title: Homocysteic acid: convulsant action of stereoisomers in mice.
abstract: An effect of excitatory amino acid antagonists, 2-amino-7-phosphonoheptanoate (AP7), a selective N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonist, and gamma-D-glutamylaminomethylsulphonate (gamma-D-GAMS), a preferential kainate/quisqualate antagonist, on convulsions induced by intracerebroventricular administration of stereoisomers of homocysteic acid (HCA) was tested in mice. AP7, 0.025 mumol, blocked myoclonic seizures induced by L-HCA and D,L-HCA, and had no anticonvulsant action against D-HCA, gamma-D-GAMS, 0.5 mumol, was preferentially active against myoclonic seizures induced by D-HCA, had moderate anticonvulsant action against D,L-HCA, and no effect against seizures induced by L-HCA. These results indicate that activation of NMDA receptors contributes substantially to the convulsant action of L-HCA, while the convulsant action of D-HCA may be mediated mainly by non-NMDA related mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Turski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D003292:Convulsants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006710:Homocysteine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D007608:Kainic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D016202:N-Methylaspartate; D012640:Seizures / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000378:metabolism; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D003292:Convulsants; D006710:Homocysteine; C007956:homocysteic acid; D001224:Aspartic Acid; D016202:N-Methylaspartate; D007608:Kainic Acid