Redistribution of GABAB(1) protein and atypical GABAB responses in GABAB(2)-deficient mice

The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience
Martin GassmannB Bettler

Abstract

GABAB receptors mediate slow synaptic inhibition in the nervous system. In transfected cells, functional GABAB receptors are usually only observed after coexpression of GABAB(1) and GABAB(2) subunits, which established the concept of heteromerization for G-protein-coupled receptors. In the heteromeric receptor, GABAB(1) is responsible for binding of GABA, whereas GABAB(2) is necessary for surface trafficking and G-protein coupling. Consistent with these in vitro observations, the GABAB(1) subunit is also essential for all GABAB signaling in vivo. Mice lacking the GABAB(1) subunit do not exhibit detectable electrophysiological, biochemical, or behavioral responses to GABAB agonists. However, GABAB(1) exhibits a broader cellular expression pattern than GABAB(2), suggesting that GABAB(1) could be functional in the absence of GABAB(2). We now generated GABAB(2)-deficient mice to analyze whether GABAB(1) has the potential to signal without GABAB(2) in neurons. We show that GABAB(2)-/- mice suffer from spontaneous seizures, hyperalgesia, hyperlocomotor activity, and severe memory impairment, analogous to GABAB(1)-/- mice. This clearly demonstrates that the lack of heteromeric GABAB(1,2) receptors underlies these phenotypes. To our su...Continue Reading

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