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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-11-19
pubmed:abstractText
Certain Class III anti-arrhythmic agents have been shown to interact with human leukocytes and after antigenic and mitogenic activation. We hypothesized that a binding site for the Class III anti-arrhythmic agent, dofetilide, would exist on human leukocytes. Analysis of binding isotherms defined the presence of a single high affinity binding site on mononuclear cells and neutrophils: Kd 26+/-4 nm, Bmax 61+/-14 fmol/10( 6) cells and Kd 33+/-14 nm, Bmax 163+/-45 fmol/10(6) cells, respectively. Other Class III drugs inhibited [3H]-dofetilide binding at physiologically relevant concentrations, but the IC50 values of E4031 and quinidine were significantly higher for leukocytes than for cardiac myocytes. Interestingly, verapamil inhibited [3H]-dofetilide binding to leukocytes, but not to cardiac myocytes at physiologic concentrations (10 microM). Charybdotoxin and tetraethlyammonium inhibited [3H]-dofetilide binding to leukocytes at microM mm concentrations, respectively, however, apamin did not inhibit binding even at 1 microM concentrations. These data suggest that a Ca2+-activated K+ channel, like K(Ca) mini (apamin-insensitive isoform), is a candidate for the leukocyte [3H]-dofetilide binding site. To assess the functional significance of defetilide binding to leukocyte biology, we evaluated fMLP-stimulated superoxide production in the presence or absence of dofetilide. Dofetilide, at 30 nm suppressed of superoxide production. In conclusion, dofetilide binds to human leukocytes at physiologic concentrations and this binding alters leukocyte function possibly through interaction with a Ca2+-activated K+ channel.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Anti-Arrhythmia Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Charybdotoxin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neuropeptides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phenethylamines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Potassium Channel Blockers, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Potassium Channels, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Shaw Potassium Channels, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sulfonamides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tetraethylammonium, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Verapamil, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/dofetilide
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-2828
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1998 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1691-701
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
A high affinity binding site for [3H]-Dofetilide on human leukocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
The Cardiovascular Research Group, The Universiy of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N1, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't