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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1297
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-8-6
pubmed:abstractText
The actions of the polychlorocycloalkane insecticide heptachlor, and its epoxide metabolite, were examined on GABA receptors in insects and vertebrates. Electrophysiological experiments on the cell body of the cockroach (Periplaneta americana) fast coxal depressor motor neuron (Df), and GABA-activated 36Cl- uptake experiments on microsacs prepared from cockroach ventral nerve cords showed that both heptachlor and heptachlor epoxide blocked functional GABA receptors. The block appeared to be non-competitive and was voltage-independent over the membrane potential range -75 mV to -110 mV. There was no significant difference between the potencies of heptachlor and heptachlor epoxide in the functional assays for insect GABA receptors. Both compounds inhibited [35S]-t-butylbicyclophosphorothionate [( 35S]TBPS) binding in insects and vertebrates. The findings provide further evidence for block of an insect GABA receptor/Cl- channel by the cyclodiene class of polychlorocycloalkanes, and reveal differences in the insecticide-[35S]TBPS binding site interactions of insects and vertebrates.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0080-4649
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
240
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
97-106
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1694587-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:1694587-Bicyclo Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:1694587-Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic, pubmed-meshheading:1694587-Binding, Competitive, pubmed-meshheading:1694587-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:1694587-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:1694587-Chloride Channels, pubmed-meshheading:1694587-Chlorides, pubmed-meshheading:1694587-Cockroaches, pubmed-meshheading:1694587-Electrophysiology, pubmed-meshheading:1694587-Ganglia, pubmed-meshheading:1694587-Heptachlor, pubmed-meshheading:1694587-Houseflies, pubmed-meshheading:1694587-Ion Channels, pubmed-meshheading:1694587-Membrane Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:1694587-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1694587-Motor Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:1694587-Nervous System Physiological Phenomena, pubmed-meshheading:1694587-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:1694587-Receptors, GABA-A, pubmed-meshheading:1694587-gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Blocking actions of heptachlor at an insect central nervous system GABA receptor.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, U.K.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't