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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-12
pubmed:abstractText
Changes in redox state are involved in several physiological and pathophysiological processes. Previous experiments have demonstrated that nitric oxide can function as a reactive oxygen species, inhibiting neuronal sodium currents by nitrosylation of thiol residues. We hypothesized that nitric oxide and thiol oxidizers similarly modulate voltage-dependent sodium currents. Voltage-dependent sodium currents were studied with the whole-cell patch-clamp technique in NB41A3 neuroblastoma cells. The nitric oxide donor 3-(2-hydroxy-2-nitroso-1-propylhydrazino)-1-propanamine did not affect sodium currents. In contrast, the thiol oxidizers thimerosal and 4,4'-dithiopyridine significantly inhibited sodium currents. The effect of thimerosal persisted after washout, but could be fully reversed by the reducing agent dithiothreitol. Reduced glutathione did not restore the sodium current amplitude when given extracellularly, while intracellular glutathione prevented the inhibitory effect of thimerosal. Pretreatment with the alkylating agent N-ethylmaleimide blocked the inhibitory action of thimerosal. Thiol oxidation caused a shift in the voltage dependence of fast and slow inactivation to more hyperpolarized potentials without concomitant effects on the voltage dependence of activation. Mercaptoethanol and reduced glutathione enhanced sodium currents by shifting the voltage dependence of inactivation to depolarized potentials. These results demonstrate that the oxidation and reduction of thiol residues alters the properties of voltage-sensitive sodium channels and may play an important role in the regulation of membrane excitability.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/4,4'-dipyridyl disulfide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Disulfides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dithiothreitol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ethylmaleimide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutathione, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mercaptoethanol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitric Oxide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitric Oxide Donors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Pyridines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sodium Channels, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sulfhydryl Compounds, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tetrodotoxin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Thimerosal
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0306-4522
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
101
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
229-36
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11068151-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11068151-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:11068151-Disulfides, pubmed-meshheading:11068151-Dithiothreitol, pubmed-meshheading:11068151-Ethylmaleimide, pubmed-meshheading:11068151-Glutathione, pubmed-meshheading:11068151-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11068151-Membrane Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:11068151-Mercaptoethanol, pubmed-meshheading:11068151-Neuroblastoma, pubmed-meshheading:11068151-Nitric Oxide, pubmed-meshheading:11068151-Nitric Oxide Donors, pubmed-meshheading:11068151-Oxidation-Reduction, pubmed-meshheading:11068151-Pyridines, pubmed-meshheading:11068151-Sodium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:11068151-Sulfhydryl Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:11068151-Tetrodotoxin, pubmed-meshheading:11068151-Thimerosal, pubmed-meshheading:11068151-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Regulation of sodium currents through oxidation and reduction of thiol residues.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Iowa, 4614 JCP, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't