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BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 172, Issue 3, Pages 940-955Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/bph.12967
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- Chinese Scholarship Council
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Drug-induced arrhythmia due to blockade of the K(v)11.1 channel (also known as the hERG K+ channel) is a frequent side effect. Previous studies have primarily focused on equilibrium parameters, i.e. affinity or potency, of drug candidates at the channel. The aim of this study was to determine the kinetics of the interaction with the channel for a number of known K(v)11.1 blockers and to explore a possible correlation with the affinity or physicochemical properties of these compounds.& para;& para;EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH The affinity and kinetic parameters of 15 prototypical K(v)11.1 inhibitors were evaluated in a number of [H-3]-dofetilide binding assays. The lipophilicity (logK(W-C8)) and membrane partitioning (logK(W-IAM)) of these compounds were determined by means of HPLC analysis.& para;& para;KEY RESULTS A novel [H-3]-dofetilide competition association assay was set up and validated, which allowed us to determine the binding kinetics of the K(v)11.1 blockers used in this study. Interestingly, the compounds' affinities (K-j values) were correlated to their association rates rather than dissociation rates. Overall lipophilicity or membrane partitioning of the compounds were not correlated to their affinity or rate constants for the channel.& para;& para;CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS A compound's affinity for the K(v)11.1 channel is determined by its rate of association with the channel, while overall lipophilicity and membrane affinity are not. In more general terms, our findings provide novel insights into the mechanism of action for a compound's activity at the K(v)11.1 channel. This may help to elucidate how K(v)11.1-induced cardiotoxicity is governed and how it can be circumvented in the future.
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