2025
Voltage-gated sodium channels in excitable cells as drug targets
Alsaloum M, Dib-Hajj S, Page D, Ruben P, Krainer A, Waxman S. Voltage-gated sodium channels in excitable cells as drug targets. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 2025, 1-21. PMID: 39901031, DOI: 10.1038/s41573-024-01108-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSodium channelsChannel subtypesControl action potential firingDevelopment of drugsDensity of voltage-gated sodiumExcitable cellsAction potential firingSubtype-specific drugsSodium channel subtypesVoltage-gated sodium channelsExpressing high densitiesVoltage-gated sodiumCardiac myocytesNav1.1-Nav1.9Potential firingCardiac disordersAction potentialsMuscle cellsMolecular targetsDrugSubtypesDrug developmentCellsDrug targetsMyocytes
2022
Inhibition of sodium conductance by cannabigerol contributes to a reduction of dorsal root ganglion neuron excitability
Ghovanloo M, Estacion M, Higerd‐Rusli G, Zhao P, Dib‐Hajj S, Waxman SG. Inhibition of sodium conductance by cannabigerol contributes to a reduction of dorsal root ganglion neuron excitability. British Journal Of Pharmacology 2022, 179: 4010-4030. PMID: 35297036, DOI: 10.1111/bph.15833.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEffect of cannabigerolDRG neuronsDorsal root ganglion neuron excitabilityVoltage-gated sodium currentDorsal root ganglion neuronsLower CBG concentrationPrimary dorsal root ganglion neuronsAnalgesic drug developmentNon-psychotropic phytocannabinoidMultielectrode array recordingsAction potential modellingInhibition of NaDRG excitabilityGanglion neuronsNeuron excitabilityAnalgesic propertiesCNS neuronsNeuronal hypoexcitabilityCBG concentrationsChannel inhibitorsSodium currentNeuronsFunctional selectivityDrug developmentUnderlying mechanism
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