BJA Advance Access originally published online on February 4, 2005
British Journal of Anaesthesia 2005 94(4):479-485; doi:10.1093/bja/aei080
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NEUROSCIENCES AND NEUROANAESTHESIA |
Xenon reduces glutamate-, AMPA-, and kainate-induced membrane currents in cortical neurones
1 Clinic for Anesthesiology, Ulm, Germany. 2 Department of Anatomy, Tübingen, Germany. 3 flyion GmbH, Tübingen, Germany
* Corresponding author. E-mail: karl.foehr{at}medizin.uni-ulm.de
Background. The anaesthetic, analgesic, and neuroprotective effects of xenon (Xe) are believed to be mediated by a block of the NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptor channel. Interestingly, the clinical profile of the noble gas differs markedly from that of specific NMDA receptor antagonists. The aim of this study was, therefore, to investigate whether Xe might be less specific, also inhibiting the two other subtypes of glutamate receptor channels, such as the 
-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolole propionate (AMPA) and kainate receptors.
Methods. The study was performed on voltage-clamped cortical neurones from embryonic mice and SH-SY5Y cells expressing GluR6 kainate receptors. Drugs were applied by a multi-barreled fast perfusion system.
Results. Xe, dissolved at approximately 3.45 mM in aqueous solution, diminished the peak and even more the plateau of AMPA and glutamate induced currents. At the control EC50 value for AMPA (29 µM) these reductions were by about 40 and 56% and at 3 mM glutamate the reductions were by 45 and 66%, respectively. Currents activated at the control EC50 value for kainate (57 µM) were inhibited by 42%. Likewise, Xe showed an inhibitory effect on kainate-induced membrane currents of SH-SY5Y cells transfected with the GluR6 subunit of the kainate receptor. Xe reduced kainate-induced currents by between 35 and 60%, depending on the kainate concentration.
Conclusions. Xe blocks not only NMDA receptors, but also AMPA and kainate receptors in cortical neurones as well as GluR6-type receptors expressed in SH-SY5Y cells. Thus, Xe seems to be rather non-specific as a channel blocker and this may contribute to the analgesic and anaesthetic potency of Xe.
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