner by interacting mainly with a luminal site located in the middle of the ion channel, overlapping the imipramine site, which suggests an ion channel blocking mechanism. In conclusion, (±)-citalopram inhibits ?3?4 and ?9?10 AChRs with higher potency compared to other AChRs but by different mechanisms. (±)-Citalopram also inhibits habenular ?3?4*AChRs, supporting the notion that these receptors are important endogenous targets related to their anti-addictive activities.
SUBMITTER: Arias HR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7221482 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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