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Liu, Y.-M. Fan, H.-R. Ding, J. Huang, C. Deng, S. Zhu, T. Xu, T.-L. Ge, W.-H. Li, W.-G. Li, F.

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a Department of Chinese Materia Medica, College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310053, China Department of Children and Adolescent Health Care, Ministry of Education-Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health, Xin Hua Hospital Affiliated Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200092, China Pharmacy Department, Affiliated Hospital of Taishan Medical University, Taishan, 271000, China Collaborative Innovation Centre for Brain Science, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China

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Scientific Reports

年份

2017

卷号

Vol.7

ISSN

2045-2322

摘要

Inhibitory A type γ-aminobutyric acid receptors play a pivotal role in orchestrating various brain functions and represent an important molecular target in neurological and psychiatric diseases, necessitating the need for the discovery and development of novel modulators. Here, we show that a natural compound curcumol, acts as an allosteric enhancer of GABA A Rs in a manner distinct from benzodiazepines. Curcumol markedly facilitated GABA-activated currents and shifted the GABA concentration-re...更多

Inhibitory A type γ-aminobutyric acid receptors play a pivotal role in orchestrating various brain functions and represent an important molecular target in neurological and psychiatric diseases, necessitating the need for the discovery and development of novel modulators. Here, we show that a natural compound curcumol, acts as an allosteric enhancer of GABA A Rs in a manner distinct from benzodiazepines. Curcumol markedly facilitated GABA-activated currents and shifted the GABA concentration-response curve to the left in cultured hippocampal neurons. When co-applied with the classical benzodiazepine diazepam, curcumol further potentiated GABA-induced currents. In contrast, in the presence of a saturating concentration of menthol, a positive modulator for GABA A R, curcumol failed to further enhance GABA-induced currents, suggesting shared mechanisms underlying these two agents on GABA A Rs. Moreover, the benzodiazepine antagonist flumazenil did not alter the enhancement of GABA response by curcumol and menthol, but abolished that by DZP. Finally, mutations at the β2 or γ2 subunit predominantly eliminated modulation of recombinant GABA A Rs by curcumol and menthol, or diazepam, respectively. Curcumol may therefore exert its actions on GABA A Rs at sites distinct from benzodiazepine sites. These findings shed light on the future development of new therapeutics drugs targeting GABA A Rs.收起

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