Table 1. Quantification of total and glycosylated sub-fraction of KCC2 at the cell surface and in whole cell lysate.
Glycosylated plus unglycosylated KCC2 at the surface (fraction of total, % of wild-type) | Glycosylated KCC2 (% of glycoslyated plus unglycosylated) | ||
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Surface fraction | Total fraction | ||
WT | 100±±0% | 50±13% | 43±1% |
L311H | 34±7%** | 22±5%* | 17±1%** |
G551D | 41±10%* | 32±7% | 38±1%* |
L426P | 55±13%* | 10±3%** | 16±4%* |
WT, wild-type.
n=4. *P<0.05, **P<0.005 (compared with WT, one-sample Student's t-test).
All three mutants showed significantly reduced levels of cell-surface over total expression of KCC2 when compared with WT with reduced levels of glycosylated KCC2 protein evident at the cell surface and also in total cell lysates (Figure 4).