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J Biol Chem
2016 Aug 26;29135:18474-83. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M116.738906.
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Toward Understanding Functional Properties and Subunit Arrangement of α4β2δ γ-Aminobutyric Acid, Type A (GABAA) Receptors.
Wongsamitkul N
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Baur R
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Sigel E
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???displayArticle.abstract??? GABAA receptors are pentameric ligand-gated channels mediating inhibitory neurotransmission in the CNS. α4βxδ GABAA receptors are extrasynaptic receptors important for tonic inhibition. The functional properties and subunit arrangement of these receptors are controversial. We predefined subunit arrangement by using subunit concatenation. α4, β2, and δ subunits were concatenated to dimeric, trimeric, and, in some cases, pentameric subunits. We constructed in total nine different receptor pentamers in at least two different ways and expressed them in Xenopus oocytes. The δ subunit was substituted in any of the five positions in the α1β2 receptor. In addition, we investigated all receptors with the 2:2:1 subunit stoichiometry for α4, β2, and δ. Several functional receptors were obtained. Interestingly, all of these receptors had very similar EC50 values for GABA in the presence of the neurosteroid 3α, 21-dihydroxy-5α-pregnan-20-one (THDOC). All functional receptors containing δ subunits were sensitive to 4-chloro-N-[2-(2-thienyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-3-yl]benzamide (DS2). Moreover, none of the receptors was affected by ethanol up to 30 mm These properties recapitulate those of non-concatenated receptors expressed from a cRNA ratio of 1:1:5 coding for α4, β2, and δ subunits. We conclude that the subunit arrangement of α4β2δ GABAA receptors is not strongly predefined but is mostly satisfying the 2:2:1 subunit stoichiometry for α4, β2, and δ subunits and that several subunit arrangements result in receptors with similar functional properties tuned to physiological conditions.
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