In vitro assessment of the effect of methylene blue on voltage-gated sodium channels and action potentials in rat hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons

Neurotoxicology
Yinguo ZhangZhuo Yang

Abstract

Methylene blue (MB) is a vital dye to allow better visualization and marker of parathyroid glands. The compound causes a toxic encephalopathy in clinical observations and some neuronal adverse effects in experimental studies. Of neurotoxic effects, reduced field excitatory postsynaptic potentials (fEPSPs) in hippocampal slice cultures and apoptosis induced in neurons by MB, suggest that MB may affect electrophysiological properties in neurons. Consequently, studies were undertaken to characterize the effects of MB on voltage-gated sodium currents (I(Na)) in hippocampal CA1 neurons. MB was tested at a clinically-relevant concentration (10μM), of which as a surgical marker of the parathyroid glands, and other concentrations (0.25μM, 1μM, and 100μM). The results showed that MB reduced the amplitude of I(Na) at the concentrations of 10μM and 100μM. No significant changes were found with the other two concentrations of MB. 10μM of MB did not produce a shift in the activation-voltage curve of I(Na) but produced a hyperpolarizing shift in the inactivation-voltage curve of I(Na) and delayed the recovery of I(Na) from inactivation. Action potential (AP) properties and the pattern of repetitive firing were examined using whole-cell curre...Continue Reading

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