Desensitization of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors conferred by N-terminal segments of the beta 2 subunit

Biochemistry
S BohlerD Bertrand

Abstract

Desensitization is a general property of ligand-gated ion channels. Because of a wide array of available subunit combinations, it generates different time constants for channel closure, thereby modulating the processing of information in the brain. Within the family of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), alpha 3 beta 2 and alpha 3 beta 4 receptors display contrasting properties of desensitization. When measured using two-electrode voltage-clamp in Xenopus oocytes, desensitization results in current decreases 2 s after initiation of acetylcholine application by 94% for alpha 3 beta 2 receptors, but only by 6% in the case of alpha 3 beta 4 receptors. Desensitization was analyzed by inserting different portions of the beta2 into the beta 4 subunit. Residues 1--212 of the beta2 subunit were able to confer 78% desensitization in 2 s, while smaller chimeras revealed desensitization in 2 s conferred by residues 1--42 alone to a level of 50%, by residues 72--89 to a level of 74%, and by residues 96--212 to a level of 77%. Some long-term (25 min) effects of desensitization driven by acetylcholine were found to rely partially on the same elements, including an enhancement mediated by residues 1--95 and 96--212 of the bet...Continue Reading

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