Inhibitory effect of terfenadine on Kir2.1 and Kir2.3 channels

Terfenadine is a second-generation H1-antihistamine that despite potentially can produce severe side effects it has recently gained attention due to its anticancer properties. Lately, the subfamily 2 of inward rectifier potassium channels (Kir2) has been implicated in the progression of some tumoral...

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Main Authors: Delgado-Ramírez Mayra, Rodriguez-Leal Fanny Junue, Rodríguez-Menchaca Aldo Azmar, Moreno-Galindo Eloy Gerardo, Sanchez-Chapula José Antonio, Ferrer Tania
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Published: Sciendo 2021-06-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/acph-2021-0017
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author Delgado-Ramírez Mayra
Rodriguez-Leal Fanny Junue
Rodríguez-Menchaca Aldo Azmar
Moreno-Galindo Eloy Gerardo
Sanchez-Chapula José Antonio
Ferrer Tania
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Rodriguez-Leal Fanny Junue
Rodríguez-Menchaca Aldo Azmar
Moreno-Galindo Eloy Gerardo
Sanchez-Chapula José Antonio
Ferrer Tania
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description Terfenadine is a second-generation H1-antihistamine that despite potentially can produce severe side effects it has recently gained attention due to its anticancer properties. Lately, the subfamily 2 of inward rectifier potassium channels (Kir2) has been implicated in the progression of some tumoral processes. Hence, we characterized the effects of terfenadine on Kir2.x channels expressed in HEK-293 cells. Terfenadine inhibited Kir2.3 channels with a strikingly greater potency (IC50 = 1.06 ± 0.11 μmol L−1) compared to Kir2.1 channels (IC50 = 27.8 ± 4.8 μmol L−1). The Kir2.3(I213L) mutant, possessing a larger affinity for phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) than the wild-type Kir2.3, was less sensitive to terfenadine inhibition (IC50 = 13.0 ± 2.9 μmol L−1). Additionally, the PIP2 intracellular application had largely reduced the inhibition of Kir2.1 channels by terfenadine. Our data support that Kir2.x channels are targets of terfena-dine by affecting their interaction with PIP2, which could be regarded as a mechanism of the antitumor properties of terfenadine.
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spelling doaj-art-0d31ca2c06ff461f8aa535e543861f3c2025-02-02T19:57:25ZengSciendoActa Pharmaceutica1846-95582021-06-0171231732410.2478/acph-2021-0017acph-2021-0017Inhibitory effect of terfenadine on Kir2.1 and Kir2.3 channelsDelgado-Ramírez Mayra0Rodriguez-Leal Fanny Junue1Rodríguez-Menchaca Aldo Azmar2Moreno-Galindo Eloy Gerardo3Sanchez-Chapula José Antonio4Ferrer Tania5Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Colima, Colima, COL 28045, MéxicoCentro Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Colima, Colima, COL 28045, MéxicoDepartamento de Fisiología y Biofísica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, SLP 78210, MéxicoCentro Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Colima, Colima, COL 28045, MéxicoCentro Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Colima, Colima, COL 28045, MéxicoCentro Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Colima, Colima, COL 28045, MéxicoTerfenadine is a second-generation H1-antihistamine that despite potentially can produce severe side effects it has recently gained attention due to its anticancer properties. Lately, the subfamily 2 of inward rectifier potassium channels (Kir2) has been implicated in the progression of some tumoral processes. Hence, we characterized the effects of terfenadine on Kir2.x channels expressed in HEK-293 cells. Terfenadine inhibited Kir2.3 channels with a strikingly greater potency (IC50 = 1.06 ± 0.11 μmol L−1) compared to Kir2.1 channels (IC50 = 27.8 ± 4.8 μmol L−1). The Kir2.3(I213L) mutant, possessing a larger affinity for phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) than the wild-type Kir2.3, was less sensitive to terfenadine inhibition (IC50 = 13.0 ± 2.9 μmol L−1). Additionally, the PIP2 intracellular application had largely reduced the inhibition of Kir2.1 channels by terfenadine. Our data support that Kir2.x channels are targets of terfena-dine by affecting their interaction with PIP2, which could be regarded as a mechanism of the antitumor properties of terfenadine.https://doi.org/10.2478/acph-2021-0017terfenadineinward rectifier potassium channelsphosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphatecationic amphiphilic drugs
spellingShingle Delgado-Ramírez Mayra
Rodriguez-Leal Fanny Junue
Rodríguez-Menchaca Aldo Azmar
Moreno-Galindo Eloy Gerardo
Sanchez-Chapula José Antonio
Ferrer Tania
Inhibitory effect of terfenadine on Kir2.1 and Kir2.3 channels
Acta Pharmaceutica
terfenadine
inward rectifier potassium channels
phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate
cationic amphiphilic drugs
title Inhibitory effect of terfenadine on Kir2.1 and Kir2.3 channels
title_full Inhibitory effect of terfenadine on Kir2.1 and Kir2.3 channels
title_fullStr Inhibitory effect of terfenadine on Kir2.1 and Kir2.3 channels
title_full_unstemmed Inhibitory effect of terfenadine on Kir2.1 and Kir2.3 channels
title_short Inhibitory effect of terfenadine on Kir2.1 and Kir2.3 channels
title_sort inhibitory effect of terfenadine on kir2 1 and kir2 3 channels
topic terfenadine
inward rectifier potassium channels
phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate
cationic amphiphilic drugs
url https://doi.org/10.2478/acph-2021-0017
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