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ArticlePhysiological reports2019

The role of the nAChR subunits α5, β2, and β4 on synaptic transmission in the mouse superior cervical ganglion.

Xenia Simeone, Rudolf Karch, Anna Ciuraszkiewicz, Avi Orr-Urtreger, Rosa Lemmens-Gruber, Petra Scholze, Sigismund Huck

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Article in Physiological reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Xenia SimeoneDivision of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Rudolf KarchInstitute of Biosimulation and Bioinformatics, Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Intelligent Systems, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Anna CiuraszkiewiczDivision of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Avi Orr-UrtregerGenetic Institute, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Rosa Lemmens-GruberDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Petra ScholzeDivision of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Sigismund HuckDivision of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Medical University of Vienna · ATTel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center · ILUniversity of Vienna · AT

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF P19325-B09
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our previous immunoprecipitation analysis of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in the mouse superior cervical ganglion (SCG) revealed that approximately 55%, 24%, and 21% of receptors are comprised of α3β4, α3β4α5, and α3β4β2 subunits, respectively. Moreover, mice lacking β4 subunits do not express α5-containing receptors but still express a small number of α3β2 receptors. Here, we investigated how synaptic transmission is affected in the SCG of α5β4-KO and α5β2-KO mice. Using an ex vivo SCG preparation, we stimulated the preganglionic cervical sympathetic trunk and measured compound action potentials (CAPs) in the postganglionic internal carotid nerve. We found that CAP amplitude was unaffected in α5β4-KO and α5β2-KO ganglia, whereas the stimulation threshold for eliciting CAPs was significantly higher in α5β4-KO ganglia. Moreover, intracellular recordings in SCG neurons revealed no difference in EPSP amplitude. We also found that the ganglionic blocking agent hexamethonium was the most potent in α5β4-KO ganglia (IC

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Synaptic TransmissionAnimalsCells, CulturedGanglionic BlockersMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronsNicotinic AntagonistsReceptors, NicotinicSuperior Cervical GanglionSynaptic PotentialsCHRNA5 protein, mouseChrnb4 protein, mouseGanglionic BlockersNerve Tissue ProteinsNicotinic AntagonistsReceptors, NicotinicCompound action potentialEPSPHexamethoniumknockout micenicotinic ACh receptorsuperior cervical ganglionsynaptic transmission

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