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Rat α3/β4 Subtype of Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Stably Expressed in a Transfected Cell Line: Pharmacology of Ligand Binding and Function

Yingxian Xiao, Erin L. Meyer, Jessica M. Thompson, Alexander Surin, Jarda Wroblewski and Kenneth J. Kellar
Molecular Pharmacology August 1998, 54 (2) 322-333; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.54.2.322
Yingxian Xiao
Department of Pharmacology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20007
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Erin L. Meyer
Department of Pharmacology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20007
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Jessica M. Thompson
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Jarda Wroblewski
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We stably transfected human kidney embryonic 293 cells with the rat neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) α3 and β4 subunit genes. This new cell line, KXα3β4R2, expresses a high level of the α3/β4 receptor subtype, which binds (±)- [3H]epibatidine with aK d value of 304±16 pm and a B max value of 8942 ± 115 fmol/mg protein. Comparison of nicotinic drugs in competing for α3/β4 receptor binding sites in this cell line and the binding sites in rat forebrain (predominantly α4/β2 receptors) revealed marked differences in theirK i values, but similar rank orders of potency for agonists were observed, with the exception of anatoxin-A. The affinity of the competitive antagonist dihydro-β-erythroidine is >7000 times higher at α4/β2 receptors in rat forebrain than at the α3/β4 receptors in these cells. The α3/β4 nAChRs expressed in this cell line are functional, and in response to nicotinic agonists, 86Rb+ efflux was increased to levels 8–10 times the basal levels. Acetylcholine, (−)-nicotine, cytisine, carbachol, and (±)-epibatidine all stimulated86Rb+ efflux, which was blocked by mecamylamine. The EC50 values for acetylcholine and (−)-nicotine to stimulate 86Rb+ effluxes were 114 ± 24 and 28 ± 4 μm, respectively. The rank order of potency of nicotinic antagonists in blocking the function of this α3/β4 receptor was mecamylamine >d-tubocurarine > dihydro-β-erythroidine > hexamethonium. Mecamylamine, d-tubocurarine, and hexamethonium blocked the function by a noncompetitive mechanism, whereas dihydro-β-erythroidine blocked the function competitively. The KXα3β4R2 cell line should prove to be a very useful model for studying this subtype of nAChRs.

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    • Received November 18, 1997.
    • Accepted May 11, 1998.
  • Send reprint requests to: Dr. Kenneth J. Kellar, Department of Pharmacology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C. 20007. E-mail:kellark{at}gunet.georgetown.edu

  • This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grants DA06486 and AG09973. E.L.M. was supported by National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Fellowship Grant DA05739–01.

  • A preliminary report of this work has been presented previously [Xiao Y, Meyer EL, Thompson JM, and Kellar KJ (1997) Generation and characterization of a stably transfected cell line expressing rat α3β4 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Soc Neurosci Abstr 23:385].

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Molecular Pharmacology August 1, 1998, 54 (2) 322-333; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.54.2.322
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