CHIMERIC NICOTINIC SEROTONERGIC RECEPTOR COMBINES DISTINCT LIGAND-BINDING AND CHANNEL SPECIFICITIES

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EISELE, JL [1 ]
BERTRAND, S [1 ]
GALZI, JL [1 ]
DEVILLERSTHIERY, A [1 ]
CHANGEUX, JP [1 ]
BERTRAND, D [1 ]
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[1] UNIV GENEVA, MED CTR, FAC MED, DEPT PHYSIOL, CH-1211 GENEVA 4, SWITZERLAND
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10.1038/366479a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
THE neuronal nicotinic alpha7 (nAChR) and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5HT3) receptors1-3 are ligand-gated ion channels with a homologous topological organization and have activation and desensitization reactions in common. Yet these homo-oligomeric receptors differ in the pharmacology of their binding sites for agonists and competitive antagonists3,4, and in their sensitivity to Ca2+ ions. The alpha7 channel is highly permeable to Ca2+ ions5,6 and external Ca2+ ions potentiate, in an allosteric manner, the permeability response to acetylcholine, as shown for other neuronal nAChRs7,8. The 5HT3 channel, in contrast, is not permeable to Ca2+ ions, but blocked by them3,9. To assign these properties to delimited domains of the primary structure, we constructed several recombinant chimaeric alpha7-5HT3 receptors. We report here that one of the constructs expresses a functional receptor that contains the serotonergic channel still blocked by Ca2+ ions, but is activated by nicotinic ligands and potentiated by external Ca2+ ions.
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