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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-6-9
pubmed:abstractText
Chronic exposure to nicotine elicits upregulation of high-affinity nicotinic receptors in the smoker's brain. To address the molecular mechanism of upregulation, we transfected HEK293 cells with human alpha4beta2 receptors and traced the subunits throughout their intracellular biosynthesis, using metabolic labeling and immunoprecipitation techniques. We show that high-mannose glycosylated subunits mature and assemble into pentamers in the endoplasmic reticulum and that only pentameric receptors reach the cell surface following carbohydrate processing. Nicotine is shown to act inside the cell and to increase the amount of beta subunits immunoprecipitated by the conformation-dependent mAb290, indicating that nicotine enhances a critical step in the intracellular maturation of these receptors. This effect, which also takes place at concentrations of nicotine found in the blood of smokers upon expression of alpha4beta2 in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells, may play a crucial role in nicotine addiction and possibly implement a model of neural plasticity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antibodies, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carbachol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dihydro-beta-Erythroidine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nicotine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nicotinic Agonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nicotinic Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein Subunits, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Pyridines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Nicotinic, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tritium, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/epibatidine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/nicotinic receptor alpha4beta2
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0896-6273
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
595-607
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Antibodies, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Autoradiography, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Binding, Competitive, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Carbachol, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Dihydro-beta-Erythroidine, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Drug Interactions, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Glycosylation, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Immunoprecipitation, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Intracellular Space, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Membrane Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Nicotine, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Nicotinic Agonists, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Nicotinic Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Protein Subunits, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Pyridines, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Receptors, Nicotinic, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Tritium, pubmed-meshheading:15944128-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Nicotine upregulates its own receptors through enhanced intracellular maturation.
pubmed:affiliation
CNRS URA D2182 Récepteurs et Cognition, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't