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Ms. Egle Plukaite
Vilnius University Life Sciences Center Institute of Biosciences, Vilnius, Lithuania

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Published: 29 March 2021 in Plants
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Inhibitors of human two-pore channels (TPC1 and TPC2), i.e., verapamil, tetrandrine, and NED-19, are promising medicines used in treatment of serious diseases. In the present study, the impact of these substances on action potentials (APs) and vacuolar channel activity was examined in the aquatic characean algae Nitellopsis obtusa and in the terrestrial liverwort Marchantia polymorpha. In both plant species, verapamil (20–300 µM) caused reduction of AP amplitudes, indicating impaired Ca2+ transport. In N. obtusa, it depolarized the AP excitation threshold and resting potential and prolonged AP duration. In isolated vacuoles of M. polymorpha, verapamil caused a reduction of the open probability of slow vacuolar SV/TPC channels but had almost no effect on K+ channels in the tonoplast of N. obtusa. In both species, tetrandrine (20–100 µM) evoked a pleiotropic effect: reduction of resting potential and AP amplitudes and prolongation of AP repolarization phases, especially in M. polymorpha, but it did not alter vacuolar SV/TPC activity. NED-19 (75 µM) caused both specific and unspecific effects on N. obtusa APs. In M. polymorpha, NED-19 increased the duration of repolarization. However, no inhibition of SV/TPC channels was observed in Marchantia vacuoles, but an increase in open probability and channel flickering. The results indicate an effect on Ca2+ -permeable channels governing plant excitation.

ACS Style

Mateusz Koselski; Vilmantas Pupkis; Kenji Hashimoto; Indre Lapeikaite; Agnieszka Hanaka; Piotr Wasko; Egle Plukaite; Kazuyuki Kuchitsu; Vilma Kisnieriene; Kazimierz Trebacz. Impact of Mammalian Two-Pore Channel Inhibitors on Long-Distance Electrical Signals in the Characean Macroalga Nitellopsis obtusa and the Early Terrestrial Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha. Plants 2021, 10, 647 .

AMA Style

Mateusz Koselski, Vilmantas Pupkis, Kenji Hashimoto, Indre Lapeikaite, Agnieszka Hanaka, Piotr Wasko, Egle Plukaite, Kazuyuki Kuchitsu, Vilma Kisnieriene, Kazimierz Trebacz. Impact of Mammalian Two-Pore Channel Inhibitors on Long-Distance Electrical Signals in the Characean Macroalga Nitellopsis obtusa and the Early Terrestrial Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha. Plants. 2021; 10 (4):647.

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Mateusz Koselski; Vilmantas Pupkis; Kenji Hashimoto; Indre Lapeikaite; Agnieszka Hanaka; Piotr Wasko; Egle Plukaite; Kazuyuki Kuchitsu; Vilma Kisnieriene; Kazimierz Trebacz. 2021. "Impact of Mammalian Two-Pore Channel Inhibitors on Long-Distance Electrical Signals in the Characean Macroalga Nitellopsis obtusa and the Early Terrestrial Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha." Plants 10, no. 4: 647.