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Using a patch-clamp technique in the whole-cell configuration, we studied the effect of an exogenous antioxidant, dithiothreitol (DTT), on transmembrane currents in isolated cells obtained from the rat spinal ganglia. We demonstrated that this antioxidant (DTT) is capable of modulating the proton-gated current. In most neurons, proton-gated currents increased in the presence of the antioxidant. Since proton-gated receptor-channel complexes of sensory neurons are involved in different processes of signalling and transmission of sensory information in the peripheral nervous system, we hypothesize that the influences mediated by alterations of the concentrations of antioxidants participate in the formation of the state of algesia under normal physiological conditions and of that of hyperalgesia in pathological states. In addition, oxidative stress, which causes a shift in the balance of concentrations of antioxidants, accompanies numerous abnormal pathophysiological states, in particular diabetes, ischemia, and inflammation. Since proton-gated channels are permeable for calcium ions, an antioxidant-induced increase in calcium signalling can be significantly important for a number of biochemical processes occurring in tissues.
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Neirofiziologiya/Neurophysiology, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 193–197, May–June, 2006.
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Fedorenko, A.L., Lozovaya, N.A., Volkova, T.M. et al. Antioxidant-caused changes in the permeability of proton-gated ion channels for sodium and calcium. Neurophysiology 38, 158–162 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11062-006-0039-5
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