The role of phosphorylation in the activity and mercury modulation of GABA-induced currents in rat neurons
The role of phosphorylation in the activity and mercury modulation of GABA-induced currents in rat neurons
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DOI:
10.1016/s0028-3908(97)00172-x
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发表时间:
1997-11-01
影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
Narahashi, T
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作者:
Huang, CS;Narahashi, T
The role of protein kinase A (PKA) and protein kinase C (PKC) in the function and modulation by mercury chloride of the GABA(A) receptor-chloride channel complex was studied with rat dorsal root ganglion cells using the whole-cell patch clamp technique. When added to the internal pipette solutions, both KT 5720, a selective PKA inhibitor, and calphostin C, a selective PKC inhibitor, increased the maximal current and shifted the EC50 for GABA in the direction of higher GABA concentrations. GABA-activated currents were decreased by the addition of 5 mM cAMP to the internal pipette solution, and by external perfusion of 100 nM phorbol 13-myristate 13-acetate. Mercury chloride potentiation of GABA-activated currents was blocked by internal application of 5 mM cAMP. PKA in the recording pipette abolished the mercury chloride potentiation of GABA-activated currents. In contrast, 0.56 mu M KT 5720, but not calphostin C, in the internal pipette solution enhanced the effect of mercury chloride. In conclusion, both PKA and PKC negatively regulate the activity of the GABA(A) receptor-channel complex probably through phosphorylation of the receptor, and the PKA system underlies the mechanism of mercury chloride potentiation of GABA-activated currents. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.