Sites of positive allosteric modulation by neurosteroids on ionotropic gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor subunits |
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Authors: | Ueno Susumu Tsutsui Masato Toyohira Yumiko Minami Kouichiro Yanagihara Nobuyuki |
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Institution: | Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishiku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 807-8555, Japan. susumu@med.uoeh-u.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | Neurosteroids are known as allosteric modulators of ionotropic gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors. Here, we investigated sites of positive allosteric modulation by allotetrahydrodeoxycorticosterone (5alpha-THDOC) at GABA receptors using the technique of chimeragenesis and the Xenopus oocyte expression system. Our findings have demonstrated that the region from transmembrane segment (TM) 4 to the C-terminus of the GABA(A) receptor alpha1 subunit is crucial for the action of 5alpha-THDOC, but insufficient for the action of another neurosteroid allopregnanolone, suggesting that a specific region critical for neurosteroid action at GABA receptors exists in the domain between TM4 and the C-terminus of GABA receptor subunits. |
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