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Mutations linked to autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy affect allosteric Ca2+ activation of the alpha 4 beta 2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.
Molecular pharmacology - 1 Aug 2005
Rodrigues-Pinguet Nivalda O, Pinguet Thierry J, Figl Antonio, Lester Henry A, Cohen Bruce N
Abstract excerpt
Extracellular Ca(2+) robustly potentiates the acetylcholine response of alpha4beta2 nicotinic receptors. Rat orthologs of five mutations linked to autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (ADNFLE)-alpha4(S252F), alpha4(S256L), alpha4(+L264), beta2(V262L), and beta2(V262M)-reduced 2 mM Ca(2+) potentiation of the alpha4beta2 1 mM acetylcholine response by 55 to 74%. To determine whether altered allosteric...
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