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Two novel GABAA receptor subunits exist in distinct neuronal subpopulations

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Killisch,  Iris
Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Max Planck Society;

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Sprengel,  Rolf
Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Max Planck Society;
Rolf Sprengel Group, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Max Planck Society;
Olfaction Web, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Max Planck Society;

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Köhler,  Martin
Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Max Planck Society;

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Seeburg,  Peter H.
Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Max Planck Society;

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Shivers, B. D., Killisch, I., Sprengel, R., Sontheimer, H., Köhler, M., Schofield, P. R., et al. (1989). Two novel GABAA receptor subunits exist in distinct neuronal subpopulations. Neuron, 3(3), 327-337. doi:10.1016/0896-6273(89)90257-2.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0000-855D-2
Abstract
Two cDNAs encoding novel GABAA receptor subunits were isolated from a rat brain library. These subunits, gamma 2 and delta, share approximately 35% sequence identity with alpha and beta subunits and form functional GABA-gated chloride channels when expressed alone in vitro. The gamma 2 subunit is the rat homolog of the human gamma 2 subunit recently shown to be important for benzodiazepine pharmacology. Cellular localization of the mRNAs encoding the gamma 2 and delta subunits in rat brain revealed that largely distinct neuronal subpopulations express the two subunits. The delta subunit distribution resembles that of the high affinity GABAA receptor labeled with [3H]muscimol; the gamma 2 subunit distribution resembles that of GABAA/benzodiazepine receptors labeled with [3H]flunitrazepam. These findings have implications for the composition of two different GABAA receptor subtypes and for information processing in networks using GABA for signaling.