Title : Trichloroethanol enhances the activity of recombinant human TREK-1 and TRAAK channels.

Pub. Date : 2004 Apr

PMID : 14996553






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1 Trichloroethanol enhances the activity of recombinant human TREK-1 and TRAAK channels. 2,2,2-trichloroethanol potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 4 Homo sapiens
2 We have investigated the ability of 2,2,2-trichloroethanol (an active metabolite of the general anesthetic chloral hydrate (CH)) to modulate the activity of hTREK-1 and hTRAAK channels expressed heterologously in Chinese hamster ovary cells by using whole-cell patch-clamp recording. 2,2,2-trichloroethanol potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 4 Homo sapiens
3 Trichloroethanol potentiated hTREK-1 and hTRAAK channel activity in a reversible, concentration-dependent manner. 2,2,2-trichloroethanol potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 4 Homo sapiens
4 Our findings identify TREK-1 and TRAAK channels as molecular targets for trichloroethanol and suggest that activation of these channels might contribute to the CNS depressant effects of CH. 2,2,2-trichloroethanol potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 4 Homo sapiens