Protein Information

Name gamma aminobutyric acid receptors (protein family or complex)
Synonyms GABA receptor; GABA receptors; GABA(A) receptor; GABA(A) receptors; Gamma aminobutyric acid receptor; Gamma aminobutyric acid receptors

Compound Information

Name gamma-HCH
CAS (1α,2α,3β,4α,5α,6β)-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane

Reference List

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1377327 Woodward RM, Polenzani L, Miledi R: Effects of hexachlorocyclohexanes on gamma-aminobutyric acid receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes by RNA from mammalian brain and retina. Mol Pharmacol. 1992 Jun;41(6):1107-15.

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18446586 Law RJ, Lightstone FC: Gaba receptor insecticide non-competitive antagonists may bind at allosteric modulator sites. Int J Neurosci. 2008 May;118(5):705-34.

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8949935 Nagata K, Huang CS, Hamilton BJ, Carter DB, Narahashi T: Differential effects of hexachlorocyclohexane isomers on the GABA receptor subunits expressed in human embryonic kidney cell line. Brain Res. 1996 Oct 28;738(1):131-7.

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9590437 Vale C, Damgaard I, Sunol C, Rodriguez-Farre E, Schousboe A: Cytotoxic action of lindane in cerebellar granule neurons is mediated by interaction with inducible GABA (B) receptors. J Neurosci Res. 1998 May 1;52(3):286-94.


However, in THIP-treated cultures, lindane-induced cytotoxicity was found to be mediated by an action of the insecticide on GABA receptors.
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18651916 Hirata K, Ishida C, Eguchi Y, Sakai K, Ozoe F, Ozoe Y, Matsuda K: Role of a serine residue (S278) in the pore-facing region of the housefly L-glutamate-gated chloride channel in determining sensitivity to noncompetitive antagonists. Insect Mol Biol. 2008 Aug;17(4):341-50.


Gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane (gamma-HCH), fipronil and picrotoxinin are noncompetitive antagonists (NCAs) of L-glutamate-gated chloride channels (GluCls), yet their potencies are weaker than those on gamma-aminobutyric acid receptors (GABARs).
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8750965 Nagata K, Narahashi T: Differential effects of hexachlorocyclohexane isomers on the GABA receptor-chloride channel complex in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons. Brain Res. 1995 Dec 15;704(1):85-91.

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10397639 Vale C, Vilaro MT, Rodriguez-Farre E, Sunol C: Effects of the conformationally restricted GABA analogues, cis- and trans-4-aminocrotonic acid, on GABA neurotransmission in primary neuronal cultures. J Neurosci Res. 1999 Jul 1;57(1):95-105.


The results presented here show that p-1 subunits, and thus GABAc receptors, may represent a very minor population of GABA receptors in these neuronal preparations.
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1371151 Vendrell M, Tusell JM, Serratosa J: c-fos expression as a model for studying the action of hexachlorocyclohexane isomers in the CNS. J Neurochem. 1992 Mar;58(3):862-9.


Pentylenetetrazole and picrotoxin, a known gamma-aminobutyric acid-receptor antagonist, have also been considered.
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