The beta 1 sodium channel subunit modifies the interactions of neurotoxins and local anesthetics with the rat brain IIA alpha sodium channel in isolated membranes but not in intact cells
The beta 1 sodium channel subunit modifies the interactions of neurotoxins and local anesthetics with the rat brain IIA alpha sodium channel in isolated membranes but not in intact cells
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DOI:
10.1016/0028-3908(96)84631-4
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发表时间:
1996-05-01
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4.7
通讯作者:
Hunter, JC
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作者:
Bonhaus, DW;Herman, RC;Hunter, JC
Mammalian brain sodium channels consist of an alpha subunit and two smaller beta subunits. The role of the beta 1 subunit in modulating ligand interactions at these channels was examined using a cell line stably expressing human beta 1 and rat brain IIA alpha subunits. Coexpression of the beta 1 subunit had no effect on the potencies of sodium channel blockers in inhibiting whole cell [H-3]batrachotoxinin A benzoate ([H-3]BTX) binding or veratridine-stimulated [C-14]guanidinium influx. Coexpression of the beta 1 subunit also had no effect on the potencies of alpha scorpion toxin, brevetoxin, or RU 39568 in stimulating [C-14]guanidinium influx. By contrast, coexpression of the beta 1 subunit had dramatic effects on ligand interactions in isolated membranes. In isolated membranes of cells expressing only the alpha subunit, the neurotoxins had no stimulatory effect on [H-3]BTX binding and the potencies of local anesthetic-like channel inhibitors were 10-100-fold lower than those at native sodium channels. Whereas in membranes of cells coexpressing the beta 1 subunit, the neurotoxins increased [H-3]BTX binding 30-fold and the potencies of the sodium channel inhibitors closely matched those found at native sodium channels. These findings indicate that the beta 1 subunit is not required for the binding of sodium channel activators or inhibitors but rather, that the beta 1 subunit may stabilize the alpha subunit in a functional conformation thereby allowing detection of these interactions in disrupted membranes. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.