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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America1996

Rapid chemical kinetic techniques for investigations of neurotransmitter receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes.

L Niu, R W Vazquez, G Nagel, T Friedrich, E Bamberg, R E Oswald, G P Hess

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1996. 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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6 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

L NiuSection of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-2703, USA.
R W Vazquez
G Nagel
T Friedrich
E Bamberg
R E Oswald
G P Hess
Max Planck Institute of Biophysics · DECornell University · US

Funding

CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN TRANSMISSION OF NERVE IMPULSESR01NS008527 · NINDS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA · PI HESS, GEORGE PAUL · 1986 to 2004
$1.8M
NONCOMPETITIVE BLOCKERS OF THE ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORR01NS018660 · NINDS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA · PI OSWALD, ROBERT E · 1986 to 1997
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NONCOMPETITIVE BLOCKERS OF THE ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORR23NS018660 · NINDS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA · PI OSWALD, ROBERT E · 1985 to 1985
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NINDS NIH HHS NS08527NINDS NIH HHS NS18660NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS008527
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Xenopus laevis oocytes have been used extensively during the past decade to express and study neurotransmitter receptors of various origins and subunit composition and also to express and study receptors altered by site-specific mutations. Interpretations of the effects of structural differences on receptor mechanisms were, however, hampered by a lack of rapid chemical reaction techniques suitable for use with oocytes. Here we describe flow and photolysis techniques, with 2-ms and 100-microseconds time resolution, respectively, for studying neurotransmitter receptors in giant (approximately 20-microns diameter) patches of oocyte membranes, using muscle and neuronal acetylcholine receptors as examples. With these techniques, we find that the muscle receptor in BC3H1 cells and the same receptor expressed in oocytes have comparable kinetic properties. This finding is in contrast to previous studies and raises questions regarding the interpretations of the many studies of receptors expressed in oocytes in which an insufficient time resolution was available. The results obtained indicate that the rapid reaction techniques described here, in conjunction with the oocyte expression system, will be useful in answering many outstanding questions regarding the structure and function of diverse neurotransmitter receptors.

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AnimalsCarbacholCell LineCell MembraneFemaleKineticsMembrane PotentialsMiceMuscle, SkeletalNeuronsOocytesPatch-Clamp TechniquesPhotolysisReceptors, CholinergicTime FactorsXenopus laevisCarbacholReceptors, Cholinergic

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PMID8917527
PMCPMC24029
OpenAlexW2007467695

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