Protein kinase Cdelta regulates ethanol intoxication and enhancement of GABA-stimulated tonic current.
Protein kinase Cdelta regulates ethanol intoxication and enhancement of GABA-stimulated tonic current.
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10.1523/jneurosci.3156-08.2008
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发表时间:
2008-11-12
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Messing RO
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Choi DS;Wei W;Deitchman JK;Kharazia VN;Lesscher HM;McMahon T;Wang D;Qi ZH;Sieghart W;Zhang C;Shokat KM;Mody I;Messing RO
Ethanol alters the distribution and abundance of PKCδ in neural cell lines. Here we investigated whether PKCδ also regulates behavioral responses to ethanol. PKCδ-/- mice showed reduced intoxication when administered ethanol and reduced ataxia when administered the non-selective GABAA receptor agonists pentobarbital and pregnanolone. However, their response to flunitrazepam was not altered, suggesting that PKCδ regulates benzodiazepine-insensitive GABAA receptors, most of which contain δ subunits and mediate tonic inhibitory currents in neurons. Indeed, the distribution of PKCδ overlapped with GABAA δ subunits in thalamus and hippocampus, and ethanol failed to enhance tonic GABA currents in PKCδ-/- thalamic and hippocampal neurons. Moreover, using an ATP analog-sensitive PKCδ mutant in mouse L(tk-) fibroblasts that express α4β3δ GABAA receptors, we found that ethanol enhancement of GABA currents was PKCδ-dependent. Thus, PKCδ enhances ethanol intoxication partly through regulation of GABAA receptors that contain δ subunits and mediate tonic inhibitory currents. These findings indicate that PKCδ contributes to a high level of behavioral response to ethanol, which is negatively associated with risk of developing an alcohol use disorder in humans.