SEUNGHYUN AHN1, JUNG-YEON LEE1, JIHA SUNG1,2, HYUN JOO KIM3, SEYEON PARK1,2,*
BIOCELL, Vol.47, No.7, pp. 1661-1673, 2023, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2023.027984
- 21 June 2023
Abstract Background: Although the GABAA receptor (GABAAR) has been proposed as the main action site for sevoflurane, isoflurane, halothane, enflurane, propofol, and benzodiazepines (BZDs), binding of these anesthetics with high-resolution structures of the GABAAR have been rarely examined by comparative docking analyses. Moreover, various combinations of ligands on more GABAARs with various subtypes need to be analyzed to understand the elaborate action mechanism of GABAARs better because some GABAA ligands showed specificity toward the distinct subtypes of the GABAAR. Methods: We performed in silico docking analysis to compare the binding modes of sevoflurane, isoflurane, halothane, enflurane, propofol,… More >