Alcohol-nontolerant (ANT) rats, produced by selective breeding for high sensitivity to motor-impairing effects of ethanol, have a point mutation in the cerebellar gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) receptor alpha 6 subunit, which has been proposed to underlie enhanced sensitivity to benzodiazepine agonists as well. We compared ANT and alcohol-tolerant (AT) rats using behavioral and neurochemical methods to assess the significance of alpha 6- and non alpha 6-containing GABAA receptor subtypes. Motor performance in a tilting plane test was largely unaffected by a type I benzodiazepine receptor-preferring agonist, zolpidem [1-10 mg/kg, intraperitoneally (IP)], partial benzodiazepine agonists bretazenil and ZG-63 (both at 40 mg/kg, IP), and a novel broad-spectrum anticonvulsant loreclezole (40 mg/kg, IP) in both ANT and AT rats. In contrast, diazepam (10 mg/kg, IP) impaired performance of the ANT but not AT animals. These data, supported by results from brain regional autoradiography of [3H]Ro15-4513 and membrane binding of [3H]ZG-63 and [35S]TBPS as influenced by these ligands, strongly suggest that only ligands with full agonist actions on mutant (ANT) but not wild-type (AT) alpha 6-containing GABAA receptors are able to produce motor impairment in the ANT rats.
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