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TBPS (10 ��m) at a concentration sufficient to maximally inhibit ��1��2��2 GABAA receptors, had no effect on either glycine- or 5-HT-evoked currents, which remained at 111 �� 4% (��1 receptors, n= 5, data not shown), 108 �� 20% (��2 receptors, n= 3), and 98 �� 2% (5-HT3A receptors, n= 4) of control current amplitude (Supplementry Fig. 1A). By contrast, the application of picrotoxin (100 ��m) to HEK293 cells expressing either glycine http://www.selleckchem.com/products/byl719.html ��1 (n= 5, data not shown), ��2 (n= 4), or 5-HT3A (n= 3) receptors inhibited current amplitudes by 93 �� 1%, 60 �� 13% and 70 �� 1%, respectively (Supplementary Fig. 1B). These data are consistent with previous demonstrations that [35S]TBPS binds selectively to GABAARs in the CNS (Squires et al. 1983). We investigated whether blockade by either TBPS or picrotoxin was influenced by GABAAR activation. GABA (100 ��m for 100 ms) was episodically (every 60 s) locally applied to HEK293 cells expressing ��1��2��2 receptors and TBPS (10 ��m) or picrotoxin (100 ��m) was applied to the bath (Fig. 2A). Both picrotoxin and TBPS effectively abolished GABA-evoked currents (98 �� 0.4% and 98 �� 0.6% inhibition, respectively) in the presence of GABA application (Fig. 2C). Other investigators (Newland & Cull-Candy, 1992; Dillon et al. 1995) have observed that the rate of inhibition by picrotoxin is enhanced by episodic GABA application, suggesting a role for an open channel in receptor blockade. We measured the level of inhibition that occurred after a prolonged exposure to either TBPS or http://www.selleck.cn/products/gsk-j4-hcl.html picrotoxin in the absence of GABA. The time required to reach maximal inhibition with episodic GABA application was used to determine the duration for bath application of TBPS or picrotoxin to the same cell in the absence of GABA (Fig. 2B). There was a significant (P http://www.selleckchem.com/products/BEZ235.html caused by both TBPS and picrotoxin (86 �� 4.8% and 91 �� 3.1%, respectively) in the absence of episodic GABA application (Fig. 2C). However, the majority of blockade by both antagonists was independent of GABA application. Consistent with a small use-dependent component of blockade, inhibition by TBPS or picrotoxin grew somewhat by the second application of GABA (Fig. 2B). Taken together, these data confirm that while GABA enhances blockade by TBPS and picrotoxin, the majority of blockade is independent of GABA-evoked channel activation. We further investigated the ability of TBPS and picrotoxin to reach their binding sites in the absence of GABA using [35S]TBPS binding to homogenates of HEK293 cells expressing ��1��2��2 receptors. Our electrophysiological data demonstrate that the majority of blockade by both picrotoxin and TBPS occurs independently of GABA activation of the channel (Fig. 2). Consistent with this [35S]TBPS binds to recombinant receptors in the absence of GABA (Luddens & Korpi, 1995).