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  • Title: Quantitative characterization of alpha 6 and alpha 1 alpha 6 subunit-containing native gamma-aminobutyric acidA receptors of adult rat cerebellum demonstrates two alpha subunits per receptor oligomer.
    Author: Pollard S, Thompson CL, Stephenson FA.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1995 Sep 08; 270(36):21285-90. PubMed ID: 7673164.
    Abstract:
    gamma-Aminobutyric acidA (GABAA) receptors were purified from adult rat cerebella by anti-alpha 6(1-16 Cys) antibody affinity chromatography. Immunoblots of the alpha 6 subunit-containing receptors showed the copurification of the alpha 1, beta 2/3, gamma 2, delta but not alpha 2 and alpha 3 GABAA receptor polypeptides. Further fractionation of this receptor subpopulation by anti-GABAA receptor subunit alpha 6(1-16 Cys) and anti-alpha 1(413-429) antibody affinity columns in series substantiated the coassociation of the alpha 1 and alpha 6 polypeptides. The percentage of coexistence of the two subunits was determined by quantitative immunoblotting, which found that 41 +/- 12% of alpha 6 subunit immunoreactivity is associated with the alpha 1 subunit. The ratios of the alpha 1:alpha 6 subunits in the double purified receptor preparations was found to be 1:1, thus determining directly for the first time subunit ratios within native GABAA receptors. The benzodiazepine pharmacology of the alpha 1 alpha 6 subunit-containing receptors was shown to be predominantly benzodiazepine-insensitive by quantitative immunoprecipitation assays. These results are the first direct quantitative studies of subunit ratios within a population of native GABAA receptors.
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