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ArticleBritish journal of pharmacology2011

Stable expression and functional characterization of a human nicotinic acetylcholine receptor with α6β2 properties: discovery of selective antagonists.

Anna Maria Capelli, Laura Castelletti, Yu Hua Chen, Harjeet Van der Keyl, Luca Pucci, Beatrice Oliosi, Cristian Salvagno, Barbara Bertani, Cecilia Gotti, Andrew Powell and 1 more

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Article in British journal of pharmacology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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11 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Anna Maria CapelliGlaxoSmithKline Medicines Research Centre, Verona, Italy.
Laura Castelletti
Yu Hua Chen
Harjeet Van der Keyl
Luca Pucci
Beatrice Oliosi
Cristian Salvagno
Barbara Bertani
Cecilia Gotti
Andrew Powell
Manolo Mugnaini
Aptuit (Italy) · ITGlaxoSmithKline (Italy) · ITGlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom) · GBNational Research Council · ITGlaxoSmithKline (United States) · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeDespite growing evidence that inhibition of α6β2-containing (α6β2*) nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) may be beneficial for the therapy of tobacco addiction, the lack of good sources of α6β2*-nAChRs has delayed the discovery of α6β2-selective antagonists. Our aim was to generate a cell line stably expressing functional nAChRs with α6β2 properties, to enable pharmacological characterization and the identification of novel α6β2-selective antagonists. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: Different combinations of the α6, β2, β3, chimeric α6/3 and mutant β3(V273S) subunits were transfected in human embryonic kidney cells and tested for activity in a fluorescent imaging plate reader assay. The pharmacology of rat immune-immobilized α6β2*-nAChRs was determined with ¹²⁵I-epibatidine binding. KEY

resultsFunctional channels were detected after co-transfection of α6/3, β2 and β3(V273S) subunits, while all other subunit combinations failed to produce agonist-induced responses. Stably expressed α6/3β2β3(V273S)-nAChR pharmacology was unique, and clearly distinct from α4β2-, α3β4-, α7- and α1β1δε-nAChRs. Antagonist potencies in inhibiting α6/3β2β3(V273S) -nAChRs was similar to their binding affinity for rat native α6β2*-nAChRs. Agonist affinities for α6β2*-nAChRs was higher than their potency in activating α6/3β2β3(V273S)-nAChRs, but their relative activities were equivalent. Focussed set screening at α6/3β2β3(V273S)-nAChRs, followed by cross-screening with the other nAChRs, led to the identification of novel α6β2-selective antagonists. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: We generated a mammalian cell line stably expressing nAChRs, with pharmacological properties similar to native α6β2*-nAChRs, and used it to identify novel non-peptide, low molecular weight, α6β2-selective antagonists. We also propose a pharmacophore model of α6β2 antagonists, which offers a starting point for the development of new smoking cessation agents.

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AnimalsDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalHEK293 CellsHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysHumansMaleModels, MolecularMutationNicotinic AntagonistsProtein SubunitsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptors, NicotinicRecombinant Fusion Proteinsalpha6beta2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptorNicotinic AntagonistsProtein SubunitsReceptors, NicotinicRecombinant Fusion Proteins

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PMID21232042
PMCPMC3087134
OpenAlexW1824150473

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