Identification of a BK channel auxiliary protein controlling molecular and behavioral tolerance to alcohol.
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- Martin, Gilles E; Hendrickson, Linzy M; Penta, Krista L; Friesen, Ryan M; Pietrzykowski, Andrzej Z; Tapper, Andrew R; Treistman, Steven N
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- 2008
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- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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- 18981408
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- 10.1073/pnas.0801068105
- PMCID
- PMC2582289
Tolerance, described as the loss of drug effectiveness over time, is an important component of addiction. The degree of acute behavioral tolerance to alcohol exhibited by a naΓ―ve subject can predict the likelihood of alcohol abuse. Thus, the determinants of acute tolerance are important to understand. Calcium- and voltage-gated (BK) potassium channels, consisting of pore forming alpha and modulatory beta subunits, are targets of ethanol (EtOH) action. Here, we examine the role, at the molecular, cellular, and behavioral levels, of the BK beta4 subunit in acute tolerance. Single channel recordings in HEK-293 cells show that, in the absence of beta4, EtOH potentiation of activity exhibits acute tolerance, which is blocked by coexpressing the beta4 subunit. BK channels in acutely isolated medium spiny neurons from WT mice (in which the beta4 subunit is well-represented) exhibit little tolerance. In contrast, neuronal BK channels from beta4 knockout (KO) mice do display acute tolerance. Brain slice recordings showed tolerance to EtOH's effects on spike patterning in KO but not in WT mice. In addition, beta4 KO mice develop rapid tolerance to EtOH's locomotor effects, whereas WT mice do not. Finally, in a restricted access ethanol self-administration assay, beta4 KO mice drink more than their WT counterparts. Taken together, these data indicate that the beta4 subunit controls ethanol tolerance at the molecular, cellular, and behavioral levels, and could determine individual differences in alcohol abuse and alcoholism, as well as represent a therapeutic target for alcoholism.
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