Inhibition of diacylglycerol–sensitive TRPC channels by synthetic and natural steroids

  • TRPC channels are a family of nonselective cation channels that regulate ion homeostasis and intracellular Ca2+ signaling in numerous cell types. Important physiological functions such as vasoregulation, neuronal growth, and pheromone recognition have been assigned to this class of ion channels. Despite their physiological relevance, few selective pharmacological tools are available to study TRPC channel function. We, therefore, screened a selection of pharmacologically active compounds for TRPC modulating activity. We found that the synthetic gestagen norgestimate inhibited diacylglycerol-sensitive TRPC3 and TRPC6 with IC50s of 3–5 µM, while half-maximal inhibition of TRPC5 required significantly higher compound concentrations (>10 µM). Norgestimate blocked TRPC-mediated vasopressin-induced cation currents in A7r5 smooth muscle cells and caused vasorelaxation of isolated rat aorta, indicating that norgestimate could be an interesting tool for the investigation of TRP channel function in native cells and tissues. The steroid hormone progesterone, which is structurally related to norgestimate, also inhibited TRPC channel activity with IC50s ranging from 6 to 18 µM but showed little subtype selectivity. Thus, TRPC channel inhibition by high gestational levels of progesterone may contribute to the physiological decrease of uterine contractility and immunosuppression during pregnancy.

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Author:Susanne Miehe, Peter Crause, Thorsten Schmidt, Matthias Löhn, Heinz-Werner Kleemann, Thomas Licher, Werner Dittrich, Hartmut Rütten, Carsten Strübing
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-242911
DOI:https://doi.org/doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035393
ISSN:1932-6203
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22530015
Parent Title (English):PLoS One
Publisher:PLoS
Place of publication:Lawrence, Kan.
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of first Publication:2012/04/17
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2012/04/25
Volume:7
Issue:4: e35393
Page Number:10
HeBIS-PPN:303684518
Institutes:Biochemie, Chemie und Pharmazie / Pharmazie
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0