NATIVE NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE-RECEPTORS IN HUMAN IMR32 NEUROBLASTOMA-CELLS - FUNCTIONAL, IMMUNOLOGICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES
NATIVE NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE-RECEPTORS IN HUMAN IMR32 NEUROBLASTOMA-CELLS - FUNCTIONAL, IMMUNOLOGICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1460-9568.1995.tb00630.x
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发表时间:
1995-10-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
CLEMENTI, F
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作者:
GOTTI, C;BRISCINI, L;CLEMENTI, F
IMR32 cells express two classes of surface nicotinic receptors: those labelled with high affinity by [I-125]neuronal toxin, and those labelled by [(125)]alpha-bungarotoxin. Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings indicate that both classes of receptor are able to elicit inward currents that are totally blocked by d-tubocurarine but only partially blocked by alpha-bungarotoxin. In IMR32 cells, nicotine induces an increase in the intracellular level of free Ca2+. This increase, which is also completely blocked by d-tubocurarine and only partially blocked by alpha-bungarotoxin and Cd2+, is due to extracellular calcium influx through both the nicotinic receptors and the voltage-activated Ca2+ channels. By using subunit-specific polyclonal antibodies, we have demonstrated that the alpha-bungarotoxin receptors contain the alpha 7 subunit, but none of the other subunits whose transcripts are present in IMR32 cells. The pharmacological profile of these human alpha 7-containing alpha-bungarotoxin receptors is similar to that observed in the native chick alpha 7 receptor, but there are also some species-specific differences.