Torilin from Torilis japonica (Houtt.) DC. blocks hKv1.5 channel current

  • Geun Kwak Yong
  • , Keun Kim Dae
  • , Tian Ze Ma
  • , Sun Ah Park
  • , Hoon Park
  • , Hoon Jung Young
  • , Dong Jin Yoo
  • , Soon Eun Jae*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Torilin was purified from Torilis japonica (Houtt.) DC., and its effects on a rapidly activating delayed rectifier K+ channel (hKv1.5), cloned from human heart and stably expressed in Ltk- cells, as well as the corresponding K+ current (the ultrarapid delayed rectifier, I KUR) were assessed in human atrial myocytes. Using the whole cell configuration of the patch-clamp technique, torilin was found to inhibit the hKv1.5 current in time and voltage-dependent manners, with an IC50 value of 2.51±0.34 μM at +60 mV. Torilin accelerated the inactivation kinetics of the hKv1.5 channel, and slowed the deactivation kinetics of the hKv1.5 current, resulting in a tail crossover phenomenon. Additionally, torilin inhibited the hKv1.5 current in a use-dependent manner. These results strongly suggest that torilin is a type of open-channel blocker of the hKv1.5 channel.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)834-839
Number of pages6
JournalArchives of Pharmacal Research
Volume29
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006.10.31

Keywords

  • hKv1.5 channel blocker
  • Torilin
  • Torilis japonica (Houtt.) DC

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Medicine
  • Engineering - Petroleum
  • Pharmacy & Pharmacology
  • Chemistry

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