Channels (Austin, Tex.)Pub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-10-15DOI: 10.1080/19336950.2023.2266669
Arthur Neuberger, Alexander I Sobolevsky
{"title":"Molecular pharmacology of the onco-TRP channel TRPV6.","authors":"Arthur Neuberger, Alexander I Sobolevsky","doi":"10.1080/19336950.2023.2266669","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19336950.2023.2266669","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>TRPV6, a representative of the vanilloid subfamily of TRP channels, serves as the principal calcium uptake channel in the gut. Dysregulation of TRPV6 results in disturbed calcium homeostasis leading to a variety of human diseases, including many forms of cancer. Inhibitors of this oncochannel are therefore particularly needed. In this review, we provide an overview of recent advances in structural pharmacology that uncovered the molecular mechanisms of TRPV6 inhibition by a variety of small molecules, including synthetic and natural, plant-derived compounds as well as some prospective and clinically approved drugs.</p>","PeriodicalId":72555,"journal":{"name":"Channels (Austin, Tex.)","volume":"17 1","pages":"2266669"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10578198/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41241671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Channels (Austin, Tex.)Pub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-11-07DOI: 10.1080/19336950.2023.2273008
Priti Chatterjee, Debaleena Bhowmik, Sib Sankar Roy
{"title":"A systemic analysis of monocarboxylate transporters in ovarian cancer and possible therapeutic interventions.","authors":"Priti Chatterjee, Debaleena Bhowmik, Sib Sankar Roy","doi":"10.1080/19336950.2023.2273008","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19336950.2023.2273008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs) play an immense role in metabolically active solid tumors by regulating concentration-dependent transport of different important monocarboxylates including pyruvate and lactate and are encoded by the SLC16A family of genes. Given the vast array of functions, these transporters play in oncogenesis, our objective was to look into the association of MCT1 (SLC16A1), MCT2 (SLC16A7), MCT3 (SLC16A8), and MCT4 (SLC16A3) with Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) pathophysiology by exploiting various publicly available databases and web resources. Few of the <i>in silico</i> findings were confirmed via <i>in vitro</i> experiments in EOC cell lines, SKOV3 and OAW-42. MCT1 and MCT4 were found to be upregulated at the mRNA level in OC tissues compared to normal. However, only higher level of MCT4 mRNA was found to be associated with poor patient survival. MCT4 was positively correlated with gene families responsible for invasion, migration, and immune modification, proving it to be one of the most important MCTs for therapeutic intervention. We compared the effects of MCT1/2 blocker SR13800 and a broad-spectrum MCT blocker α-Cyano Hydroxy Cinnamic Acid (α-CHCA) and discovered that α-CHCA has a greater effect on diminishing the invasive behavior of the cancer cells than MCT1/2 blocker SR13800. From our study, MCT4 has emerged as a prospective marker for predicting poor patient outcomes and a potential therapeutic target.</p>","PeriodicalId":72555,"journal":{"name":"Channels (Austin, Tex.)","volume":"17 1","pages":"2273008"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10631444/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71489617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hugo Bibollet, Audra Kramer, Roger A Bannister, Erick O Hernández-Ochoa
{"title":"Advances in Ca<sub>V</sub>1.1 gating: New insights into permeation and voltage-sensing mechanisms.","authors":"Hugo Bibollet, Audra Kramer, Roger A Bannister, Erick O Hernández-Ochoa","doi":"10.1080/19336950.2023.2167569","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19336950.2023.2167569","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Ca<sub>V</sub>1.1 voltage-gated Ca<sup>2+</sup> channel carries L-type Ca<sup>2+</sup> current and is the voltage-sensor for excitation-contraction (EC) coupling in skeletal muscle. Significant breakthroughs in the EC coupling field have often been close on the heels of technological advancement. In particular, Ca<sub>V</sub>1.1 was the first voltage-gated Ca<sup>2+</sup> channel to be cloned, the first ion channel to have its gating current measured and the first ion channel to have an effectively null animal model. Though these innovations have provided invaluable information regarding how Ca<sub>V</sub>1.1 detects changes in membrane potential and transmits intra- and inter-molecular signals which cause opening of the channel pore and support Ca<sup>2+</sup> release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum remain elusive. Here, we review current perspectives on this topic including the recent application of functional site-directed fluorometry.</p>","PeriodicalId":72555,"journal":{"name":"Channels (Austin, Tex.)","volume":"17 1","pages":"2167569"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9851209/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9511907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Channels (Austin, Tex.)Pub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-11-20DOI: 10.1080/19336950.2023.2281714
William A Catterall
{"title":"Voltage gated sodium and calcium channels: Discovery, structure, function, and Pharmacology.","authors":"William A Catterall","doi":"10.1080/19336950.2023.2281714","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19336950.2023.2281714","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Voltage-gated sodium channels initiate action potentials in nerve and muscle, and voltage-gated calcium channels couple depolarization of the plasma membrane to intracellular events such as secretion, contraction, synaptic transmission, and gene expression. In this Review and Perspective article, I summarize early work that led to identification, purification, functional reconstitution, and determination of the amino acid sequence of the protein subunits of sodium and calcium channels and showed that their pore-forming subunits are closely related. Decades of study by antibody mapping, site-directed mutagenesis, and electrophysiological recording led to detailed two-dimensional structure-function maps of the amino acid residues involved in voltage-dependent activation and inactivation, ion permeation and selectivity, and pharmacological modulation. Most recently, high-resolution three-dimensional structure determination by X-ray crystallography and cryogenic electron microscopy has revealed the structural basis for sodium and calcium channel function and pharmacological modulation at the atomic level. These studies now define the chemical basis for electrical signaling and provide templates for future development of new therapeutic agents for a range of neurological and cardiovascular diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":72555,"journal":{"name":"Channels (Austin, Tex.)","volume":"17 1","pages":"2281714"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10761118/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138178172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Channels (Austin, Tex.)Pub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-10-31DOI: 10.1080/19336950.2023.2273165
Zhengshan Hu, Jian Yang
{"title":"Structural basis of properties, mechanisms, and channelopathy of cyclic nucleotide-gated channels.","authors":"Zhengshan Hu, Jian Yang","doi":"10.1080/19336950.2023.2273165","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19336950.2023.2273165","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent years have seen an outpouring of atomic or near atomic resolution structures of cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels, captured in closed, transition, pre-open, partially open, and fully open states. These structures provide unprecedented molecular insights into the activation, assembly, architecture, regulation, and channelopathy of CNG channels, as well as mechanistic explanations for CNG channel biophysical and pharmacological properties. This article summarizes recent advances in CNG channel structural biology, describes key structural features and elements, and illuminates a detailed conformational landscape of activation by cyclic nucleotides. The review also correlates structures with findings and properties delineated in functional studies, including nonselective monovalent cation selectivity, Ca<sup>2+</sup> permeation and block, block by L-<i>cis</i>-diltiazem, location of the activation gate, lack of voltage-dependent gating, and modulation by lipids and calmodulin. A perspective on future research is also offered.</p>","PeriodicalId":72555,"journal":{"name":"Channels (Austin, Tex.)","volume":"17 1","pages":"2273165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10761061/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71415674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samuel N Baldwin, Thomas A Jepps, Iain A Greenwood
{"title":"Cycling matters: Sex hormone regulation of vascular potassium channels.","authors":"Samuel N Baldwin, Thomas A Jepps, Iain A Greenwood","doi":"10.1080/19336950.2023.2217637","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19336950.2023.2217637","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sex hormones and the reproductive cycle (estrus in rodents and menstrual in humans) have a known impact on arterial function. In spite of this, sex hormones and the estrus/menstrual cycle are often neglected experimental factors in vascular basic preclinical scientific research. Recent research by our own laboratory indicates that cyclical changes in serum concentrations of sex -hormones across the rat estrus cycle, primary estradiol, have significant consequences for the subcellular trafficking and function of K<sub>V</sub>. Vascular potassium channels, including K<sub>V</sub>, are essential components of vascular reactivity. Our study represents a small part of a growing field of literature aimed at determining the role of sex hormones in regulating arterial ion channel function. This review covers key findings describing the current understanding of sex hormone regulation of vascular potassium channels, with a focus on K<sub>V</sub> channels. Further, we highlight areas of research where the estrus cycle should be considered in future studies to determine the consequences of physiological oscillations in concentrations of sex hormones on vascular potassium channel function.</p>","PeriodicalId":72555,"journal":{"name":"Channels (Austin, Tex.)","volume":"17 1","pages":"2217637"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10228406/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9581141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rebecca M Klein, Mark E Layton, Hillary Regan, Christopher P Regan, Yuxing Li, Tracey Filzen, Matt Cato, Michelle K Clements, Jixin Wang, Raul Sanoja, Thomas J Greshock, Anthony J Roecker, Joseph E Pero, Ron Kim, Christopher Burgey, Christopher T John, Ying-Hong Wang, Neetesh Bhandari, Arie Struyk, Richard L Kraus, Darrell A Henze, Andrea K Houghton
{"title":"Association of respiratory failure with inhibition of NaV1.6 in the phrenic nerve.","authors":"Rebecca M Klein, Mark E Layton, Hillary Regan, Christopher P Regan, Yuxing Li, Tracey Filzen, Matt Cato, Michelle K Clements, Jixin Wang, Raul Sanoja, Thomas J Greshock, Anthony J Roecker, Joseph E Pero, Ron Kim, Christopher Burgey, Christopher T John, Ying-Hong Wang, Neetesh Bhandari, Arie Struyk, Richard L Kraus, Darrell A Henze, Andrea K Houghton","doi":"10.1080/19336950.2022.2122309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19336950.2022.2122309","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As part of a drug discovery effort to identify potent inhibitors of NaV1.7 for the treatment of pain, we observed that inhibitors produced unexpected cardiovascular and respiratory effects in vivo. Specifically, inhibitors administered to rodents produced changes in cardiovascular parameters and respiratory cessation. We sought to determine the mechanism of the in vivo adverse effects by studying the selectivity of the compounds on NaV1.5, NaV1.4, and NaV1.6 in in vitro and ex vivo assays. Inhibitors lacking sufficient NaV1.7 selectivity over NaV1.6 were associated with respiratory cessation after in vivo administration to rodents. Effects on respiratory rate in rats were consistent with effects in an ex vivo hemisected rat diaphragm model and in vitro NaV1.6 potency. Furthermore, direct blockade of the phrenic nerve signaling was observed at exposures known to cause respiratory cessation in rats. Collectively, these results support a significant role for NaV1.6 in phrenic nerve signaling and respiratory function.</p>","PeriodicalId":72555,"journal":{"name":"Channels (Austin, Tex.)","volume":"16 1","pages":"230-243"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9578445/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10686089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jiahe Li, Harrison J Stratton, Sabina A Lorca, Peter M Grace, Rajesh Khanna
{"title":"Small molecule targeting NaV1.7 via inhibition of the CRMP2-Ubc9 interaction reduces pain in chronic constriction injury (CCI) rats.","authors":"Jiahe Li, Harrison J Stratton, Sabina A Lorca, Peter M Grace, Rajesh Khanna","doi":"10.1080/19336950.2021.2023383","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19336950.2021.2023383","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The voltage-gated sodium channel isoform NaV1.7 is a critical player in the transmission of nociceptive information. This channel has been heavily implicated in human genetic pain disorders and is a validated pain target. However, targeting this channel directly has failed, and an indirect approach - disruption of interactions with accessory protein partners - has emerged as a viable alternative strategy. We recently reported that a small-molecule inhibitor of CRMP2 SUMOylation, compound <b>194</b>, selectively reduces NaV1.7 currents in DRG neurons across species from mouse to human. This compound also reversed mechanical allodynia in a spared nerve injury and chemotherapy-induced model of neuropathic pain. Here, we show that oral administration of <b>194</b> reverses mechanical allodynia in a chronic constriction injury (CCI) model of neuropathic pain. Furthermore, we show that orally administered <b>194</b> reverses the increased latency to cross an aversive barrier in a mechanical conflict-avoidance task following CCI. These two findings, in the context of our previous report, support the conclusion that <b>194</b> is a robust inhibitor of NaV1.7 function with the ultimate effect of profoundly ameliorating mechanical allodynia associated with nerve injury. The fact that this was observed using both traditional, evoked measures of pain behavior as well as the more recently developed operator-independent mechanical conflict-avoidance assay increases confidence in the efficacy of <b>194</b>-induced anti-nociception.</p>","PeriodicalId":72555,"journal":{"name":"Channels (Austin, Tex.)","volume":" ","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8741281/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39873967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nikolaus Schreiber, Martin Manninger, Sascha Pätzold, Alexander C Reisinger, Stefan Hatzl, Gerald Hackl, Christoph Högenauer, Philipp Eller
{"title":"Cardiogenic shock due to yew poisoning rescued by VA-ECMO: case report and literature review.","authors":"Nikolaus Schreiber, Martin Manninger, Sascha Pätzold, Alexander C Reisinger, Stefan Hatzl, Gerald Hackl, Christoph Högenauer, Philipp Eller","doi":"10.1080/19336950.2022.2104886","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19336950.2022.2104886","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ingestion of leaves of the European yew tree (<i>Taxus baccata</i>) can result in fatal cardiac arrhythmias and acute cardiogenic shock. This cardiotoxicity derives from taxine alkaloids that block cardiac voltage-gated sodium and calcium channels. Prompt initiation of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is essential to bridge these critically ill patients to recovery, as there is no antidote available. We here report a 39-year old patient with toxic cardiogenic shock after yew poisoning, who was successfully rescued by venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and had a full neurological recovery. This report emphasizes the role of intoxications as reversible causes of cardiac arrest and adds further evidence to the body of existing literature thus encouraging the early use of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients with yew poisoning and cardiogenic shock.</p>","PeriodicalId":72555,"journal":{"name":"Channels (Austin, Tex.)","volume":" ","pages":"167-172"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9367666/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40612282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elizabeth Martinez-Hernandez, Giedrius Kanaporis, Lothar A Blatter
{"title":"Mechanism of carvedilol induced action potential and calcium alternans.","authors":"Elizabeth Martinez-Hernandez, Giedrius Kanaporis, Lothar A Blatter","doi":"10.1080/19336950.2022.2055521","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19336950.2022.2055521","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Carvedilol is a nonspecific β-blocker clinically used for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases but has also been shown to have profound effects on excitation-contraction coupling and Ca signaling at the cellular level. We investigate the mechanism by which carvedilol facilitates Ca transient (CaT) and action potential duration (APD) alternans in rabbit atrial myocytes. Carvedilol lowered the frequency threshold for pacing-induced CaT alternans and facilitated alternans in a concentration-dependent manner. Carvedilol prolonged the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca release refractoriness by significantly increasing the time constant τ of recovery of SR Ca release; however, no changes in L-type calcium current recovery from inactivation or SR Ca load were found after carvedilol treatment. Carvedilol enhanced the degree of APD alternans nearly two-fold. Carvedilol slowed the APD restitution kinetics and steepened the APD restitution curve at the pacing frequency (2 Hz) where alternans were elicited. No effect on the CaT or APD alternans ratios was observed in experiments with a different β-blocker (metoprolol), excluding the possibility that the carvedilol effect on CaT and APD alternans was determined by its β-blocking properties. These data suggest that carvedilol contributes to the generation of CaT and APD alternans in atrial myocytes by modulating the restitution of CaT and APD.</p>","PeriodicalId":72555,"journal":{"name":"Channels (Austin, Tex.)","volume":"16 1","pages":"97-112"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9067505/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9316270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}