Arias_2013_Biochemistry_52_8480

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Title : Differential pharmacological activity of JN403 between alpha7 and muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptors - Arias_2013_Biochemistry_52_8480
Author(s) : Arias HR , De Rosa MJ , Berge I , Feuerbach D , Bouzat C
Ref : Biochemistry , 52 :8480 , 2013
Abstract :

The differential action of the novel agonist JN403 at neuronal alpha7 and muscle nicotinic receptors (AChRs) was explored by using a combination of functional and structural approaches. Single-channel recordings reveal that JN403 is a potent agonist of alpha7 but a very low-efficacy agonist of muscle AChRs. JN403 elicits detectable openings of alpha7 and muscle AChRs at concentrations ~1000-fold lower and ~20-fold higher, respectively, than that for ACh. Single-channel activity elicited by JN403 is very similar to that elicited by ACh in alpha7 but profoundly different in muscle AChRs, where openings are brief and infrequent and do not appear in clusters at any concentration. JN403 elicits single-channel activity of muscle AChRs lacking the epsilon subunit, with opening events being more frequent and prolonged than those of wild-type AChRs. This finding is in line with the molecular docking studies predicting that JN403 may form a hydrogen bond required for potent activation at the alpha-delta but not at the alpha-epsilon binding site. JN403 does not elicit detectable Ca(2)(+) influx in muscle AChRs but inhibits (+/-)-epibatidine-elicited influx mainly by a noncompetitive mechanism. Such inhibition is compatible with single-channel recordings revealing that JN403 produces open-channel blockade and early termination of ACh-elicited clusters, and it is therefore also a potent desensitizing enhancer of muscle AChRs. The latter mechanism is supported by the JN403-induced increase in the level of binding of [(3)H]cytisine and [(3)H]TCP to resting AChRs. Elucidation of the differences in activity of JN403 between neuronal alpha7 and muscle AChRs provides further insights into mechanisms underlying selectivity for alpha7 AChRs.

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Arias HR, De Rosa MJ, Berge I, Feuerbach D, Bouzat C (2013)
Differential pharmacological activity of JN403 between alpha7 and muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
Biochemistry 52 :8480

Arias HR, De Rosa MJ, Berge I, Feuerbach D, Bouzat C (2013)
Biochemistry 52 :8480