Enhanced neuronal K+conductance: a possible common mechanism for sedative-hypnotic drug action
作者:
P. L. Carlen,
N. Gurevich,
M. F. Davies,
T. J. Blaxter,
M. O'Beirne,
期刊:
Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
(NRC Available online 1985)
卷期:
Volume 63,
issue 7
页码: 831-837
ISSN:0008-4212
年代: 1985
DOI:10.1139/y85-137
出版商: NRC Research Press
数据来源: NRC
摘要:
It is commonly thought that central nervous system depressant drugs exert their actions through enhancement of γ-aminobutyrate (GABA)-mediated mechanisms. Recently, the cellular electrophysiological evidence from this laboratory and others suggests that both sedative hypnotics and general anaesthetics inhibit central neurons by increasing potassium conductance (GK). We have utilized the mammalian in vitro hippocampal and cerebellar slice preparations at 34 – 36 °C. Intracellular recordings from CA1, CA3, and cerebellar Purkinje cells were obtained. Low dose (sedative) concentrations of ethanol (≤20 mM), two different benzodiazepines (midazolam and clonazepam in low nanomolar concentrations), and pentobarbital (10−6to 10−4 M) were applied by pressure ejection or were bath perfused. All drugs caused a hyperpolarization with decreased spontaneous activity, and enhanced post spike afterhyperpolarizations (AHPs). These long-lasting AHPs are presumably due to enhanced calcium-mediatedGK. Increased responsiveness to focally applied GABA was only seen at higher doses (ethanol, 100 mM; midazolam, 10−7 M; pentobarbital, 10−4 M). These data suggest that the above neurodepressant drugs, when applied at sedative doses to hippocampal pyramidal cells, enhanceGKand not the actions of GABA.
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