Identification and expression of a unique neonatal variant of the GABAA receptor α3 subunit
| Autor: | Samuel Pelly, Paul B. Colditz, Aven Lee, S. Tracey Bjorkman, Stephanie M. Miller, Viskasari Pintoko Kalanjati |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
Histology Gephyrin biology GABAA receptor musculoskeletal neural and ocular physiology General Neuroscience Protein subunit Central nervous system Alternative splicing Hippocampus Neurotransmission Cell biology Cortex (botany) 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure nervous system biology.protein medicine Anatomy 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Brain Structure and Function. 223:1025-1033 |
| ISSN: | 1863-2661 1863-2653 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00429-017-1597-6 |
| Popis: | The GABAA receptor provides the majority of inhibitory neurotransmission in the adult central nervous system but in immature brain is responsible for much of the excitatory drive, a requirement for normal brain development. It is well established that GABAA receptor subunit expression changes across the course of brain development. In the present study, we have identified a splice variant of the GABAA receptor α3 subunit which appears unique to the developing brain, referred to here as the GABAA receptor α3 subunit neonatal variant (GABAA receptor α3N). RT-PCR and sequence analysis revealed splicing of exon 8 of the α3 subunit. Western blot analysis showed expression of GABAA receptor α3N in the cortex of several neonatal species and significantly reduced expression of this splice variant in the corresponding adult brains. Expression was evident in multiple brain regions and decreased across development in the pig. Fractionation revealed differential cellular localisation in the parietal cortex, hippocampus and thalamus of the full-length GABAA receptor α3 and GABAA receptor α3N. Immunoprecipitation showed direct interaction with the GABAA receptor subunits α1 and γ2 but not with gephyrin. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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