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Anesth Analg
2005 Jun 01;1006:1696-1703. doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000151720.36988.09.
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Molecular properties important for inhaled anesthetic action on human 5-HT3A receptors.
Stevens RJN
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Rüsch D
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Davies PA
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Raines DE
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Although inhaled anesthetics have diverse effects on 5-hydroxytryptamine type 3 (5-HT3A) receptors, the mechanism accounting for this diversity is not understood. Studies have shown that modulation of 5-HT3A receptor currents by n-alcohols depends on molecular volume, suggesting that steric interactions between n-alcohols and their binding sites define their action on this receptor. Electrostatic interactions also play an important role in anesthetic action on other ligand-gated receptors. We aimed to determine the contribution of molecular volume and electrostatics in defining volatile anesthetic actions on 5-HT3A receptors. Human 5-HT3A receptors were expressed in, and recorded from, Xenopus oocytes using the two-electrode voltage-clamp technique. The effects of a range of volatile anesthetics, n-alcohols, and nonhalogenated alkanes on submaximal serotonin-evoked peak currents, and full serotonin concentration-response curves were defined. Volatile anesthetics and n-alcohols, but not alkanes, smaller than 0.120 nm3 enhanced submaximal serotonin-evoked peak currents whereas all larger agents reduced currents. Most compounds tested inhibited maximal serotonin-evoked peak currents to varying degrees. However, only agents smaller than 0.120 nm3 shifted the 5-HT3A receptor's serotonin concentration-response curve to the left, whereas larger anesthetics shifted them to the right. Modulation of human 5-HT3A-mediated currents by volatile anesthetics exhibits a dependence on molecular volume consistent with the n-alcohols, suggesting that both classes of agents may enhance 5-HT3A receptor function via the same mechanism. Furthermore, the enhancing but not inhibiting effects of anesthetic compounds on 5-HT3A receptor currents are modulated by electrostatic interactions.
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