title: Competitive antagonism of recombinant AMPA/kainate receptors by N-methyl-D-aspartate and analogues.
abstract: The classical division of mammalian ionotropic L-glutamate (Glu) receptors into N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and non-NMDA classes is supported by a wealth of biochemical and molecular biological data. In binding studies, selective agonists for non-NMDA receptors such as L-kainate (KA), alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-propionate (AMPA) and L-domoate have submicromolar affinities; in contrast, a millimolar concentration of NMDA is required significantly to compete with the non-NMDA agonists. Despite the supposed clear-cut selectivities of these amino acids, interactions between the responses to submillimolar concentrations of NMDA and KA have been observed in cells expressing both classes of Glu receptor. We present here evidence that NMDA is a competitive antagonist of recombinant non-NMDA receptors. We also present preliminary data on competitive antagonism of recombinant NMDA receptors by KA. These antagonisms are inhibited non-competitively by cyclothiazide and a benzodiazipine.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Magazanik
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Usherwood
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001581:Benzothiadiazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D001667:Binding, Competitive / Q000187:drug effects; D004232:Diuretics; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005998:Glycine / Q000502:physiology; D007608:Kainic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D016202:N-Methylaspartate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D018091:Receptors, AMPA / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D018092:Kainic Acid Receptors / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D049993:Sodium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D014982:Xenopus laevis
chemical_list: D001581:Benzothiadiazines; D004232:Diuretics; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D005998:Glycine; D007608:Kainic Acid; D016202:N-Methylaspartate; D018091:Receptors, AMPA; D018092:Kainic Acid Receptors; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D049993:Sodium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors; C004639:cyclothiazide