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Steroid Inhibition of Rat Neuronal Nicotinic α4β2 Receptors Expressed in HEK 293 Cells

Ken Paradiso, Kimberley Sabey, Alex S. Evers, Charles F. Zorumski, Douglas F. Covey and Joe Henry Steinbach
Molecular Pharmacology August 2000, 58 (2) 341-351; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.58.2.341
Ken Paradiso
Departments of 1Anesthesiology (K.P., K.S., A.S.E., J.H.S.), 2Psychiatry (C.F.Z.), and 3Molecular Biology and Pharmacology (D.F.C.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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Kimberley Sabey
Departments of 1Anesthesiology (K.P., K.S., A.S.E., J.H.S.), 2Psychiatry (C.F.Z.), and 3Molecular Biology and Pharmacology (D.F.C.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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Alex S. Evers
Departments of 1Anesthesiology (K.P., K.S., A.S.E., J.H.S.), 2Psychiatry (C.F.Z.), and 3Molecular Biology and Pharmacology (D.F.C.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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Charles F. Zorumski
Departments of 1Anesthesiology (K.P., K.S., A.S.E., J.H.S.), 2Psychiatry (C.F.Z.), and 3Molecular Biology and Pharmacology (D.F.C.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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Douglas F. Covey
Departments of 1Anesthesiology (K.P., K.S., A.S.E., J.H.S.), 2Psychiatry (C.F.Z.), and 3Molecular Biology and Pharmacology (D.F.C.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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Joe Henry Steinbach
Departments of 1Anesthesiology (K.P., K.S., A.S.E., J.H.S.), 2Psychiatry (C.F.Z.), and 3Molecular Biology and Pharmacology (D.F.C.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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Abstract

Steroids, in addition to regulating gene expression, directly affect a variety of ion channels. We examined the action of steroids on human embryonic kidney 293 cells stably transfected to express rat α4β2 neuronal nicotinic receptors. Each steroid that was tested inhibited acetylcholine responses from these receptors, with slow kinetics requiring seconds for block to develop and recover. The action of one steroid [3α,5α,17β-3-hydroxyandrostane-17-carbonitrile (ACN)] was studied in detail. Block showed enantioselectivity, with an IC50 value of 1.5 μM for ACN and 4.5 μM for the enantiomer. Inhibition curves had Hill slopes larger than 1, indicating more than one binding site per receptor. Block did not require intracellular compounds containing high-energy phosphate bonds and was not affected by analogs of GTP, suggesting that the mechanism does not require the activation of second messengers. Block did not appear to be strongly selective between open and closed channel states or to involve changes in desensitization. A comparison of different steroids showed that a β-orientation of groups at the 17 position produced more block than α-orientated diastereomers. The stereochemistry at the 3 and 5 positions was less influential for block of α4β2 nicotinic receptors, despite its importance for potentiation of γ-aminobutyric acidA receptors. The ability of steroids to block neuronal nicotinic receptors correlated with their ability to produce anesthesia in Xenopus tadpoles, but the concentrations required for inhibition are generally greater. Similarly, the concentrations of endogenous neurosteroids required to inhibit receptors are larger than estimates of brain concentrations.

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    • Received February 23, 2000.
    • Accepted May 11, 2000.
  • Send reprint requests to: Dr. Joe Henry Steinbach, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110. E-mail:jhs{at}morpheus.wustl.edu

  • ↵1 This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grants P01-GM47969 (J.H.S., D.F.C., A.E., C.Z.) and R01-NS22356 (J.H.S.) J.H.S. is the Russell and Mary Shelden Professor of Anesthesiology.

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Steroid Inhibition of Rat Neuronal Nicotinic α4β2 Receptors Expressed in HEK 293 Cells

Ken Paradiso, Kimberley Sabey, Alex S. Evers, Charles F. Zorumski, Douglas F. Covey and Joe Henry Steinbach
Molecular Pharmacology August 1, 2000, 58 (2) 341-351; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.58.2.341

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Ken Paradiso, Kimberley Sabey, Alex S. Evers, Charles F. Zorumski, Douglas F. Covey and Joe Henry Steinbach
Molecular Pharmacology August 1, 2000, 58 (2) 341-351; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.58.2.341
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