RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Characterization of the gamma-aminobutyric acidA receptor-channel complex composed of alpha 1 beta 2 and alpha 1 beta 3 subunits from rat brain.
JF Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
JO J Pharmacol Exp Ther
FD American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
SP 985
OP 991
VO 265
IS 2
A1 A Y Valeyev
A1 J L Barker
A1 R A Cruciani
A1 G D Lange
A1 V V Smallwood
A1 L C Mahan
YR 1993
UL http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/265/2/985.abstract
AB The cloned alpha 1, beta 2 and beta 3 subunits of the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)A receptor-channel complex from rat brain were coexpressed as alpha beta complexes in cultured Chinese hamster ovary cells. Electrophysiological characterization of alpha 1 beta 2 and alpha 1 beta 3 receptor subunit arrangements was performed utilizing patch electrodes in the whole-cell recording configuration. The reversal potential of the current activated by either GABA or muscimol corresponded to that expected for Cl- ions and was dependent on the Cl- gradient. The dose response to GABA for activation of Cl- currents by either subunit combination displayed similar potencies. Currents were partially blocked by the reversible antagonist bicuculline. (-)Pentobarbital was ineffective by itself, but potentiated responses to GABA. The steroid alphaxalone (3 alpha-hydroxy 5 alpha-pregnane 11,20-dione) produced just-detectable inward currents, but did not potentiate GABA-activated currents. Diazepam was completely ineffective. The kinetics and conductance of the Cl- ion channels were inferred from spectral analysis of agonist-induced current fluctuations. Both kinetics and conductance were dependent on agonist structure.