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  • Title: Actions of neomycin on neuronal L-, N-, and non-L/non-N-type voltage-sensitive calcium channel responses.
    Author: Keith RA, Mangano TJ, DeFeo PA, Horn MB, Salama AI.
    Journal: J Mol Neurosci; 1992; 3(3):147-54. PubMed ID: 1320922.
    Abstract:
    The effects of neomycin on neuronal voltage-sensitive calcium channel (VSCC) responses were investigated by evaluating its effects on calcium-dependent neuronal responses that are sensitive and insensitive to the N-type voltage-sensitive calcium channel antagonist omega-conotoxin GVIA and the L-type VSCC antagonist nitrendipine. Chick synaptosomal 45Ca2+ influx and K(+)-evoked release of [3H]norepinephrine from chick cortical brain slices were omega-conotoxin GVIA sensitive and nitrendipine insensitive, suggesting that these responses are mediated predominantly by N-type VSCC. The K(+)-evoked increase of intracellular calcium in cortical neurons and the K(+)-evoked release of [3H]norepinephrine from rat brain cortical slices was partially sensitive to omega-conotoxin GVIA and nitrendipine, suggesting that these responses are mediated by N-, L- and non-L/non-N-type VSCC. Rat synaptosomal 45Ca2+ influx and the K(+)-evoked release of [3H]D-aspartate from rat hippocampal slices were completely insensitive to omega-conotoxin GVIA and nitrendipine, suggesting that these responses were mediated predominantly by non-L/non-N-type VSCC. Neomycin caused a concentration-dependent and virtually complete inhibition of all response parameters, with IC50 values ranging from 90 to 400 microM. The results suggest that neomycin is a nonselective inhibitor of neuronal responses mediated by L-, N-, and non-L/non-N-type VSCC.
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