Mutation (Ser284Leu) of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha 4 subunit associated with frontal lobe epilepsy causes faster desensitization of the rat receptor expressed in oocytes

Epilepsy Research
Nobuaki MatsushimaHiroyuki Sugiyama

Abstract

To date five mutations in two major constituents of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) in the brain, i.e. alpha4 and beta2 subunits, have been identified to be associated with autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (ADNFLE). Among them, only Ser284Leu, a point mutation in alpha4 subunit identified in ADNFLE as well as in a sporadic case with nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy, remains to be characterized electrophysiologically. We examined the properties of rat nAChR harboring Ser284Leu reconstituted on Xenopus oocytes. Currents elicited in response to application of acetylcholine to oocytes expressing wild type or mutant nAChR were measured by a standard two-microelectrode voltage clamp method. Compared with wild-type nAChR, the mutant nAChR had a comparable EC(50) value for acetylcholine whereas it showed faster desensitization and lower Cs(+)/Na(+) permeability ratio. Ser284Phe, a putative mutation constructed for comparison, exhibited similar properties. These findings indicate that Ser(284) plays an important role in gating of nAChR along with Thr(276) and Ser(280), and suggest that mutation at Ser(284) could reduce nAChR activity similar to other mutations of alpha4 subunit found in ADNFLE.

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