title: Pharmacologically distinct glutamate receptors on cerebellar granule cells.
abstract: Cultured cerebellar granule cells were found to exhibit calcium-dependent release of 3H-D-aspartate when stimulated with excitatory amino acids. L-glutamate and L-aspartate were found to be potent stimulators of 3H-D-aspartate release, D-aspartate was weaker and only minor effects were seen with D-glutamate, quisqualate, kainate, N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and L-alpha-aminoadipate (L-alpha AA). It was also found that only L-glutamate and L-aspartate showed high affinity for the 3H-L-glutamate binding sites on granule cell membranes. Stimulation by L-glutamate of 3H-D-aspartate release could be blocked by various excitatory amino acid antagonists. From the relative potencies of agonists and antagonists on D-aspartate release it is suggested that cerebellar granule cells express functionally active glutamate receptors with pharmacological characteristics different from all known excitatory amino acid receptors.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Drejer
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Honoré
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Meier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schousboe
mesh_terms: D015074:2-Aminoadipic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000032:analysis / Q000166:cytology*; D005971:Glutamates / Q000378:metabolism; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D007536:Isomerism; D007608:Kainic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D016202:N-Methylaspartate; D010069:Oxadiazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D016318:Quisqualic Acid; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D005971:Glutamates; D010069:Oxadiazoles; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter; D015074:2-Aminoadipic Acid; D001224:Aspartic Acid; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D016202:N-Methylaspartate; D016318:Quisqualic Acid; D007608:Kainic Acid; D002118:Calcium