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  • Title: The mode of action of ethanol on batrachotoxinin-A benzoate binding to sodium channels in mouse brain cortex.
    Author: Zimányi I, Lajtha A, Reith ME.
    Journal: Eur J Pharmacol; 1988 Jan 27; 146(1):7-16. PubMed ID: 2450767.
    Abstract:
    Since ethanol has local anesthetic activity its effect was examined in vitro on the scorpion toxin-enhanced specific binding of [3H]batrachotoxinin A 20-alpha-benzoate ([3H]BTX-B) to the gating complex in sodium channel preparations from mouse brain cortex by equilibrium and kinetic experiments. Ethanol inhibited the specific binding of [3H]BTX-B in a vesicular preparation with an IC50 value of 310 mM and a Hill number of 1.0. Ethanol increased the equilibrium dissociation constant of batrachotoxin in a concentration dependent manner without changing the maximal binding capacity and decreased the half-time of the aconitine-induced dissociation of [3H]BTX-B. Thus, ethanol acts as an apparent competitive inhibitor, allosterically affecting the [3H]BTX-B binding, like other local anesthetics. Results of competition experiments in the presence of different concentrations of ethanol and fixed concentration of tetracaine (and vice versa) are consonant with an interaction of ethanol and tetracaine with the same binding sites. Experiment carried out at 32, 37 and 42 degrees C indicated that the effect of ethanol is not mimicked by increasing the temperature.
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