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Br J Pharmacol
2002 Jan 01;1351:248-56. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0704459.
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Role of the histidine residue at position 105 in the human alpha 5 containing GABA(A) receptor on the affinity and efficacy of benzodiazepine site ligands.
Kelly MD, Smith A, Banks G, Wingrove P, Whiting PW, Atack J, Seabrook GR, Maubach KA.
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1. A histidine residue in the N-terminal extracellular region of alpha 1,2,3,5 subunits of the human GABA(A) receptor, which is replaced by an arginine in alpha 4 and alpha 6 subunits, is a major determinant for high affinity binding of classical benzodiazepine (BZ)-site ligands. The effect of mutating this histidine at position 105 in the alpha 5 subunit to an arginine (alpha 5H105R) on BZ-site pharmacology has been investigated using radioligand binding on HEK293 and L(tk-) cells and two electrode voltage clamp recording on Xenopus oocytes in which GABA(A) receptors of subtypes alpha 5, alpha 5H105R, alpha 4 and alpha 6 were co-expressed with beta 3 gamma 2s. 2. The classical BZs, diazepam and flunitrazepam (full agonists on the alpha 5 receptor) showed negligible affinity and therefore negligible efficacy on alpha 5H105R receptors. The beta-carbolines DMCM and beta CCE (inverse agonists on the alpha 5 receptor) retained some affinity but did not exhibit inverse agonist efficacy at alpha 5H105R receptors. Therefore, the alpha 5H105R mutation confers an alpha 4/alpha 6-like pharmacology to the classical BZs and beta-carbolines. 3. Ro15-4513, flumazenil, bretazenil and FG8094, which share a common imidazobenzodiazepine core structure, retained high affinity and were higher efficacy agonists on alpha 5H105R receptors than would be predicted from an alpha 4/alpha 6 pharmacological profile. This effect was antagonized by DMCM, which competes for the BZ-site and therefore is likely to be mediated via the BZ-site. 4. These data indicate that the conserved histidine residue in the alpha subunit is not only a key determinant in the affinity of BZ-site ligands on alpha 5 containing GABA(A) receptors, but also influences ligand efficacy.
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