Actions of the insecticide fipronil, on dieldrin‐sensitive and ‐resistant GABA receptors of Drosophila melanogaster
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- 19 July 1995
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Pharmacology
- Vol. 115 (6), 909-912
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.1995.tb15896.x
Abstract
1 Blocking actions of the novel insecticide, fipronil, were examined on GABA responses recorded from Xenopus oocytes expressing either wild type (dieldrin-sensitive) or mutant (dieldrin-resistant) forms of the Drosphila melanogaster GABA-gated chloride channel homo-oligomer, RDL (the product of the resistance to dieldrin locus: Rdl). 2 In the case of the wild type receptor, fipronil blocked GABA-induced currents inducing both a shift to the right in the GABA dose-response curve and depressing the maximum amplitude of responses to GABA. The potency of fipronil was dependent on the GABA concentration but was unaffected by membrane potential. 3 Mutant RDL GABA-receptors, which have a naturally occurring amino acid substitution (A302→SS) in the putative ion-channel lining region, conferring resistance to dieldrin and picrotoxinin, were markedly less sensitive to fipronil than the wild-type receptors. 4 Fipronil antagonism is qualitatively similar to that produced by the structurally distinct compound, picrotoxinin. As the mutation A302→S reduces the potency of both fipronil and picrotoxinin, homo-oligomeric RDL receptors should facilitate detailed studies of the molecular basis of convulsant/ insecticide antagonist actions on GABA receptors.Keywords
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