Abstract:
:Adrenal chromaffin cells release neurotransmitters in response to stress and may be involved in conditions such as post-traumatic stress and anxiety disorders. Neurotransmitter release is triggered, in part, by activation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). However, despite decades of use as a model system for studying exocytosis, the nAChR subtypes involved have not been pharmacologically identified. Quantitative real-time PCR of rat adrenal medulla revealed an abundance of mRNAs for α3, α7, β2, and β4 subunits. Whole-cell patch-clamp electrophysiology of chromaffin cells and subtype-selective ligands were used to probe for nAChRs derived from the mRNAs found in adrenal medulla. A novel conopeptide antagonist, PeIA-5469, was created that is highly selective for α3β2 over other nAChR subtypes heterologously expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes. Experiments using PeIA-5469 and the α3β4-selective α-conotoxin TxID revealed that rat adrenal medulla contain two populations of chromaffin cells that express either α3β4 nAChRs alone or α3β4 together with the α3β2β4 subtype. Conclusions were derived from observations that acetylcholine-gated currents in some cells were sensitive to inhibition by PeIA-5469 and TxID, while in other cells, currents were sensitive only to TxID. Expression of functional α7 nAChRs was determined using three α7-selective ligands: the agonist PNU282987, the positive allosteric modulator PNU120596, and the antagonist α-conotoxin [V11L,V16D]ArIB. The results of these studies identify for the first time the expression of α3β2β4 nAChRs as well as functional α7 nAChRs by rat adrenal chromaffin cells.
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J Neurochemjournal_title
Journal of neurochemistryauthors
Hone AJ,Rueda-Ruzafa L,Gordon TJ,Gajewiak J,Christensen S,Dyhring T,Albillos A,McIntosh JMdoi
10.1111/jnc.14966subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-07-01 00:00:00pages
158-176issue
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0022-3042issn
1471-4159journal_volume
154pub_type
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