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Identification of a Novel, Inhibitory Action of Amiodarone on Vesicular Monoamine Transport

Deepak Haikerwal, Anthony M. Dart, Peter J. Little and David M. Kaye
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics February 1999, 288 (2) 834-837;
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The benzofuran antiarrhythmic drug, amiodarone, exhibits a wide range of pharmacological properties. Recent in vivo biochemical studies suggest that amiodarone may exert an antiadrenergic action in the heart, which resembles the effects of reserpine. To investigate the cellular basis for this apparent presynaptic, sympatholytic action we used Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells expressing the type 2 vesicular monoamine transporter (VMAT2) as a synaptic vesicular model. Amiodarone inhibited the uptake of [3H]norepinephrine in VMAT2-transfected CHO cells in a concentration-dependent manner, with a −log EC50 of 6.44 ± 0.32. To further identify the site at which amiodarone suppressed vesicular monoamine transport, we examined the ability of amiodarone to displace [3H]reserpine from its binding site in membrane fractions prepared from CHO cells expressing VMAT2. [3H]Reserpine binding was inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner by amiodarone, with an −log EC50 of 6.76 ± 0.03, reaching 84 ± 5% inhibition of reserpine binding at 10 μM. A pH-dependent mechanism for this action of amiodarone was excluded in studies using the pH-sensitive fluorescent indicator 2′,7′-bis (carboxyethyl)-5,6-carboxyfluorescein (BCECF). These data indicate that amiodarone inhibits the uptake of monoamine into the axoplasmic storage vesicle by inhibiting VMAT. Furthermore, amiodarone competes specifically with reserpine for binding to VMAT. These findings suggest a novel presynaptic site of action for amiodarone.

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  • Send reprint requests to: David M. Kaye, Molecular Neurocardiology Laboratory, Baker Medical Research Institute, Commercial Rd., Prahran, Victoria 3181 Australia. E-mail:david.kaye{at}baker.edu.au

  • ↵1 This work was supported by a block grant to the Baker Medical Research Institute from the National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia). D. H. was supported by Postgraduate Scholarships from the Baker Medical Research Institute and Alfred Healthcare Group. D. M. K. is the recipient of a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship.

  • Abbreviations:
    CHO
    Chinese hamster ovary
    VMAT2
    type 2 vesicular monoamine transporter
    BCECF
    2′,7′-bis (carboxyethyl)-5,6-carboxyfluorescein
    DHPG
    dihydroxyphenylglycol
    NE
    norepinephrine
    pHi
    intracellular pH
    • Received May 12, 1998.
    • Accepted September 15, 1998.
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