title: Memantine inhibits serotonin-induced rise of cytosolic Ca2+ activity and of cyclic GMP level in a neuronal cell line.
abstract: Serotonin (5-HT) evoked a rise of cytosolic Ca2+ activity in neuroblastoma X glioma hybrid cells, most probably due to the entry of extracellular Ca2+; cyclic GMP synthesis was also stimulated. The rise of both cytosolic Ca2+ activity and of cyclic GMP level was blocked by memantine (1-amino-3,5-dimethyladamantane). Memantine inhibited the rise of the cyclic GMP level non-competitively (Ki about 50 microM). Thus, memantine suppresses the effects of 5-HT in the neuronal cell line, most likely by blocking Ca2+-permeable ion channels. This interpretation is in line with the previously reported finding that memantine suppressed the 5-HT-induced depolarizing response in the same cell line.
authors.affiliation: Physiologish-chemisches Institut der Universität, Tübingen F.R.G.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reiser
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koch
mesh_terms: D000547:Amantadine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D003600:Cytosol / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005910:Glioma / Q000378:metabolism; D008559:Memantine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009423:Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D012701:Serotonin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D012701:Serotonin; D000547:Amantadine; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D002118:Calcium; D008559:Memantine