title: Comparison of binding at strychnine-sensitive (inhibitory glycine receptor) and strychnine-insensitive (N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor) glycine binding sites.
abstract: We compared, for a number of ligands to the two receptors, the displacement of [3H]strychnine binding to the glycine-gated chloride channel of spinal cord and brainstem synaptic membranes to the displacement of [3H]glycine binding to the NMDA receptor complex of hippocampal and cortex synaptic membranes. Glycine and beta-alanine are recognized by both receptors. In the NMDA receptor glycine antagonists, the kynurenic acids, most of the quinoxalinediones, and the (R)-enantiomer of HA-966 had little affinity at the strychnine-sensitive site. Surprisingly, the quinoxalinedione widely used as an AMPA (alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid) receptor antagonist, NBQX (2,3-dihydro-6-nitro-sulfamoylbenzo[f]quinoxaline-2,3-dione) displaced [3H]strychnine binding (IC50 = 11 microM) and to a lesser extent [3H]glycine binding (IC50 = 119 microM). Of the compounds tested, only strychnine, brucine, taurine and (S)-HA-966 were more potent displacers of [3H]strychnine than of glycine binding. Generally, the two glycine recognition sites appear to have remarkably different structural requirements.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, ICI Pharmaceuticals Group, ICI Americas Inc., Wilmington, DE 19897.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Pullan
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Powel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism*; D005998:Glycine / Q000378:metabolism*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018009:Receptors, Glycine; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013331:Strychnine / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018009:Receptors, Glycine; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter; D013331:Strychnine; D005998:Glycine