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Photoaffinity labeling with a neuroactive steroid analogue. 6-azi-pregnanolone labels voltage-dependent anion channel-1 in rat brain.

Neuroactive steroids modulate the function of gamma-aminobutyric acid, type A (GABA(A)) receptors in the central nervous system by an unknown mechanism. In this study we have used a novel neuroactive steroid analogue, 3 alpha,5 beta-6-azi-3-hydroxypregnan-20-one (6-AziP), as a photoaffinity labeling reagent to identify neuroactive steroid binding sites in rat brain. 6-AziP is an effective modulator of GABA(A) receptors as evidenced by its ability to inhibit binding of [(35)S]t-butylbicyclophosphorothionate to rat brain membranes and to potentiate GABA-elicited currents in Xenopus oocytes and human endothelial kidney 293 cells expressing GABA(A) receptor subunits (alpha(1)beta(2)gamma(2)). [(3)H]6-AziP produced time- and concentration-dependent photolabeling of protein bands of approximately 35 and 60 kDa in rat brain membranes. The 35-kDa band was half-maximally labeled at a [(3)H]6-AziP concentration of 1.9 microM, whereas the 60-kDa band was labeled at higher concentrations. The photolabeled 35-kDa protein was isolated from rat brain by two-dimensional PAGE and identified as voltage-dependent anion channel-1 (VDAC-1) by both matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight and ESI-tandem mass spectrometry. Monoclonal antibody directed against the N terminus of VDAC-1 immunoprecipitated labeled 35-kDa protein from a lysate of rat brain membranes, confirming that VDAC-1 is the species labeled by [(3)H]6-AziP. The beta(2) and beta(3) subunits of the GABA(A) receptor were co-immunoprecipitated by the VDAC-1 antibody suggesting a physical association between VDAC-1 and GABA(A) receptors in rat brain membranes. These data suggest that neuroactive steroid effects on the GABA(A) receptor may be mediated by binding to an accessory protein, VDAC-1.[1]

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  1. Photoaffinity labeling with a neuroactive steroid analogue. 6-azi-pregnanolone labels voltage-dependent anion channel-1 in rat brain. Darbandi-Tonkabon, R., Hastings, W.R., Zeng, C.M., Akk, G., Manion, B.D., Bracamontes, J.R., Steinbach, J.H., Mennerick, S.J., Covey, D.F., Evers, A.S. J. Biol. Chem. (2003) [Pubmed]
 
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