Benzodiazepine modulation of partial agonist efficacy and spontaneously active GABAA receptors supports an allosteric model of modulation

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作者
Downing, SS [1 ]
Lee, YT [1 ]
Farb, DH [1 ]
Gibbs, TT [1 ]
机构
[1] Boston Univ, Sch Med, Dept Pharmacol, Mol Neurobiol Lab, Boston, MA 02118 USA
关键词
two state model; diazepam; zolpidem; flumazenil; kojic amine; partial agonist;
D O I
10.1038/sj.bjp.0706251
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R9 [药学];
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1007 ;
摘要
1 Benzodiazepines (BZDs) have been used extensively for more than 40 years because of their high therapeutic index and low toxicity. Although BZDs are understood to act primarily as allosteric modulators of GABA, receptors, the mechanism of modulation is not well understood. 2 The applicability of an allosteric model with two binding sites for gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and one for a BZD-like modulator was investigated. 3 This model predicts that BZDs should enhance the efficacy of partial agonists. 4 Consistent with this prediction, diazepam increased the efficacy of the GABA(A) receptor partial agonist kojic amine in chick spinal cord neurons. 5 To further test the validity of the model, the effects of diazepam, flurazepam, and zolpidem were examined using wild-type and spontaneously active mutant alpha 1(L263S)beta 3 gamma 2 GABA(A) receptors expressed in HEK-293 cells. 6 In agreement with the predictions of the allosteric model, all three modulators acted as direct agonists for the spontaneously active receptors. 7 The results indicate that BZD-like modulators enhance the amplitude of the GABA response by stabilizing the open channel active state relative to the inactive state by less than 1 kcal, which is similar to the energy of stabilization conferred by a single hydrogen bond.
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页码:894 / 906
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