title: Inhibition of climbing and mossy fiber, and basket and stellate cell inputs to mouse cerebellar Purkinje cells by novel anti-ischemic agents, ifenprodil and BMY-14802.
abstract: Cerebellar cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) levels reflect the ongoing neuronal activity mediated by the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor complex. Due to the putative role of the NMDA receptor complex in the etiology of ischemic neuronal injury, the effects of two novel anti-ischemic agents, ifenprodil and BMY-14802, were examined on cGMP responses mediated by harmaline, methamphetamine (MA), and pentylenetetrazol (PTZ), agents which modulate the Purkinje cell activity by three distinct pharmacological mechanisms. Similar to the competitive NMDA antagonist, CPP [(+/-)-3-carboxypiperazin-4-yl)propyl-1-phosphonic acid], ifenprodil and BMY-14802 reversed the harmaline-, MA- and PTZ-induced cGMP levels. Unlike CPP, ifenprodil was nearly 3-times less potent at reversing the harmaline-induced increases in cGMP levels than at reversing MA-and PTZ-induced increases in cGMP levels. These results suggest a differential modulation of basket and stellate, and mossy fiber activity by ifenprodil.
authors.affiliation: Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO 63198.
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Cler
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Mick
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iyengar
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D006246:Harmaline / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D008297:Male; D008694:Methamphetamine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects; D010433:Pentylenetetrazole / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011689:Purkinje Cells / Q000187:drug effects*; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D017459:Receptors, Amino Acid; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010879:Piperazines; D010880:Piperidines; D011743:Pyrimidines; D017459:Receptors, Amino Acid; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; C031959:aspartic acid receptor; C050408:alpha-(4-fluorophenyl)-4-(5-fluoro-2-pyrimidinyl)-1-piperazine butanol; D008694:Methamphetamine; C050592:3-(2-carboxypiperazin-4-yl)propyl-1-phosphonic acid; D006246:Harmaline; D006152:Cyclic GMP; C010739:ifenprodil; D010433:Pentylenetetrazole