TABLE 22

Effect of withdrawal from long-term ethanol treatment on GABAA receptor subunit mRNA expression in cultured cells in vitro

Cells, [EtOH], Duration, Withdrawal TimeSubunit mRNAReference
α1α2α3α4α5α6β2β3γ2δ
% change
Rat hippocampal neurons
    100 mM, 5 d, 3 h−15+30+40+30N.S.−21, −40aSanna et al., 2003
    100 mM, 5 d, 9 hN.S.Follesa et al., 2005
Rat cerebellar granule cells
    100 mM, 5 d, 3–12 h−29+46−27−76, −64aFollesa et al., 2003
    100 mM, 5 d, 3 h+159Follesa et al., 2004
    100 mM, 5 d, 6 h−27Follesa et al., 2005
    100 mM, 5 d, 6 h−22+160+43−28−33, −22a−23Biggio et al., 2007
Mouse cortical neurons
    75 mM, 5 d, 5dN.S.N.S.N.S.N.S.N.S.N.S.Sheela Rani and Ticku, 2006
    75 mM, 5 d, 5d, CIEN.S.N.S.N.S.N.S.N.S.N.S.Sheela Rani and Ticku, 2006
  • d, day(s); N.S., not significantly different from the control value.

  • a Two values represent S and L splice variants, respectively.