title: Stereoselectivity and mode of inhibition of phosphoinositide-coupled excitatory amino acid receptors by 2-amino-3-phosphonopropionic acid.
abstract: DL-2-Amino-3-phosphonopropionic acid, a phosphonate-substituted derivative of aspartic acid, has been shown to be an inhibitor of excitatory amino acid-stimulated phosphoinositide hydrolysis in rat brain slices. In this study, the enantiomers of 2-amino-3-phosphonopropionic acid were synthesized and used to further characterize the stereoselectivity and mechanism of interaction of this compound for inhibiting phosphoinositide-coupled (metabotropic) excitatory amino acid receptors. L-2-Amino-3-phosphonopropionic acid was 3-5 times more potent than D-2-amino-3-phosphonopropionic acid as an inhibitor of ibotenate-stimulated [3H]inositol monophosphate formation in slices of the rat hippocampus or quisqualate-stimulated [3H]inositol monophosphate formation in neonatal rat cerebral cortical slices. Carbachol-stimulated phosphoinositide hydrolysis was not inhibited by L-2-amino-3-phosphonopropionic acid, and L-2-amino-3-phosphonopropionic acid had no appreciable affinity for ionotropic excitatory amino acid receptors at concentrations required to inhibit metabotropic excitatory amino acid responses. The inhibitory effects of L-2-amino-3-phosphonopropionic acid or L-2-amino-4-phosphonobutyric acid on phosphoinositide hydrolysis were not competitive, because they could not be surmounted by increasing concentrations of ibotenate or quisqualate. L-2-Amino-3-phosphonopropionic acid inhibition also could not be prevented by washing the tissue before incubation with ibotenate. Thus, L-2-amino-3-phosphonopropionic acid is a stereoselective inhibitor of metabotropic excitatory amino acid receptors with little affinity for ionotropic receptors. However, the inhibitory effects of L-2-amino-3-phosphonopropionic acid or L-2-amino-4-phosphonobutyric acid were not readily reversed, and the site at which they act to inhibit metabotropic excitatory amino acid receptors remains to be determined.
authors.affiliation: Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana 46285.
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Schoepp
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: McQuaid
mesh_terms: D000409:Alanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000613:Aminobutyrates / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D006868:Hydrolysis / Q000187:drug effects; D007051:Ibotenic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D007608:Kainic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D016202:N-Methylaspartate; D010875:Pipecolic Acids; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D017459:Receptors, Amino Acid; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D018350:alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid
chemical_list: D000613:Aminobutyrates; D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D010875:Pipecolic Acids; D010880:Piperidines; D017459:Receptors, Amino Acid; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; C000211:2-amino-3-phosphonopropionic acid; D007051:Ibotenic Acid; D001224:Aspartic Acid; C053672:selfotel; D016202:N-Methylaspartate; D018350:alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid; C012729:2-amino-4-phosphonobutyric acid; D000409:Alanine; D007608:Kainic Acid