2001
Structure and function of GABAC receptors: a comparison of native versus recombinant receptors
Zhang D, Pan Z, Awobuluyi M, Lipton S. Structure and function of GABAC receptors: a comparison of native versus recombinant receptors. Trends In Pharmacological Sciences 2001, 22: 121-132. PMID: 11239575, DOI: 10.1016/s0165-6147(00)01625-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecombinant receptorsGABA receptorsIonotropic GABA receptorsRetinal signal processingInhibitory receptorsGABAC receptorsPharmacological profileBrain regionsSpecific drugsReceptorsNative receptorMajor molecular componentsUnique functional rolesFunctional roleMolecular determinantsSlow activationCompelling evidenceSubunit compositionMolecular basisRetina
2000
Redox modulation of recombinant human GABAA receptors
Pan Z, Zhang X, Lipton S. Redox modulation of recombinant human GABAA receptors. Neuroscience 2000, 98: 333-338. PMID: 10854765, DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(00)00114-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGABA receptorsRat retinal ganglion cellsRecombinant human GABAA receptorsRetinal ganglion cellsVoltage-clamp recordingsEffect of dithiothreitolLow GABA concentrationsTwo-electrode voltage-clamp recordingsRedox modulationHuman GABAA receptorsGanglion cellsXenopus oocyte expression systemGABAA receptorsModulatory effectsReceptor currentsOocyte expression systemReceptor responsesGABA concentrationPotentiationGABAReceptorsSubunit compositionHomomeric GABAAgent 5M3 domain
1995
Cloning of a gamma-aminobutyric acid type C receptor subunit in rat retina with a methionine residue critical for picrotoxinin channel block.
Zhang D, Pan Z, Zhang X, Brideau A, Lipton S. Cloning of a gamma-aminobutyric acid type C receptor subunit in rat retina with a methionine residue critical for picrotoxinin channel block. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1995, 92: 11756-11760. PMID: 8524843, PMCID: PMC40481, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.25.11756.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceChloride ChannelsCloning, MolecularDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug ResistanceElectric ConductivityGABA AntagonistsIon ChannelsMethionineMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, Site-DirectedPicrotoxinProtein ConformationRatsReceptors, GABARetinaSequence Homology, Amino AcidSesterterpenesStructure-Activity RelationshipConceptsGABAC responsesRat retinaRho 2 subunitsGamma-aminobutyric acidPTX resistanceHeteromeric receptorsReceptor subunitsFunctional homomeric receptorsRho 1 receptorsGABA receptor subunitsInhibitory neurotransmissionMechanism of blockGABA receptorsMammalian retinaConvulsant picrotoxininHomomeric receptorsRat receptorRetinaIonotropic receptorsReceptorsChannel blockPicrotoxininSecond membrane-spanning regionNative receptorPredominant determinantMultiple GABA receptor subtypes mediate inhibition of calcium influx at rat retinal bipolar cell terminals
Pan Z, Lipton. Multiple GABA receptor subtypes mediate inhibition of calcium influx at rat retinal bipolar cell terminals. Journal Of Neuroscience 1995, 15: 2668-2679. PMID: 7722621, PMCID: PMC6577770, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.15-04-02668.1995.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBipolar cell terminalsGABA receptor subtypesGABA receptorsRetinal bipolar cell terminalsGABAC receptorsGABAA receptorsReceptor subtypesCell terminalsMultiple GABA receptorsDihydropyridine-sensitive Ca2Pharmacologic profileCalcium imaging methodSynaptic transmissionCalcium influxSlow onsetInhibitory effectReceptorsSubtypesReversible increaseAgonistsGABACa2FA kineticsFunctional roleInhibition