ArticleBritish journal of pharmacology2001
Inhibition of volume-regulated anion channels in cultured endothelial cells by the anti-oestrogens clomiphene and nafoxidine.
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- The Volume-Regulated Anion Channel LRRC8/VRAC Is Dispensable for Cell Proliferation and Migration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019Article
- A 30-year journey from volume-regulated anion currents to molecular structure of the LRRC8 channel.The Journal of general physiology · 2019Review
- Natural and synthetic flavonoids, novel blockers of the volume-regulated anion channels, inhibit endothelial cell proliferation.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2018Article
- Biophysics and Physiology of the Volume-Regulated Anion Channel (VRAC)/Volume-Sensitive Outwardly Rectifying Anion Channel (VSOR).Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2016Review
- DCPIB, a specific inhibitor of volume-regulated anion channels (VRACs), inhibits astrocyte proliferation and cell cycle progression via G1/S arrest.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2012Article
- Diversity of Cl(-) channels.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2006Review
- Inhibition of the endogenous volume-regulated anion channel (VRAC) in HEK293 cells by acidic di-aryl-ureas.The Journal of membrane biology · 2003Article
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Abstract
1. We have used the whole-cell patch clamp technique to study the effect of the partial anti-oestrogens clomiphene and nafoxidine, the pure anti-oestrogens ICI 182,780 and RU 58,668 and the oestrogen ss-estradiol, on the volume-regulated anion channel (VRAC) in cultured pulmonary artery endothelial (CPAE) cells. 2. In contrast to the pure anti-oestrogens and ss-estradiol, clomiphene and nafoxidine potently inhibited the volume-sensitive chloride current, I(Cl,swell), activated by challenging CPAE cells with a 25% hypotonic solution. For clomiphene, the estimated IC(50) and Hill coefficient were 1.03+/-0.14 microM and 1.40+/-0.21 respectively. In the case of nafoxidine, these values were 1.61+/-0.29 microM and 1.24+/-0.19. 3. The inhibition induced by the pure enantiomers of clomiphene, zuclomiphene and enclomiphene, was not different from that of the racemic mixture, indicating that the interaction between clomiphene and VRAC is not stereoselective. 4. Clomiphene and nafoxidine inhibited proliferation of CPAE cells. Half-maximal inhibition was found at 1.98+/-0.17 and 1.66+/-0.21 microM respectively, concentrations similar to those for half-maximal block of VRAC. 5. In conclusion, the nonsteroidal partial anti-oestrogens nafoxidine and clomiphene are potent inhibitors of volume-regulated anion channels. The inhibition by clomiphene is not stereoselective and occurs at concentrations close to therapeutically relevant concentrations. Finally, both drugs inhibit the proliferation of endothelial cells.
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