Hydrocarbon molar water solubility predicts NMDA vs. GABAA receptor modulation. [PDF]
, 2014 BackgroundMany anesthetics modulate 3-transmembrane (such as NMDA) and 4-transmembrane (such as GABAA) receptors. Clinical and experimental anesthetics exhibiting receptor family specificity often have low water solubility. We hypothesized that the molar
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Expression of the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in human lung cells
Respiratory Research, 2005 Background We and others have shown that one of the mechanisms of growth regulation of small cell lung cancer cell lines and cultured pulmonary neuroendocrine cells is by the binding of agonists to the α7 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.
Schuller Hildegard M +2 more
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Journal of Neuroinflammation, 2005 Background Nicotinic acetylcholine (Ach) receptors are ligand-gated pentameric ion channels whose main function is to transmit signals for the neurotransmitter Ach in peripheral and central nervous system.
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Achieving maximal speed of solution exchange for patch clamp experiments. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BACKGROUND: Resolving the kinetics of agonist binding events separately from the subsequent channel gating processes requires the ability of applying and removing the agonist before channel gating occurs.
Jerónimo Auzmendi +3 more
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Desensitization is a property of the cholinergic binding region of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, not of the receptor-integral ion channel [PDF]
, 1991 The reversible acctylchollne esternse inhibitor (-}.physostiilmine (¢serine) is th© prolotypc of a new class of nie~tinlc ucetylcholinc receptor (nAChR) activating liga,ds: it induces cation fluxes into nAChR.rich membrane vesicl~s from 7~r#eda ...
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Nature Communications, 2023 The human α7 nicotinic receptor is a pentameric channel mediating cellular and neuronal communication. It has attracted considerable interest in designing ligands for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders. To develop a novel class of α7
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Openings of the rat recombinant alpha1 homomeric glycine receptor as a function of the number of sgonist molecules bound [PDF]
, 2002 The functional properties of rat homomeric {alpha}1 glycine receptors were investigated using whole-cell and outside-out recording from human embryonic kidney cells transfected with rat {alpha}1 subunit cDNA.
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Equilibrium Properties of Mouse-Torpedo Acetylcholine Receptor Hybrids Expressed in Xenopus Oocytes [PDF]
, 1987 This study used messenger RNA encoding each subunit (α, β, γ and δ) of the nicotinic acetylcholine (ACh) receptor from mouse BC3H-1 cells and from Torpedo electric organ.
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Loop B is a major structural component of the 5-HT3 receptor [PDF]
, 2008 The 5-HT3 receptor belongs to a family of therapeutically important neurotransmitter-gated receptors whose ligand binding sites are formed by the convergence of six peptide loops (A-F).
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Structural Analysis and Deletion Mutagenesis Define Regions of QUIVER/SLEEPLESS that Are Responsible for Interactions with Shaker-Type Potassium Channels and Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors. [PDF]
, 2016 Ly6 proteins are endogenous prototoxins found in most animals. They show striking structural and functional parallels to snake α-neurotoxins, including regulation of ion channels and cholinergic signaling.
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