TABLE 1

DHEAS sensitivity of UNC-49 GABAA receptors

n = 4 unless otherwise indicated.


Subunit

DHEAS IC50

Slope Coefficient
μM
UNC-49B 500i 1.1 ± 0.3
UNC-49B/C 29.2 ± 1.4 0.9 ± 0.1
N305R 98.8 ± 3.3 1.5 ± 0.1
M1-Ra 27.2 ± 5.2 1.1 ± 0.1
QF-Ra,b 26.0 ± 2.0 1.1 ± 0.02
Xc 43.3 ± 1.2 0.1 ± 0.04
Yd 47.8 ± 12.4 0.7 ± 0.03
XYd 14.6 ± 2.1 1.51 ± 0.2
Y(T257F)d 20.2 ± 2.0 (n = 6) 0.8 ± 0.1 (n = 6)
Y(M258L)e 30.6 ± 0.8 0.9 ± 0.03
Y(S264A)f 107.8 ± 8.8 0.9 ± 0.1
Y(T257F/M258L)e 51.0 ± 6.6 0.8 ± 0.1
Y(T257F/S264A)e 107.6 ± 23.1 0.1 ± 0.06
Y(T257F/M258L/S264A)g 61.7 ± 4.7 0.6 ± 0.04
X(I265S)h
25.1 ± 2.6
1.2 ± 0.1
  • a Significantly different from N305R, p < 0.0001.

  • b Not different from M1R, p > 0.05.

  • c Significantly different from XY, p < 0.0001.

  • d Significantly different from Y, p < 0.05, Mann—Whitney U test.

  • e Not different from Y, p > 0.05, Mann-Whitney U test.

  • f Significantly different from Y, p < 0.01.

  • g Significantly different from XY, p < 0.0001.

  • h Significantly different from X, p < 0.001.

  • i Extrapolated.