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8940300

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
13
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-1-3
pubmed:abstractText
Whole-cell patch clamp recording was performed on human embryonic kidney 293 cells stably transfected with rat cDNAs for the alpha6, beta2, and gamma2S subunits of the GABA(A) receptor. The volatile anesthetic halothane directly activated a current in the absence of the ligand gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Both the current amplitude and the rate of desensitization increased in a dose-dependent manner with an EC50 of 1.0+/-0.2 mM and a Hill coefficient (nh) of 1.5+/-0.1. The EC50 and nh for GABA to activate the receptor were 1.0+/-0.3 microM and 1.4+/-0.2, respectively. The peak amplitude of the halothane-activated current was about 4% of the maximal GABA response, which was not changed when the concentration of Ca2+ in the external solution was decreased from 2 mM to 0.2 mM. The reversal potential of both halothane- and GABA-activated currents changed with the external Cl- concentration as predicted by the Nernst equation for chloride ions. The halothane- and GABA-activated currents were blocked by both the noncompetitive GABA(A) receptor antagonist picrotoxin and the competitive GABA(A) receptor antagonist bicuculline. Schild plots revealed that the K(i)s for bicuculline to competitively antagonize the currents activated by halothane and GABA are similar (0.69 and 0.72 microM, respectively). These results indicate that halothane activates the alpha6 beta2 gamma2S GABA(A) receptor to induce a current similar to the GABA-induced current.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0892-6638
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1539-45
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Halothane acts as a partial agonist of the alpha6 beta2 gamma2S GABA(A)receptor.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't