Tricyclic antidepressants block cholinergic nicotinic receptors and ATP secretion in bovine chromaffin cells.
FEBS Lett
; 418(1-2): 39-42, 1997 Nov 24.
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| ID: mdl-9414091
ABSTRACT
Nicotine-induced ATP secretion from chromaffin cells was blocked by imipramine and desipramine. This blocking action took place on both, fast and slow, components of ATP secretion. Exposure of chromaffin cells to nicotine (10 microM) for 4 s induced an inward current of about -155 pA. Imipramine and desipramine blocked, in a concentration-dependent manner, both peak inward current and total charge influx in response to nicotine. In addition, imipramine and desipramine partially (40%) blocked depolarization-induced ATP secretion and Ca2+ currents evoked by high K+. This suggests that tricyclic antidepressants block nicotine-induced ATP secretion by acting on two targets one is the nicotinic receptor itself and the second one are voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Adenosine Triphosphate
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Receptors, Nicotinic
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Nicotinic Antagonists
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Chromaffin Cells
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Desipramine
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Imipramine
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Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic
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Nicotine
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
FEBS Lett
Year:
1997
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Spain