GABAB receptor

gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) B receptor, 1
Identifiers
SymbolGABBR1
NCBI gene2550
HGNC4070
OMIM603540
RefSeqNM_021905
UniProtQ9UBS5
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LocusChr. 6 p21.3
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gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) B receptor, 2
Identifiers
SymbolGABBR2
Alt. symbolsGPR51
NCBI gene9568
HGNC4507
OMIM607340
RefSeqNM_005458
UniProtO75899
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LocusChr. 9 q22.1-22.3
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GABAB receptors (GABABR) are G-protein coupled receptors for gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), therefore making them metabotropic receptors, that are linked via G-proteins to potassium channels.[1] The changing potassium concentrations hyperpolarize the cell at the end of an action potential. The reversal potential of the GABAB-mediated IPSP (inhibitory postsynaptic potential) is −100 mV, which is much more hyperpolarized than the GABAA IPSP. GABAB receptors are found in the central nervous system and the autonomic division of the peripheral nervous system.[2]

The receptors were first named in 1981 when their distribution in the CNS was determined, which was determined by Norman Bowery and his team using radioactively labelled baclofen.[3]

  1. ^ Chen K, Li HZ, Ye N, Zhang J, Wang JJ (October 2005). "Role of GABAB receptors in GABA and baclofen-induced inhibition of adult rat cerebellar interpositus nucleus neurons in vitro". Brain Research Bulletin. 67 (4): 310–8. doi:10.1016/j.brainresbull.2005.07.004. PMID 16182939. S2CID 6433030.
  2. ^ Hyland NP, Cryan JF (2010). "A Gut Feeling about GABA: Focus on GABA(B) Receptors". Frontiers in Pharmacology. 1: 124. doi:10.3389/fphar.2010.00124. PMC 3153004. PMID 21833169.
  3. ^ Hill DR, Bowery NG (March 1981). "3H-baclofen and 3H-GABA bind to bicuculline-insensitive GABA B sites in rat brain". Nature. 290 (5802): 149–52. Bibcode:1981Natur.290..149H. doi:10.1038/290149a0. PMID 6259535. S2CID 4335907.