Figure 4.
5α, 3α-THDOC direct activation and potentiation of α6β2δ receptors
(A) Wild-type α6β2δ (left) or chimeric α6β2×δ (right) receptors were exposed to EC20 GABA or EC20 GABA plus 1 μM 5α, 3α-THDOC. Concentration-response plots of 5α, 3α-THDOC direct activation (as a proportion of EC20 GABA current; B) and potentiation of EC20 GABA currents (C). As in Fig. 2B, the rising and falling phases of the bell-shaped curves are plotted separately (upper and lower traces, respectively). Statistical significance (wild-type vs. chimera; P < 0.05) is indicated by * (Student's T test) or # (Mann-Whitney test); n = 9 for wild-type, n=3 for chimera.
