Protein Information

Name chloride channel (protein family or complex)
Synonyms chloride channel

Compound Information

Name HCH
CAS 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane

Reference List

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2451320 Fishman BE, Gianutsos G: CNS biochemical and pharmacological effects of the isomers of hexachlorocyclohexane (lindane) in the mouse. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 1988 Mar 30;93(1):146-53.


However, acute exposure to alpha- or delta-HCH inhibited the seizure activity due to PTZ but increased that of PIC. gamma-, alpha-, and delta-HCH inhibited the binding of 3H-TBOB (a ligand for the GABA-A receptor linked chloride channel) to mouse whole brain membranes with IC50 values of 4.6, 20.0, and 31.8 microM, respectively.
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8750965 Nagata K, Narahashi T: Differential effects of hexachlorocyclohexane isomers on the GABA receptor-chloride channel complex in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons. Brain Res. 1995 Dec 15;704(1):85-91.

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17201770 Eguchi Y, Ihara M, Ochi E, Shibata Y, Matsuda K, Fushiki S, Sugama H, Hamasaki Y, Niwa H, Wada M, Ozoe F, Ozoe Y: Functional characterization of Musca glutamate- and GABA-gated chloride channels expressed independently and coexpressed in Xenopus oocytes. Insect Mol Biol. 2006 Dec;15(6):773-83.


Genes encoding subunits of two LGICs, a glutamate-gated chloride channel (MdGluCl-alpha) and a gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-gated chloride channel (MdRdl), were cloned from house-flies (Musca domestica L.).
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2443783 Fishman BE, Gianutsos G: Opposite effects of different hexachlorocyclohexane (lindane) isomers on cerebellar cyclic GMP: relation of cyclic GMP accumulation to seizure activity. Life Sci. 1987 Oct 5;41(14):1703-9.


All three HCH isomers inhibited the binding of 3H-TBOB (a ligand for the GABA-A-receptor linked chloride channel) in mouse cerebellum.
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12645305 Sauviat MP, Pages N: [Cardiotoxicity of lindane, a gamma isomer of hexachlorocyclohexane] . J Soc Biol. 2002;196(4):339-48.


Lindane exerts a stimulating action on synaptic transmission and inhibits the chloride current activated by gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA) of many muscular and nervous preparations by interacting with the receptors GABA-chloride channel complex.
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8949935 Nagata K, Huang CS, Hamilton BJ, Carter DB, Narahashi T: Differential effects of hexachlorocyclohexane isomers on the GABA receptor subunits expressed in human embryonic kidney cell line. Brain Res. 1996 Oct 28;738(1):131-7.


We have recently demonstrated by patch clamp experiments that the four isomers of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), alpha-, beta-, gamma- and delta-HCH insecticides, modulated the kinetics of the GABAA receptor-chloride channel complex of rat dorsal root ganglion neurons.
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18651916 Hirata K, Ishida C, Eguchi Y, Sakai K, Ozoe F, Ozoe Y, Matsuda K: Role of a serine residue (S278) in the pore-facing region of the housefly L-glutamate-gated chloride channel in determining sensitivity to noncompetitive antagonists. Insect Mol Biol. 2008 Aug;17(4):341-50.

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2440413 Fishman BE, Gianutsos G: Differential effects of gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane (lindane) on pharmacologically-induced seizures. Arch Toxicol. 1987 Apr;59(6):397-401.


The in vitro data suggest that the site responsible for the decrease in seizure activity 24 h after gamma-HCH may be the GABA-A receptor-linked chloride channel.
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