title: Competitive NMDA receptor blockers reduce striatal glutamate accumulation in ischaemia.
abstract: Our previous studies have shown that kynurenic acid, a broad-spectrum antagonist of excitatory amino acid receptors, depressed the ischaemia-induced accumulation of glutamate and aspartate in rat striatum. In the present experiments we examined the effect of two competitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists on striatal extracellular glutamate concentrations induced by a 30 min '4-vessel occlusion' ischaemia in rats. Local perfusion with 2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate (AP5; 300 microM) and with 2-amino-7-phosphonoheptanoate (AP7; 300 microM), using a microdialysis fibre markedly reduced the ischaemia-induced increase in glutamate concentrations. These results indicate that, during forebrain ischaemia the NMDA receptor type mediates glutamate and aspartate accumulation in rat striatum.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Pharmacologie, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université René Descartes, Paris, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ghribi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Callebert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Plotkine
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Boulu
mesh_terms: D015763:2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000494:pharmacology; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D017551:Microdialysis; D017072:Neostriatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D001224:Aspartic Acid; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D015763:2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate; C031231:2-amino-7-phosphonoheptanoic acid