title: The kinetics of inhibition of rat recombinant heteromeric alpha1beta glycine receptors by the low-affinity antagonist SR-95531.
abstract: The GABA(A) antagonist SR-95531 (gabazine) is known to block glycine receptors, albeit with low affinity. We have studied the effect of SR-95531 on rat recombinant alpha1beta glycine receptors expressed in human embryonic kidney (HEK293) cells by recording macroscopic currents elicited by rapid glycine application to outside-out patches. SR-95531 has a fast unbinding rate (k(offSR), about 3000 s(-1)) and this means that the time course of its unbinding is comparable to the expected time course of the transmitter in the cleft. We also found that equilibrium applications of SR-95531 reduced the response to brief glycine applications by an amount inversely proportional to the duration of glycine application. The fast unbinding rate of SR-95531 from the glycine receptor will make it useful for establishing the time course of glycine concentration at glycinergic synapses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. m.beato@ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beato
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Burzomato
authors.forename: Lucia G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Sivilotti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005998:Glycine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D018684:Glycine Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D015233:Models, Statistical; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D011724:Pyridazines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D018009:Receptors, Glycine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013569:Synapses / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018684:Glycine Agents; D011724:Pyridazines; D018009:Receptors, Glycine; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C049853:gabazine; D005998:Glycine