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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
卷 559, 期 1, 页码 61-64出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.12.018
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spinal neuron; tutin; picrotoxin; synaptic transmission; strychnine; Coriaria ruscifolia
We studied the effects of tutin, a sesquiterpenoid obtained from Coriaria ruscifolia subspecie ruscifolia, a native poisonous Chilean plant, on spinal glycine receptors using patch clamp recordings. In addition, cytosolic Ca2+ transients and activation of cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) were measured in the presence of tutin. Application of tutin (1-1000 mu M) inhibited the glycinergic evoked current in a concentration-dependent manner. Moreover, the frequency of spontaneous Ca2+ spikes and spontaneous synaptic activity (AMPAergic events) was augmented and correlated with an increase in phosphotylated CREB levels, suggesting an enhancement in neuronal excitability. These results may explain the toxic effects of the plant characterized by seizures and convulsions with subsequent coma and death seen in humans and mice. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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