Wu, Zi-Zhen published the artcileAminopyridines Potentiate Synaptic and Neuromuscular Transmission by Targeting the Voltage-activated Calcium Channel β Subunit, Application In Synthesis of 18437-58-6, the publication is Journal of Biological Chemistry (2009), 284(52), 36453-36461, database is CAplus and MEDLINE.
Aminopyridines such as 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) are widely used as voltage-activated K+ (Kv) channel blockers and can improve neuromuscular function in patients with spinal cord injury, myasthenia gravis, or multiple sclerosis. Here, we present novel evidence that 4-AP and several of its analogs directly stimulate high voltage-activated Ca2+ channels (HVACCs) in acutely dissociated neurons. 4-AP, 4-(aminomethyl)pyridine, 4-(methylamino)pyridine, and 4-di(methylamino)pyridine profoundly increased HVACC, but not T-type, currents in dissociated neurons from the rat dorsal root ganglion, superior cervical ganglion, and hippocampus. The widely used Kv channel blockers, including tetraethylammonium, α-dendrotoxin, phrixotoxin-2, and BDS-I, did not mimic or alter the effect of 4-AP on HVACCs. In HEK293 cells expressing various combinations of N-type (Cav2.2) channel subunits, 4-AP potentiated Ca2+ currents primarily through the intracellular β3 subunit. In contrast, 4-AP had no effect on Cav3.2 channels expressed in HEK293 cells. Furthermore, blocking Kv channels did not mimic or change the potentiating effects of 4-AP on neurotransmitter release from sensory and motor nerve terminals. Thus, our findings challenge the conventional view that 4-AP facilitates synaptic and neuromuscular transmission by blocking Kv channels. Aminopyridines can directly target presynaptic HVACCs to potentiate neurotransmitter release independent of Kv channels.
Journal of Biological Chemistry published new progress about 18437-58-6. 18437-58-6 belongs to pyridine-derivatives, auxiliary class Pyridine,Amine, name is 4-Amino-2-picoline, and the molecular formula is C9H6N2O4, Application In Synthesis of 18437-58-6.
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