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Eugenol Inhibits K+ Currents in Trigeminal Ganglion Neurons
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Li, Hai Ying Park, C-K Jung, Sung Jun Choi, S-Y Park, K. Kim, Jee Seon |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Abstract | Eugenol, a natural capsaicin congener, is widely used in dentistry. Eugenol inhibits voltage-activated Na+ and Ca2+ channels in a transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1)-independent manner. We hypothesized that eugenol also inhibits voltage-gated K+ currents, and investigated this in rat trigeminal ganglion neurons and in a heterologous system using whole-cell patch clamping. Eugenol inhibited voltage-gated K+ currents, and the inhibitory effects of eugenol were observed in both capsaicin-sensitive and capsaicin-insensitive neurons. Pre-treatment with capsazepine, a well-known antagonist of TRPV1, failed to block the inhibitory effects of eugenol on K+ currents, suggesting no involvement of TRPV1. Eugenol inhibited human Kv1.5 currents stably expressed in Ltk − cells, where TRPV1 is not endogenously expressed. We conclude that eugenol inhibits voltage-gated K+ currents in a TRPV1-independent manner. The inhibition of voltage-gated K+ currents is likely to contribute to the irritable action of eugenol. Abbreviations: human Kv1.5 channel, hKv1.5; transient receptor potential vanilloid 1, TRPV1. |
| Starting Page | 898 |
| Ending Page | 902 |
| Page Count | 5 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1177/154405910708600918 |
| PubMed reference number | 17720863 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 86 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://jdr.sagepub.com/content/86/9/898.full.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://s-space.snu.ac.kr/bitstream/10371/47231/1/out.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1177/154405910708600918 |
| Journal | Journal of dental research |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |