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Vol. 54, Issue 6, 1132-1139, December 1998

Neuronal Nicotinic Receptor beta 2 and beta 4 Subunits Confer Large Differences in Agonist Binding Affinity

Michael J. Parker, Avi Beck, and Charles W. Luetje

Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33101

We used equilibrium binding analysis to characterize the agonist binding properties of six different rat neuronal nicotinic receptor subunit combinations expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes. The alpha 4beta 2 receptor bound [3H]cytisine with a Kdapp of 0.74 ± 0.14 nM. The rank order of Kiapp values of additional nicotinic ligands, determined in competition assays, was cytisine < nicotine < acetylcholine < carbachol < curare. These pharmacological properties of alpha 4beta 2 expressed in oocytes are comparable to published values for the high affinity cytisine binding site in rat brain (alpha 4beta 2), demonstrating that rat neuronal nicotinic receptors expressed in X. laevis oocytes display appropriate pharmacological properties. Use of [3H]epibatidine allowed detailed characterization of multiple neuronal nicotinic receptor subunit combinations. Kdapp values for [3H]epibatidine binding were 10 pM for alpha 2beta 2, 87 pM for alpha 2beta 4, 14 pM for alpha 3beta 2, 300 pM for alpha 3beta 4, 30 pM for alpha 4beta 2, and 85 pM for alpha 4beta 4. Affinities for six additional agonists (acetylcholine, anabasine, cytisine, 1,1-dimethyl-4-phenylpiperazinium, lobeline, and nicotine) were determined in competition assays. The beta 2-containing receptors had consistently higher affinities for these agonists than did beta 4-containing receptors. Particularly striking examples are the affinities displayed by alpha 2beta 2 and alpha 2beta 4, which differ in 1,1-dimethyl-4-phenylpiperazinium, nicotine, lobeline, and acetylcholine affinity by 120-, 86-, 85-, and 61-fold, respectively. Although smaller differences in affinity could be ascribed to different alpha  subunits, the major factor in determining agonist affinity was the nature of the beta  subunit.


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