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[Inhibition of salicylate on potassium channels in rat inferior colliculus neurons]
Yan-xing Liu1, Xue-pei Li, Jun-xiu Liu
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Third affiliated Hospital,Peking University, Beijing 100083, China. drlixuepei@sohu.com
Objective:
To understand what role of the transient outward potassium channels and the delayed rectifier potassium channels play in the mechanism of salicylate-induced tinnitus.
Methods:
The effects of salicylate on the transient outward potassium channels and the delayed rectifier potassium channels in freshly dissociated inferior colliculus neurons of rats were studied, using the whole-cell voltage clamp method.
Results:
Salicylate blocked the transient outward potassium current (I(K(A and the delayed rectifier potassium current (I(K(DR in concentration-dependent manner (0.1-1 mmol/L). The IC50 values for the blocking action of salicylate on I(K(A)) and I(K(DR)) were 2.27 and 0.80 mmol/L, respectively. At a concentration of 1 mmol/L, salicylate did not shift the activation and inactivation curves of I(K(A)), but significantly shifted the activation and inactivation curves of I(K(DR)) negatively by approximately 11 mV and 24 mV.
Conclusions:
Salicylate inhibits both I(K(A)) and I(K(DR)) in rat inferior colliculus neurons but only significantly affects the activation and inactivation kinetics of I(K(DR)). Effects of I(K(A)) and I(K(DR)), especially I(K(DR)), by salicylate may play an important role in salicylate-induced tinnitus.
