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Critical elements determining diversity in agonist binding and desensitization of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.
Corringer PJ
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Bertrand S
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Bohler S
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Edelstein SJ
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Changeux JP
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Bertrand D
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To identify the molecular determinants underlying the pharmacological diversity of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, we compared the alpha7 homo-oligomeric and alpha4beta2 hetero-oligomeric receptors. Sets of residues from the regions initially identified within the agonist binding site of the alpha4 subunit were introduced into the alpha7 agonist binding site, carried by the homo-oligomeric alpha7-V201-5HT3 chimera. Introduction of the alpha4 residues 183-191 into alpha7 subunit sequence (chimera C2) selectively increased the apparent affinities for equilibrium binding and for ion channel activation by acetylcholine, resulting in a receptor that no longer displays differences in the responses to acetylcholine and nicotine. Introduction of the alpha4 residues 151-155 (chimera B) produced a approximately 100-fold increase in the apparent affinity for both acetylcholine and nicotine in equilibrium binding measurements. In both cases electrophysiological recordings revealed a much smaller increase (three- to sevenfold) in the apparent affinity for activation, but the concentrations required to desensitize the mutant chimeras parallel the shifts in apparent binding affinity. The data were fitted by a two-state concerted model, and an alteration of the conformational isomerization constant leading to the desensitized state accounts for the chimera B phenotype, whereas alteration of the ligand binding site accounts for the chimera C2 phenotype. Point mutation analysis revealed that several residues in both fragments contribute to the phenotypes, with a critical effect of the G152K and T183N mutations. Transfer of alpha4 amino acids 151-155 and 183-191 into the alpha7-V201-5HT3 chimera thus confers physiological and pharmacological properties typical of the alpha4beta2 receptor.
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