title: Receptor types mediating the excitatory actions of exogenous L-aspartate and L-glutamate in rat olfactory cortex.
abstract: Changes in potential between the pial and cut surfaces of rat olfactory cortex slices evoked by N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), quisqualate, kainate, L-glutamate and L-aspartate and also by gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) have been monitored using extracellular electrodes. All agonists produced a pial-negative potential response when superfused onto the pial surface, GABA, L-aspartate and L-glutamate being less potent than the others. Repeated applications of NMDA, but not of the other agonists, led to a progressive reduction in response to approximately 30% of the initial depolarization. The responses to NMDA (100 microM) were selectively abolished by (+/-)2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid (APP; 100 microM) while depolarizations evoked by L-glutamate and L-aspartate (both at 10 mM) were only antagonized by 21 +/- 2 (n = 12) and 36 +/- 3 (n = 12) percent respectively (means +/- S.E.M.). gamma-D-Glutamylglycine (gamma-DGG; 1 mM) and (+/-)cis-2,3-piperidine dicarboxylate (cis-PDA; 2 and 5 mM), in addition to antagonizing responses to NMDA, also partially blocked quisqualate- and kainate-evoked depolarizations. When a mixture of APP (100 microM), gamma-DGG (1 mM) and cis-PDA (5 mM) was applied to preparations, although NMDA receptors were completely blocked and responses to both quisqualate and kainate antagonized by approximately 80%, L-glutamate and L-aspartate evoked depolarizations were only reduced by 51 +/- 7 (n = 4) and 49 +/- 4 (n = 4) percent respectively (means +/- S.E.M.). The results are discussed in terms of the contributions made by NMDA, quisqualate and kainate receptors to the composite responses evoked by L-aspartate and L-glutamate.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Surtees
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Collins
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005971:Glutamates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008032:Limbic System / Q000187:drug effects*; D009833:Olfactory Pathways / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D018091:Receptors, AMPA; D017459:Receptors, Amino Acid; D011955:Receptors, Drug / Q000187:drug effects; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate; D018092:Kainic Acid Receptors; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D001224:Aspartic Acid; D005971:Glutamates; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D018091:Receptors, AMPA; D017459:Receptors, Amino Acid; D011955:Receptors, Drug; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate; D018092:Kainic Acid Receptors; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter; C031959:aspartic acid receptor