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Gamma-hydroxybutyrate is a weak agonist at recombinant GABA(B) receptors

Lingenhoehl, K. and Brom, R. and Heid, J. and Beck, P. and Froestl, W. and Kaupmann, K. and Bettler, B. and Mosbacher, J.. (1999) Gamma-hydroxybutyrate is a weak agonist at recombinant GABA(B) receptors. Neuropharmacology, Vol. 38, H. 11. pp. 1667-1673.

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Abstract

Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) is a neuromodulator with high affinity binding sites in the mammalian brain. However, the receptor for GHB has not yet been identified. There are indications that GHB and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) mediate their effects via the same receptor. We tested this hypothesis using GABA(B)R1/R2 receptors co-expressed with Kir3 channels in Xenopus oocytes. GHB activated these receptors with an EC50 of approximately 5 mM and a maximal stimulation of 69% when compared to the GABA(B) receptor agonist L-baclofen. GHB and L-baclofen did not amplify each others effect nor did they stimulate the GABA(B) receptor in a linearly additive manner. CGP54626A, 2-OH saclofen and CGP35348, three competitive GABA(B) receptor antagonists, inhibited the GHB induced response completely. A concentration of 30 mM GHB displaced [125I]CGP64213 binding at GABA(B)R1 expressed in COS cells by 21%. These results indicate that GHB is a weak partial agonist at the GABA binding site of GABA(B)R1/R2.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Division of Physiology > Molecular Neurobiology Synaptic Plasticity (Bettler)
UniBasel Contributors:Bettler, Bernhard
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Pergamon Press
ISSN:0028-3908
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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