Immunohistochemical distribution of 10 GABAA receptor subunits in the forebrain of the rhesus monkey Macaca mulatta

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GABAA receptors are composed of five subunits arranged around a central chloride channel. Their subunits originate from different genes or gene families. The majority of GABAA receptors in the mammalian brain consist of two α-, two β- and one γ- or δ-subunit. This subunit organization crucially determines the physiological and pharmacological properties of the GABAA receptors. Using immunohistochemistry, we investigated the distribution of 10 GABAA receptor subunits (α1, α2, α3, α4, α5, β1, β2, β3, γ2, and δ) in the fore brain of three female rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Within the cerebral cortex, subunits α1, α5, β2, β3, and γ2 were found in all layers, α2, α3, and β1 were more concentrated in the inner and outer layers. The caudate/putamen was rich in α1, α2, α5, all three β-subunits, γ2, and δ. Subunits α3 and α5 were more concentrated in the caudate than in the putamen. In contrast, α1, α2, β1, β2, γ2, and δ were highest in the pallidum. Most dorsal thalamic nuclei contained subunits α1, α2, α4, β2, β3, and γ2, whereas α1, α3, β1, and γ2 were most abundant in the reticular nucleus. Within the amygdala, subunits α1, α2, α5, β1, β3, γ2, and δ were concentrated in the cortical nucleus, whereas in the lateral and basolateral amygdala α1, α2, α5, β1, β3, and δ, and in the central amygdala α1, α2, β3, and γ2 were most abundant. Interestingly, subunit α3-IR outlined the intercalated nuclei of the amygdala. In the hippocampus, subunits α1, α2, α5, β2, β3, γ2, and δ were highly expressed in the dentate molecular layer, whereas α1, α2, α3, α5, β1, β2, β3, and γ2 were concentrated in sector CA1 and the subiculum. The distribution of GABAA receptor subunits in the rhesus monkey was highly heterogeneous indicating a high number of differently assembled receptors. In most areas investigated, notably in the striatum/pallidum, amygdaloid nuclei and in the hippocampus it was more diverse than in the rat and mouse indicating a more heterogeneous and less defined receptor assembly in the monkey than in rodent brain.

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:528

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The Journal of comparative neurology - 528(2020), 15 vom: 15. Okt., Seite 2551-2568

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sperk, Günther [VerfasserIn]
Kirchmair, Elke [VerfasserIn]
Bakker, Jaco [VerfasserIn]
Sieghart, Werner [VerfasserIn]
Drexel, Meinrad [VerfasserIn]
Kondova, Ivanela [VerfasserIn]

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Ab α2, RRID:AB_2827793
Ab α3, RRID:AB_2827797
Ab α4, RRID:AB_2827798
Ab α5, RRID:AB_2827799
Ab β1, RRID:AB_2827800
Ab β2, RRID:AB_2827801
Ab β3, RRID:AB_2827802
Ab γ2, RRID:AB_2827803
Ab δ, RRID:AB_2827804
Ab GAD67, RRID:AB_2278725
Ab NeuN, RRID:AB_2278725
Amygdala
Antibody α1 (BD24)
Basal ganglia
Benzodiazepine
GABAA receptor subunits
Goat biotinylated anti-rabbit ab, RRID:AB_2336810
Horse anti-mouse ab, RRID:AB_2336811
Immunohistochemistry
Journal Article
Monkey
Primate
Protein Subunits
RRID:AB_2108828
Receptors, GABA-A
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Thalamus

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Date Completed 11.11.2021

Date Revised 12.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/cne.24910

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM308058062