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The Journal of Neuroscience, January 28, 2004, 24(4):895-906; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4420-03.2004

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The Activation Mechanism of {alpha}1 Homomeric Glycine Receptors

Marco Beato, Paul J. Groot-Kormelink, David Colquhoun, and Lucia G. Sivilotti

Department of Pharmacology, University College London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom

The glycine receptor mediates fast synaptic inhibition in the spinal cord and brainstem. Its activation mechanism is not known, despite the physiological importance of this receptor and the fact that it can serve as a prototype for other homopentameric channels. We analyzed single-channel recordings from rat recombinant {alpha}1 glycine receptors by fitting different mechanisms simultaneously to sets of sequences of openings at four glycine concentrations (10–1000 µM). The adequacy of the mechanism and the rate constants thus fitted was judged by examining how well these described the observed dwell-time distributions, open–shut correlation, and single-channel Popen dose–response curve. We found that gating efficacy increased as more glycine molecules bind to the channel, but maximum efficacy was reached when only three (of five) potential binding sites are occupied. Successive binding steps are not identical, implying that binding sites can interact while the channel is shut. These interactions can be interpreted in the light of the topology of the binding sites within a homopentamer.

Key words: binding; channel; dose-response; gating; glycine; kinetics; patch clamp


Received Sep 30, 2003; revised November 4, 2003; accepted November 4, 2003.




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