Journal: The Journal of Neuroscience
Article Title: Loss of the Major GABA A Receptor Subtype in the Brain Is Not Lethal in Mice
doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-10-03409.2001
Figure Lengend Snippet: Generation-dependent upregulation of α2 and α3 subunits in cerebellum and forebrain of α1−/− mice.a, The loss of [3H]Ro15–1788 binding sites increased in cerebellum (left panel) and forebrain (right panel) of α1−/− mice from generation F2 to F5 to finally reach the proportion of [3H]Ro15–1788 sites immunoprecipitated by a selective α1 antibody from wild-type membrane (filled bars). ***p < 0.001; Student's t test. b, Evidence for an upregulation of α3 subunit in the cerebellum of α1−/− mice. Western blot showing an increase in α3 subunit expression in knock-out mice compared with wild-type (left panel). Quantitative immunoprecipitation with a α3 antibody demonstrated that α3 subunit-containing GABAAreceptors account for 14 ± 3% (mean ± SEM;n = 3) and 92 ± 8% (mean ± SEM;n = 4) of total [3H]Ro15–1788 binding sites in the cerebellum of wild-type and α1−/− mice, respectively (right panel). c, Quantitative immunoprecipitation demonstrated a 42% increase in the expression of α2 and α3 subunit-sensitive [3H]Ro15–1788 binding sites in the forebrain of α1−/− compared with wild-type mice.
Article Snippet: Radioligand binding assays with [ 3 H]Ro15–1788 (87 Ci/mmol; NEN Life Sciences), [ 3 H]Ro15–4513 (21.7 Ci/mmol; NEN Life Sciences) in the presence or absence of 10 μ m diazepam and [ 3 H]muscimol (19.1 Ci/mmol; NEN Life Sciences) were performed on membrane preparations as previously described ( Quirk et al., 1994 ; Sur et al., 1998 , 1999a ).
Techniques: Binding Assay, Immunoprecipitation, Western Blot, Expressing, Knock-Out