Pharmacology of brain Na+/Ca2+ exchanger: from molecular biology to therapeutic perspectives

L Annunziato, G Pignataro, GF Di Renzo - Pharmacological reviews, 2004 - ASPET
In the last two decades, there has been a growing interest in unraveling the role that the
Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX) plays in the function and regulation of several cellular activities …

For K+ channels, Na+ is the new Ca2+

A Bhattacharjee, LK Kaczmarek - Trends in neurosciences, 2005 - cell.com
Although K+ channels activated by Ca 2+ have long been known to shape neuronal
excitability, evidence is accumulating that K+ channels sensitive to intracellular Na+, termed …

Slack, slick, and sodium‐activated potassium channels

LK Kaczmarek - International scholarly research notices, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The Slack and Slick genes encode potassium channels that are very widely expressed in
the central nervous system. These channels are activated by elevations in intracellular …

Reduction of Kcnt1 is therapeutic in mouse models of SCN1A and SCN8A epilepsy

SF Hill, P Jafar-Nejad, F Rigo, MH Meisler - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs) are severe seizure disorders with
inadequate treatment options. Gain-or loss-of-function mutations of neuronal ion channel …

Na+/Ca2+ exchange inhibitors: a new class of calcium regulators

T Iwamoto, Y Watanabe, S Kita… - … Disorders-Drug Targets …, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com
The Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX) is a bidirectional transporter that normally extrudes Ca2+
from the cell (forward mode), but also brings Ca2+ into the cell (reverse mode) under special …

Pharmacological activation and inhibition of Slack (Slo2. 2) channels

B Yang, VK Gribkoff, J Pan, V Damagnez… - …, 2006 - Elsevier
The Slack (Sequence like a calcium-activated K channel)(Slo2. 2) gene is abundantly
expressed in the mammalian brain and encodes a sodium-activated K+ (KNa) channel …

The Slo (w) path to identifying the mitochondrial channels responsible for ischemic protection

CO Smith, K Nehrke, PS Brookes - Biochemical Journal, 2017 - portlandpress.com
Mitochondria play an important role in tissue ischemia and reperfusion (IR) injury, with
energetic failure and the opening of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore being the …

Topics on the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger: pharmacological characterization of Na+/Ca2+ exchanger inhibitors

Y Watanabe, Y Koide, J Kimura - Journal of pharmacological sciences, 2006 - Elsevier
Using the whole-cell voltage clamp, we examined acute effects of various agents on Na+/Ca
2+ exchange current (I NCX) in guinea-pig cardiac ventricular cells and transfected cells …

Bepridil differentially inhibits two delayed rectifier K+ currents, IKr and IKs, in guinea‐pig ventricular myocytes

JC Wang, T Kiyosue, K Kiriyama… - British journal of …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated the effects of bepridil on the two components of the delayed rectifier K+
current, ie, the rapidly activating (IKr) and the slowly activating (IKs) currents using tight‐seal …

Regulation of trabecular meshwork contractility

F Stumpff, M Wiederholt - Ophthalmologica, 2000 - karger.com
Ample evidence supports the theory that trabecular meshwork possesses smooth-muscle-
like properties. Trabecular meshwork cells express a large number of transporters, channels …