The role of dihydropyridine-sensitive voltage-gated calcium channels in potassium-mediated neuronal survival.

Brain Research
F Collins, J D Lile

Abstract

The survival of isolated neurons from chick embryo ciliary, sympathetic, and dorsal root ganglia is greatly enhanced by concentrations of extracellular potassium that significantly depolarize the neurons (ED50 = 20-25 mM). The survival-promoting effect of elevated potassium on each of these 3 types of neurons appears to be the result of the opening of voltage-gated calcium channels. The dihydropyridine, Bay K 8644, which increases calcium influx through L-type voltage-gated calcium channels in neurons, strongly potentiated the survival-promoting action of elevated potassium (ED50 = 10.8 +/- 7.0 nM). In contrast, chemically closely related dihydropyridines, PN200-110 (ED50 = 0.33 +/- 0.15 nM) and nitrendipine (ED50 = 1.3 +/- 0.3 nM), which block calcium influx through the same voltage-gated channels, completely inhibited potassium-mediated neuronal survival. Chemically different agents that also block calcium influx through voltage-gated channels also inhibited potassium-mediated neuronal survival: the phenylalkylamine verapamil (ED50 = 0.78 +/- 0.38 microM), the benzothiazepine diltiazem (ED50 = 1.7 microM), and the inorganic ion cadmium (ED50 = 5.8 microM). These calcium-channel blockers are not simply toxic to neurons, since ...Continue Reading

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