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. 1990 Jun;110(6):2043-8.
doi: 10.1083/jcb.110.6.2043.

Subunit selectivity and epitope characterization of mAbs directed against the GABAA/benzodiazepine receptor

M Ewert  1 , B D Shivers, H Lüddens, H Möhler, P H Seeburg
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Subunit selectivity and epitope characterization of mAbs directed against the GABAA/benzodiazepine receptor

M Ewert et al. J Cell Biol. 1990 Jun.

Abstract

mAbs bd 17, bd 24, and bd 28 raised against bovine cerebral gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABAA)/benzodiazepine receptors were analyzed for their ability to detect each of 12 GABAA receptor subunits expressed in cultured mammalian cells. Results showed that mAb bd 17 recognizes epitopes on both beta 2 and beta 3 subunits while mAb bd 24 is selective for the alpha 1 subunit of human and bovine, but not of rat origin. The latter antibody reacts with the rat alpha 1 subunit carrying an engineered Leu at position four, documenting the first epitope mapping of a GABAA receptor subunit-specific mAb. In contrast to mAbs bd 17 and bd 24, mAb bd 28 reacts with all GABAA receptor subunits tested but not with a glycine receptor subunit, suggesting the presence of shared epitopes on subunits of GABA-gated chloride channels.

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