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ArticleThe Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics2011

Mechanisms of pyrethroid insecticide-induced stimulation of calcium influx in neocortical neurons.

Zhengyu Cao, Timothy J Shafer, Thomas F Murray

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Article in The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 97 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Effect of Pyrethroid Ingestion on Butyrylcholinesterase Level.European journal of case reports in internal medicine · 2026
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  12. Exposure to permethrin promotes high fat diet-induced weight gain and insulin resistance in male C57BL/6J mice.Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association · 2018
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  14. Pyrethroid Insecticides Directly Activate Microglia Through Interaction With Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2017
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  18. Inhibition of voltage-gated calcium channels as common mode of action for (mixtures of) distinct classes of insecticides.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zhengyu CaoDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178, USA.
Timothy J Shafer
Thomas F Murray
Creighton University · USEnvironmental Protection Agency · US

Funding

Replacing an Animal Resource Facility Cage Washer.G20RR024001 · NCRR · CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY · PI DRESCHER, KRISTEN · 2007 to 2007
$638k
NCRR NIH HHS G20 RR024001NCRR NIH HHS G20RR024001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pyrethroid insecticides bind to voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) and modify their gating kinetics, thereby disrupting neuronal function. Pyrethroids have also been reported to alter the function of other channel types, including activation of voltage-gated calcium channels. Therefore, the present study compared the ability of 11 structurally diverse pyrethroids to evoke Ca(2+) influx in primary cultures of mouse neocortical neurons. Nine pyrethroids (tefluthrin, deltamethrin, λ-cyhalothrin, β-cyfluthrin, esfenvalerate, S-bioallethrin, fenpropathrin, cypermethrin, and bifenthrin) produced concentration-dependent elevations in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) in neocortical neurons. Permethrin and resmethrin were without effect on [Ca(2+)](i). These pyrethroids displayed a range of efficacies on Ca(2+) influx; however, the EC(50) values for active pyrethroids all were within one order of magnitude. Tetrodotoxin blocked increases in [Ca(2+)](i) caused by all nine active pyrethroids, indicating that the effects depended on VGSC activation. The pathways for deltamethrin- and tefluthrin-induced Ca(2+) influx include N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptors, L-type Ca(2+) channels, and reverse mode of operation of the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger inasmuch as antagonists of these sites blocked deltamethrin-induced Ca(2+) influx. These data demonstrate that pyrethroids stimulate Ca(2+) entry into neurons subsequent to their actions on VGSCs.

Indexed as

AnimalsCalciumCells, CulturedDose-Response Relationship, DrugFemaleInsecticidesMiceNeocortexNeuronsPregnancyPyrethrinsCalciumInsecticidesPyrethrins

Identifiers

PMID20881019
PMCPMC3014305
OpenAlexW2062825630

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