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Science 2 December 1988:
Vol. 242. no. 4883, pp. 1306 - 1308
DOI: 10.1126/science.2848320
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Science, Vol 242, Issue 4883, 1306-1308
Copyright © 1988 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Transient expression shows ligand gating and allosteric potentiation of GABAA receptor subunits

DB Pritchett, H Sontheimer, CM Gorman, H Kettenmann, PH Seeburg, and PR Schofield

Laboratory of Molecular Neuroendocrinology, ZMBH, University of Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany.

Human gamma-aminobutyric acid A (GABAA) receptor subunits were expressed transiently in cultured mammalian cells. This expression system allows the simultaneous characterization of ligand-gated ion channels by electrophysiology and by pharmacology. Thus, coexpression of the alpha and beta subunits of the GABAA receptor generated GABA-gated chloride channels and binding sites for GABAA receptor ligands. Channels consisting of only alpha or beta subunits could also be detected. These homomeric channels formed with reduced efficiencies compared to the heteromeric receptors. Both of these homomeric GABA-responsive channels were potentiated by barbiturate, indicating that sites for both ligand-gating and allosteric potentiation are present on receptors assembled from either subunit.


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