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Chemical chaperones exceed the chaperone effects of RIC-3 in promoting assembly of functional α7 AChRs. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Functional α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) do not assemble efficiently in cells transfected with α7 subunits unless the cells are also transfected with the chaperone protein RIC-3.
Alexander Kuryatov, Jayanta Mukherjee, Jon Lindstrom   +2 more
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α7nAChR agonist GTS‐21 ameliorates sepsis‐induced acute kidney injury via MEF2/PGC‐1α/HO‐1 axis in mice

Clinical and Translational Medicine, Volume 16, Issue 7, July 2026.
This diagram illustrates opposing pathways regulating AKI (acute kidney injury). The left pathway shows LPS/TLR4 triggering mitochondrial damage (low MMP, Cyt C release, ROS) leading to apoptosis. The right pathway shows α7nAChR agonists activating MEF2 to upregulate PGC‐1α/HO‐1, promoting mitochondrial biogenesis and inhibiting injury, highlighting ...
Yu‐Jia Tang, Hui‐Ying Liu, Na‐Qi Li, Xin Zhang, Yi‐Lu Lin, Yan Zhang, Yao Li, Jia‐Le Deng, Pei‐Lin Yang, Qing‐Min Meng, Yi‐Jin Tang, Zi‐Yue Zhang, Si‐Han Guan, Kai Kang, Hong‐Liang Wang, Yang Gao   +15 more
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Low‐frequency electroacupuncture attenuates insulin resistance in a rat model of diet‐induced maternal obesity

Pregnancy, Volume 2, Issue 4, July 2026.
Abstract Introduction Maternal obesity is highly prevalent worldwide, conferring elevated risks of maternal/fetal complications and adult‐onset disease in offspring. Obesity and pregnancy are both states of insulin resistance. Percutaneous electrical stimulation of skeletal muscle, better known as electroacupuncture (EA), mitigates insulin resistance ...
David J. Carr, Elizabeth Kelley, Morgan Sekhon, Megan Kawasaki, Keara McElroy‐Yaggy, R. Chris Skinner, Paul D. Taylor, Anna L. David, Elisabet Stener‐Victorin, Thomas L. Jetton   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Segregation of glutamatergic and cholinergic transmission at the mixed motoneuron Renshaw cell synapse

Scientific Reports, 2017
In neonatal mice motoneurons excite Renshaw cells by releasing both acetylcholine (ACh) and glutamate. These two neurotransmitters activate two types of nicotinic receptors (nAChRs) (the homomeric α7 receptors and the heteromeric α*ß* receptors) as well
Boris Lamotte d’Incamps, Gardave S. Bhumbra, Joshua D. Foster, Marco Beato, Philippe Ascher   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors containing the α7-like subunit mediate contractions of muscles responsible for space positioning of the snail, Helix pomatia L. tentacle. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Three recently discovered tentacle muscles are crucial to perform patterned movements of upper tentacles of the terrestrial snail, Helix pomatia. The muscles receive central and peripheral excitatory cholinergic innervation lacking inhibitory innervation.
Tibor Kiss, Nóra Krajcs, Zsolt Pirger, László Hernádi   +3 more
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The amino terminal domain of the human α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit leads to the functional expression of human/insect receptors

British Journal of Pharmacology, Volume 183, Issue 13, Page 3517-3537, July 2026.
Human α7 receptors have been characterised in terms of pharmacological properties. Insertion of the N‐terminal domain of the human α7 subunit leads to honeybee and cockroach chimeric receptors activated by ACh and inhibited by α‐Bgt. Insertion of the human cys‐loop leads to cockroach chimeric receptors modulated by PNU.
Alison Cartereau, Chloé Veront, Alexandra Cremades, Priscilla Martin, Remi Gojard, Nicolas Galland, Emiliane Taillebois, Dieudonnée Togbé, Jean‐Yves Le Questel, Steeve H. Thany   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Calcium imaging with genetically encoded sensor Case12: Facile analysis of α7/α9 nAChR mutants.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Elucidation of the structural basis of pharmacological differences for highly homologous α7 and α9 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) may shed light on their involvement in different physiological functions and diseases.
Irina Shelukhina, Ekaterina Spirova, Denis Kudryavtsev, Lucy Ojomoko, Markus Werner, Christoph Methfessel, Michael Hollmann, Victor Tsetlin   +7 more
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Potentiation and allosteric agonist activation of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: binding sites and hypotheses

Pharmacological Research, 2023
Considerable progress has been made in recent years towards the identification and characterisation of novel subtype-selective modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs).
Victoria R. Sanders, Neil S. Millar
doaj   +1 more source

Adolescent Exposure to Nicotine and Ethanol Attenuates Adult Nicotine Reward Sensitivity in Rats

Neuropsychopharmacology Reports, Volume 46, Issue 2, June 2026.
We investigated how chronic exposure to nicotine, ethanol, or their combination during adolescence influences adult conditioned place preference (CPP) for nicotine. No significant CPP was observed in any of the drug‐exposed groups, suggesting adolescent exposure to addictive substances does not uniformly increase vulnerability to nicotine reward ...
Michimasa Toyoshima, Ryota Toyofuku, Shota Shimoda, Lena Tsuchida, Reina Tachihara, Kazuo Yamada   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Restoring Septohippocampal Cholinergic Signaling Rescues Surgery‐Induced Neurogenesis and Memory Deficits in Aged Mice

Aging Cell, Volume 25, Issue 6, June 2026.
Surgery‐induced MS/vDB → DG cholinergic decline impairs hippocampal neurogenesis and memory in aged mice; galantamine‐mediated cholinergic potentiation or sustained chemogenetic activation rescues these deficits, highlighting therapeutic potential for POCD.
Lei Lei, Qingsheng Meng, Xiaoyu Hu, Jinjin Yang, Ni Du, Songxue Su, Kenji Hashimoto, Jing Cao, Jian‐jun Yang   +8 more
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