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XB-ART-53821
Neuropharmacology 2016 Sep 01;108:193-206. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2016.04.031.
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A clickable neurosteroid photolabel reveals selective Golgi compartmentalization with preferential impact on proximal inhibition.

Jiang X , Shu HJ , Krishnan K , Qian M , Taylor AA , Covey DF , Zorumski CF , Mennerick S .


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Anesthetic, GABA-active neurosteroids potently augment GABAA receptor function, leading to important behavioral consequences. Neurosteroids and their synthetic analogues are also models for a wide variety of cell-permeant neuroactive compounds. Cell permeation and compartmentalization raise the possibility that these compounds' actions are influenced by their cellular partitioning, but these contributions are not typically considered experimentally or therapeutically. To examine the interplay between cellular accumulation and pharmacodynamics of neurosteroids, we synthesized a novel chemical biology analogue (bio-active, clickable photolabel) of GABA-active neurosteroids. We discovered that the analogue selectively photo-labels neuronal Golgi in rat hippocampal neurons. The active analogue's selective distribution was distinct from endogenous cholesterol and not completely shared by some non-GABA active, neurosteroid-like analogues. On the other hand, the distribution was not enantioselective and did not require energy, in contrast to other recent precedents from the literature. We demonstrate that the soma-selective accumulation can act as a sink or source for steroid actions at plasma-membrane GABA receptors, altering steady-state and time course of effects at somatic GABAA receptors relative to dendritic receptors. Our results suggest a novel mechanism for compartment-selective drug actions at plasma-membrane receptors.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: gabarap

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Akk, Neurosteroid access to the GABAA receptor. 2005, Pubmed