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Gabapentin inhibits high-threshold calcium channel currents in cultured rat dorsal root ganglion neurones.
British Journal of Pharmacology 2002 January
1. This study examined the action of gabapentin (gabapentin,1-(aminomethyl) cyclohexane acetic acid (Neurontin) on voltage-gated calcium (Ca(2+)) channel influx recorded in cultured rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurones. 2. Voltage-gated Ca(2+) influx was monitored using both fura-2 based fluorescence Ca(2+) imaging and the whole-cell patch clamp technique. 3. Imaging of intracellular Ca(2+) transients revealed that gabapentin inhibited KCl (30 mM)-evoked voltage-dependent Ca(2+) influx. Both the duration for 50% of the maximum response (W50) and total Ca(2+) influx were significantly reduced by approximately 25-30% in the presence of gabapentin (25 microM). 4. Gabapentin potently inhibited the peak whole-cell Ca(2+) channel current (I(Ba)) in a dose-dependent manner with an estimated IC(50) value of 167 nM. Block was incomplete and saturated at a maximal concentration of 25 microM. 5. Inhibition was significantly decreased in the presence of the neutral amino acid L-isoleucine (25 microM) but unaffected by application of the GABA(B) antagonist, saclofen (200 microM), suggesting a direct action on the alpha(2)delta subunit of the Ca(2+) channel. 6. Gabapentin inhibition was voltage-dependent, producing an approximately 7 mV hyperpolarizing shift in current voltage properties and reducing a non-inactivating component of whole-cell current activated at relatively depolarized potentials. 7. The use of specific Ca(2+) channel antagonists revealed a mixed pharmacology of the gabapentin-sensitive current (N-, L- and P/Q-type), which is dominated by N-type current. 8. The present study is the first to demonstrate that gabapentin directly mediates inhibition of voltage-gated Ca(2+) influx in DRG neurones, providing a potential means for gabapentin to effectively mediate spinal anti-nociception.
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