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Burnham MP, Sharpe PM, Garner C, Hughes R, Pollard CE, Bowes J. Investigation of connexin 43 uncoupling and prolongation of the cardiac QRS complex in preclinical and marketed drugs. Br J Pharmacol 2014; 171:4808-19. [PMID: 24328991 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2013] [Revised: 11/13/2013] [Accepted: 11/22/2013] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Prolongation of the cardiac QRS complex is linked to increased mortality and may result from drug-induced inhibition of cardiac sodium channels (hNaV 1.5). There has been no systematic evaluation of preclinical and marketed drugs for their additional potential to cause QRS prolongation via gap junction uncoupling. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Using the human cardiac gap junction connexin 43 (hCx43), a dye transfer 'parachute' assay to determine IC50 values for compound ranking was validated with compounds known to uncouple gap junctions. Uncoupling activity (and hNaV 1.5 inhibition by automated patch clamp) was determined in a set of marketed drugs and preclinical candidate drugs, each with information regarding propensity to prolong QRS. KEY RESULTS The potency of known gap junction uncouplers to uncouple hCx43 was ranked (according to IC50 ) as phorbol ester>digoxin>meclofenamic acid>carbenoxolone>heptanol. Among the drugs associated with QRS prolongation, 29% were found to uncouple hCx43 (IC50 < 50 μM), whereas no uncoupling activity was observed in drugs not associated with QRS prolongation. In preclinical candidate drugs, hCx43 and hNaV 1.5 IC50 values were similar (within threefold). No consistent margin over preclinical Cmax (free) was apparent for QRS prolongation associated with Cx43 inhibition. However, instances were found of QRS prolonging compounds that uncoupled hCx43 with significantly less activity at hNaV 1.5. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS These results demonstrate that off-target uncoupling activity is apparent in drug and drug-like molecules. Although the full ramifications of Cx inhibition remain to be established, screening for hCx43 off-target activity could reduce the likelihood of developing candidate drugs with a risk of causing QRS prolongation.
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- M P Burnham
- Safety Assessment, AstraZeneca R&D, Macclesfield, UK; Discovery Sciences, AstraZeneca R&D, Macclesfield, UK
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Absi M, Burnham MP, Weston AH, Harno E, Rogers M, Edwards G. Effects of methyl beta-cyclodextrin on EDHF responses in pig and rat arteries; association between SK(Ca) channels and caveolin-rich domains. Br J Pharmacol 2007; 151:332-40. [PMID: 17450174 PMCID: PMC2013982 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0707222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The small and intermediate conductance, Ca2+-sensitive K+ channels (SK(Ca) and IK(Ca), respectively) which are pivotal in the EDHF pathway may be differentially activated. The importance of caveolae in the functioning of IK(Ca) and SK(Ca) channels was investigated. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH The effect of the caveolae-disrupting agent methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (MbetaCD) on IK(Ca) and SK(Ca) localization and function was determined. KEY RESULTS EDHF-mediated, SK(Ca)-dependent myocyte hyperpolarizations evoked by acetylcholine in rat mesenteric arteries (following blockade of IK(Ca) with TRAM-34) were inhibited by MbetaCD. Hyperpolarizations evoked by direct SK(Ca) channel activation (using NS309 in the presence of TRAM-34) were also inhibited by MbetaCD, an effect reversed by cholesterol. In contrast, IK(Ca)-dependent hyperpolarizations (in the presence of apamin) were unaffected by MbetaCD. Similarly, in porcine coronary arteries, EDHF-mediated, SK(Ca)-dependent (but not IK(Ca)-dependent) endothelial cell hyperpolarizations evoked by substance P were inhibited by MbetaCD. In mesenteric artery homogenates subjected to sucrose-density centrifugation, caveolin-1 and SK3 (SK(Ca)) proteins but not IK1 (IK(Ca)) protein migrated to the buoyant, caveolin-rich fraction. MbetaCD pretreatment redistributed caveolin-1 and SK3 proteins into more dense fractions. In immunofluorescence images of porcine coronary artery endothelium, SK3 (but not IK1) and caveolin-1 were co-localized. Furthermore, caveolin-1 immunoprecipitates prepared from native porcine coronary artery endothelium contained SK3 but not IK1 protein. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS These data provide strong evidence that endothelial cell SK(Ca) channels are located in caveolae while the IK(Ca) channels reside in a different membrane compartment. These studies reveal cellular organisation as a further complexity in the EDHF pathway signalling cascade.
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- M Absi
- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Core Technology Facility Manchester, UK
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Core Technology Facility Manchester, UK
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Core Technology Facility Manchester, UK
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Core Technology Facility Manchester, UK
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- Imaging Science and Biomedical Engineering, The University of Manchester Manchester, UK
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Core Technology Facility Manchester, UK
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Gardener MJ, Johnson IT, Burnham MP, Edwards G, Heagerty AM, Weston AH. Functional evidence of a role for two-pore domain potassium channels in rat mesenteric and pulmonary arteries. Br J Pharmacol 2004; 142:192-202. [PMID: 15066906 PMCID: PMC1574915 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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1. Experiments were performed to elucidate the mechanism by which alterations of extracellular pH (pH(o)) change membrane potential (E(M)) in rat mesenteric and pulmonary arteries. 2. Changing pH(o) from 7.4 to 6.4 or 8.4 produced a depolarisation or hyperpolarisation, respectively, in mesenteric and pulmonary arteries. Anandamide (10 microm) or bupivacaine (100 microm) reversed the hyperpolarisation associated with alkaline pH(o), shifting the E(M) of both vessels to levels comparable to that at pH 6.4. In pulmonary arteries, clofilium (100 microm) caused a significant reversal of hyperpolarisation seen at pH 8.4 but was without effect at pH 7.4. 3. K(+) channel blockade by 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) (5 mm), tetraethylammonium (TEA) (10 mm), Ba(2+) (30 microm) and glibenclamide (10 microm) depolarised the pulmonary artery. However, shifts in E(M) with changes in pH(o) remained and were sensitive to anandamide (10 microm), bupivacaine (100 microm) or Zn(2+) (200 microm). 4. Anandamide (0.3-60 microm) or bupivacaine (0.3-300 microm) caused a concentration-dependent increase in basal tone in pulmonary arteries. 5. RT-PCR demonstrated the expression of TASK-1, TASK-2, THIK-1, TRAAK, TREK-1, TWIK-1 and TWIK-2 in mesenteric arteries and TASK-1, TASK-2, THIK-1, TREK-2 and TWIK-2 in pulmonary arteries. TASK-1, TASK-2, TREK-1 and TWIK-2 protein was demonstrated in both arteries by immunostaining. 6. These experiments provide evidence for the presence of two-pore domain K(+) channels in rat mesenteric and pulmonary arteries. Collectively, they strongly suggest that modulation of TASK-1 channels is most likely to have mediated the pH-induced changes in membrane potential observed in these vessels, and that blockade of these channels by anandamide or bupivacaine generates a small increase in pulmonary artery tone.
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- M J Gardener
- School of Biological Sciences, Stopford Building, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT
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- School of Biological Sciences, Stopford Building, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT
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- School of Biological Sciences, Stopford Building, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT
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- School of Biological Sciences, Stopford Building, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT
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- Department of Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL
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- School of Biological Sciences, Stopford Building, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT
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Weston AH, Richards GR, Burnham MP, Félétou M, Vanhoutte PM, Edwards G. K+-induced hyperpolarization in rat mesenteric artery: identification, localization and role of Na+/K+-ATPases. Br J Pharmacol 2002; 136:918-26. [PMID: 12110616 PMCID: PMC1573416 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0704787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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1. Mechanisms underlying K(+)-induced hyperpolarizations in the presence and absence of phenylephrine were investigated in endothelium-denuded rat mesenteric arteries (for all mean values, n=4). 2. Myocyte resting membrane potential (m.p.) was -58.8+/-0.8 mV. Application of 5 mM KCl produced similar hyperpolarizations in the absence (17.6+/-0.7 mV) or presence (15.8+/-1.0 mV) of 500 nM ouabain. In the presence of ouabain +30 microM barium, hyperpolarization to 5 mM KCl was essentially abolished. 3. In the presence of 10 microM phenylephrine (m.p. -33.7+/-3 mV), repolarization to 5 mM KCl did not occur in the presence or absence of 4-aminopyridine but was restored (-26.9+/-1.8 mV) on addition of iberiotoxin (100 nM). Under these conditions the K+-induced repolarization was insensitive to barium (30 microM) but abolished by 500 nM ouabain alone. 4. In the presence of phenylephrine + iberiotoxin the hyperpolarization to 5 mM K(+) was inhibited in the additional presence of 300 nM levcromakalim, an action which was reversed by 10 microM glibenclamide. 5. RT-PCR, Western blotting and immunohistochemical techniques collectively showed the presence of alpha(1)-, alpha(2)- and alpha(3)-subunits of Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase in the myocytes. 6. In K(+)-free solution, re-introduction of K(+) (to 4.6 mM) hyperpolarized myocytes by 20.9+/-0.5 mV, an effect unchanged by 500 nM ouabain but abolished by 500 microM ouabain. 7. We conclude that under basal conditions, Na(+)/K(+)-ATPases containing alpha(2)- and/or alpha(3)-subunits are partially responsible for the observed K(+)-induced effects. The opening of myocyte K(+) channels (by levcromakalim or phenylephrine) creates a 'K(+) cloud' around the cells which fully activates Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase and thereby abolishes further responses to [K(+)](o) elevation.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Blotting, Western
- Endothelium, Vascular/physiology
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- In Vitro Techniques
- Male
- Mesenteric Arteries/drug effects
- Mesenteric Arteries/enzymology
- Mesenteric Arteries/physiology
- Microelectrodes
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/physiology
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/drug effects
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/metabolism
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/physiology
- Phenylephrine/pharmacology
- Potassium/pharmacology
- Protein Isoforms
- Protein Subunits
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase/metabolism
- Vasoconstrictor Agents/pharmacology
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- A H Weston
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT
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- Department de Diabetologie, Institut de Recherche Servier, 92150 Suresnes, France
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- Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier, 92410 Courbevoie, France
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT
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Burnham MP, Bychkov R, Félétou M, Richards GR, Vanhoutte PM, Weston AH, Edwards G. Characterization of an apamin-sensitive small-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channel in porcine coronary artery endothelium: relevance to EDHF. Br J Pharmacol 2002; 135:1133-43. [PMID: 11877319 PMCID: PMC1573217 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0704551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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1. The apamin-sensitive small-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channel (SK(Ca)) was characterized in porcine coronary arteries. 2. In intact arteries, 100 nM substance P and 600 microM 1-ethyl-2-benzimidazolinone (1-EBIO) produced endothelial cell hyperpolarizations (27.8 +/- 0.8 mV and 24.1 +/- 1.0 mV, respectively). Charybdotoxin (100 nM) abolished the 1-EBIO response but substance P continued to induce a hyperpolarization (25.8 +/- 0.3 mV). 3. In freshly-isolated endothelial cells, outside-out patch recordings revealed a unitary K(+) conductance of 6.8 +/- 0.04 pS. The open-probability was increased by Ca(2+) and reduced by apamin (100 nM). Substance P activated an outward current under whole-cell perforated-patch conditions and a component of this current (38%) was inhibited by apamin. A second conductance of 2.7 +/- 0.03 pS inhibited by d-tubocurarine was observed infrequently. 4. Messenger RNA encoding the SK2 and SK3, but not the SK1, subunits of SK(Ca) was detected by RT - PCR in samples of endothelium. Western blotting indicated that SK3 protein was abundant in samples of endothelium compared to whole arteries. SK2 protein was present in whole artery nuclear fractions. 5. Immunofluorescent labelling confirmed that SK3 was highly expressed at the plasmalemma of endothelial cells and was not expressed in smooth muscle. SK2 was restricted to the peri-nuclear regions of both endothelial and smooth muscle cells. 6. In conclusion, the porcine coronary artery endothelium expresses an apamin-sensitive SK(Ca) containing the SK3 subunit. These channels are likely to confer all or part of the apamin-sensitive component of the endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF) response.
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- M P Burnham
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.
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Richards GR, Weston AH, Burnham MP, Félétou M, Vanhoutte PM, Edwards G. Suppression of K(+)-induced hyperpolarization by phenylephrine in rat mesenteric artery: relevance to studies of endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor. Br J Pharmacol 2001; 134:1-5. [PMID: 11522590 PMCID: PMC1572938 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0704256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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In intact mesenteric arteries, increasing [K(+)]o by 5 mM hyperpolarized both endothelial and smooth muscle cells. Subsequent exposure to 10 microM phenylephrine depolarized both cell types which were then repolarized by a 5 mM increase in [K(+)]o. In endothelium-denuded vessels, increasing [K(+)]o by 5 mM hyperpolarized the smooth muscle but K(+) had no effect after depolarization by 10 microM phenylephrine. On subsequent exposure to iberiotoxin plus 4-aminopyridine, the repolarizing action of 5 mM K(+) was restored. In endothelium-intact vessels exposed to phenylephrine, pretreatment with a gap junction inhibitor (gap 27) reduced K(+)-mediated smooth muscle repolarization without affecting the endothelial cell response. It is concluded that phenylephrine-induced efflux of K(+) via smooth muscle K(+) channels produces a local increase in [K(+)]o which impairs repolarization to added K(+). Thus, studies involving vessels precontracted with agonists which increase [K(+)]o maximize the role of gap junctions and minimize any contribution to the EDHF pathway from endothelium-derived K(+).
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MESH Headings
- 4-Aminopyridine/pharmacology
- Animals
- Connexins/pharmacology
- Endothelium, Vascular/cytology
- Endothelium, Vascular/drug effects
- Endothelium, Vascular/physiology
- In Vitro Techniques
- Male
- Membrane Potentials/drug effects
- Mesenteric Arteries/cytology
- Mesenteric Arteries/drug effects
- Mesenteric Arteries/physiology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/physiology
- Peptides/pharmacology
- Phenylephrine/pharmacology
- Potassium/pharmacology
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Vasoconstrictor Agents/pharmacology
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- G R Richards
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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Burnham MP, Crow LB. INTESTINAL CRISES SIMULATING CHRONIC APPENDIX DISEASE DIAGNOSED BY ROENTGEN RAY FINDINGS. Cal State J Med 1917; 15:348-352. [PMID: 18737404 PMCID: PMC1593123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Burnham MP, Larkin EE, McClary ME, Devins JB, Rice ER, Pryor JH. The Raybrook Hospital for Incipient Consumptives: The New York State Hospital for Incipient Tuberculosis, Located at Raybrook in the Adirondacks, Finds Difficulty in Securing Suitable Cases to Fill the Beds Established. The Superintendent Explains the Situation in the Letter Which Follows. Buffalo Med J 1907; 62:552-553. [PMID: 36886788 PMCID: PMC8735272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
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