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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-7-2
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
In the neurological mutant mouse weaver, granule cell precursors proliferate normally in the external germinal layer of the cerebellar cortex, but fail to differentiate. Granule neurons purified from weaver cerebella have greatly reduced G protein-activated inwardly rectifying K+ currents; instead, they display a constitutive Na+ conductance. Expression of the weaver GIRK2 channel in oocytes confirms that the mutation leads to constitutive activation, loss of monovalent cation selectivity, and increased sensitivity to three channel blockers. Pharmacological blockade of the Na+ influx in weaver granule cells restores their ability to differentiate normally. Thus, Na+ flux through the weaver GIRK2 channel underlies the failure of granule cell development in situ.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0896-6273
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
941-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8630252-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8630252-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8630252-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:8630252-Cerebellar Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:8630252-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:8630252-G Protein-Coupled Inwardly-Rectifying Potassium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:8630252-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:8630252-Guanosine Triphosphate, pubmed-meshheading:8630252-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:8630252-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8630252-Mice, Neurologic Mutants, pubmed-meshheading:8630252-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8630252-Oocytes, pubmed-meshheading:8630252-Point Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:8630252-Potassium, pubmed-meshheading:8630252-Potassium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:8630252-Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying, pubmed-meshheading:8630252-Receptors, Muscarinic, pubmed-meshheading:8630252-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:8630252-Sodium, pubmed-meshheading:8630252-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:8630252-Xenopus laevis
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Functional analysis of the weaver mutant GIRK2 K+ channel and rescue of weaver granule cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't