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- Title
Targeted Disruption of K<sub>ATP</sub> Channels Aggravates Cardiac Toxicity in Cocaine Abuse.
- Authors
Reyes, Santiago; Kane, Garvan C.; Zingman, Leonid V.; Yamada, Satsuki; Terzic, Andre
- Abstract
Cocaine is the most frequently used illicit drug among individuals seeking emergency-room care, with fatal outcome most often attributable to the cardiovascular manifestations of drug abuse. While the symptomatic presentations of cocaine toxicity are increasingly understood, the molecular determinants that define outcome remain largely unknown. Here, we report that the susceptibility to cocaine-induced cardiotoxicity is genetically regulated. Targeted deletion of the KCNJ11-encoded Kir6.2 pore-forming subunit of sarcolemmal KATP channels resulted in amplified vulnerability to the toxic effects of chronic cocaine abuse. Under the hyperadrenergic stress, imposed by daily 3-week-long intraperitoneal administration of 30 mg/kg cocaine in Kir6.2-knockout mice, failure to maintain cardiac homeostasis translated into decreased exercise tolerance revealed by poor treadmill stress performance, and dilated hypokinetic left hearts with aggravated cellular hypertrophy and pathognomonic characteristics of chronic cocaine-induced cardiac toxicity. This study therefore reveals a previously unrecognized role of Kir6.2-encoded KATP channels in determining cardiovascular outcome in chronic cocaine abuse, identifying a novel molecular determinant of cocaine cardiotoxicity.
- Subjects
DRUG abuse; LOCAL anesthetics; TROPANES; PHYSIOLOGICAL control systems; DRUG overdose
- Publication
CTS: Clinical & Translational Science, 2009, Vol 2, Issue 5, p361
- ISSN
1752-8054
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1752-8062.2009.00145.x