Journal: Scientific Reports
Article Title: Protonophore properties of hyperforin are essential for its pharmacological activity
doi: 10.1038/srep07500
Figure Lengend Snippet: Inward and outward currents at −80 and +80 mV, respectively, from primary microglial cells isolated from wild-type (a, h, k) and TRPC3/TRPC6-deficient mice (f, h). Currents were normalized to the cell size and, except in (h), basic currents before compound application were subtracted. As indicated by the bars different concentrations of hyperforin (a, f), 100 μM OAG or bath solution (no OAG; h) were applied. (b, g) and (i) display the corresponding IVs. (c) Dose-dependent changes of the normalized capacitance of the cells in (a). Sigmoidal fits of the maximal hyperforin-induced currents in (a) reveal a half-maximal concentration (EC 50 ) of 9.3 and 8.7 μM for inward (d) and outward currents (e), respectively. Microglial cells isolated from C3/C6-deficient (ko; f, g) and wild-type mice (a, b) reveal similar hyperforin-induced currents, and neither developed a specific current upon OAG application (h, i). (j) RT-PCR for TRPC6 (197 bp) and HPRT transcripts (160 bp) from 50 FACS-sorted microglial cells. Total RNA from brain served as control. (k) Hyperforin-induced currents in the presence (black) and absence of extracellular monovalent cations, replaced by NMDG + (blue), Cl − , replaced by aspartate (red), and Ca 2+ and Mg 2+ (0Ca0Mg; no substitute; green). (l) Corresponding IVs normalized to the current amplitude at 100 mV. Data represent means ± S.E.M. of the indicated number of experiments (cells).
Article Snippet: Hyperforin-dicyclohexylammonium (-DCHA) salt was obtained from Sigma, and hyperforin dissolved as free acid in methanol from Sigma and Biomol (Cayman Chemical).
Techniques: Isolation, Concentration Assay, Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction