Abstract:
:The neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha4 and beta2 subunits expressed in heterologous expression systems assemble into at least two distinct subunit stoichiometries of alpha4beta2 receptor. The (alpha4)2(beta2)3 stoichiometry is about 100-fold more sensitive to acetylcholine than the (alpha4)3(beta2)2 stoichiometry. In order to investigate if agonists in general distinguish high- and low-affinity alpha4beta2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, we have expressed human alpha4 and beta2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits in two different expression systems. The relative amounts of alpha4beta2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors with high- and low-affinity for acetylcholine were manipulated by (a) injecting the subunit cDNAs at different alpha:beta ratios into Xenopus oocytes and (b) by culturing HEK-293 cells stably expressing alpha4beta2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors overnight at different temperatures. The sensitivities of the alpha4beta2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors to the agonists acetylcholine, 5-I A-85380, and TC-2559 were investigated using the voltage-clamp technique on Xenopus oocytes and using a fluorescent imaging plate reader to measure calcium responses from HEK-293 cells. Like acetylcholine, 5-I A-85380 produced biphasic concentration-response curves and the high-affinity component became larger when the cells were manipulated to produce a greater proportion of (alpha4)2(beta2)3 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Interestingly, under all circumstances, TC-2559 produced monophasic concentration-response curves. In oocytes injected with alpha4 and beta2 subunits in the 1:1 ratio the maximum effect of TC-2559 was 28% of that of acetylcholine. The EC50 for TC-2559 was not changed when oocytes were manipulated to express exclusively (alpha4)2(beta2)3 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, however, the maximum effect of TC-2559 was dramatically enhanced. These results suggest that TC-2559 is a selective agonist of the (alpha4)2(beta2)3 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor stoichiometry.
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Eur J Pharmacoljournal_title
European journal of pharmacologyauthors
Zwart R,Broad LM,Xi Q,Lee M,Moroni M,Bermudez I,Sher Edoi
10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.03.077subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-06-06 00:00:00pages
10-7issue
1-2eissn
0014-2999issn
1879-0712pii
S0014-2999(06)00360-8journal_volume
539pub_type
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