title: Redox modulation of NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic activity in the hippocampus.
abstract: The sulfhydryl reducing agent dithiothreitol (DTT) and the oxidizing agent 5,5-dithio-bis-2-nitrobenzoic acid (DTNB) reversibly modulate the component of synaptic potentials mediated by N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in slices of hippocampal area CA1. DTT (1 mM) reversibly potentiates NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic potentials while DTNB (1 mM) has the opposite effect. However, treatment of the slices with the irreversible sulfhydryl alkylating agent N-ethylmaleimide (300 microM) prevents DTNB from reversing the potentiation induced by DTT. These results further implicate the redox modulatory site as a regulator of the NMDA receptor-channel complex in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Santa Clara University, California 95053.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Tauck
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004228:Dithionitrobenzoic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D004229:Dithiothreitol / Q000494:pharmacology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013569:Synapses / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D004228:Dithionitrobenzoic Acid; D004229:Dithiothreitol