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XB-ART-16227
Neuroreport 1997 Jul 28;811:2433-6. doi: 10.1097/00001756-199707280-00005.
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Alpha 5 subunit forms functional alpha 3 beta 4 alpha 5 nAChRs in transfected human cells.

Fucile S , Barabino B , Palma E , Grassi F , Limatola C , Mileo AM , Alemà S , Ballivet M , Eusebi F .


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nAChRs heterologously expressed in human cells after transient transfection with alpha 3 beta 4 alpha 5 or alpha 3 beta 4 subunit cDNAs exhibited similar sensitivities to antagonists and comparable functional channel profiles. However, the sum of two Hill equations was required for best fitting the ACh dose-current response curves after co-expression of alpha 5, alpha 3 and beta 4 subunits. One component was comparable to that obtained in alpha 3 beta 4-transfected cells, while the additional component, putatively attributed to an alpha 3 beta 4 alpha 5 nAChR population, showed a Hill coefficient > 2 and a nine-fold greater half-maximal ACh concentration (EC50). These results suggest that the alpha 5 subunit participates in the assembly of alpha 3 beta 4 alpha 5 nAChRs complexes in human cells, adding a new member to the family of neuronal nicotinic receptors.

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