title: Pharmacological characterization of 1-aminoindan-1,5-dicarboxylic acid, a potent mGluR1 antagonist.
abstract: We examined the pharmacological profile of 1-aminoindan-1,5-dicarboxylic acid (AIDA), a rigid (carboxyphenyl)glycine derivative acting on metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs). In cells transfected with mGluR1a, AIDA competitively antagonized the stimulatory responses of glutamate and (1S,3R)-1-aminocyclopentane-1,3-dicarboxylic acid [(1S,3R)-ACPD] on phosphoinositide hydrolysis (pA2 = 4.21). In cells transfected with mGluR5a, AIDA displayed a much weaker antagonist effect. In transfected cells expressing mGluR2, AIDA (< or = 1 mM) did not affect the inhibition of forskolin-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity induced by (1S,3R)-ACPD, but at large concentrations, it displayed a modest agonist activity. In rat hippocampal or striatal slices, AIDA (0.1-1 mM) reduced the effects of (1S,3R)-ACPD on phospholipase C but not on adenylate cyclase responses, whereas (+)-alpha-methyl-4-carboxyphenylglycine (0.3-1 mM) was an antagonist on both transduction systems. In addition, AIDA (0.3-1 mM) had no effect on mGluRs coupled to phospholipase D, whereas (+)-alpha-methyl-4-carboxy-phenylglycine (0.5-1 mM) acted as an agonist with low intrinsic activity. In rat cortical slices, AIDA antagonized the stimulatory (mGluR1-mediated) effect of (1S,3R)-ACPD on the depolarization-induced outflow of D-[3H]aspartate, disclosing an inhibitory effect ascribable to (1S,3R)-ACPD activating mGluR2 and/or mGluR4. Finally, mice treated with AIDA (0.1-10 nmol i.c.v.) had an increased pain threshold and difficulties in initiating a normal ambulatory behavior. Taken together, these data suggest that AIDA is a potent, selective and competitive mGluR1 a antagonist.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Farmacologia Preclinica e Clinica Mario Aiazzi Mancini, Università di Firenze, Italy. moronif@stat.ds.unifi.it
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moroni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lombardi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thomsen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leonardi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Attucci
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Peruginelli
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Torregrossa
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Pellegrini-Giampietro
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Luneia
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pellicciari
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D006224:Cricetinae; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003515:Cycloleucine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007189:Indans / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism; D010739:Phospholipase D / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D014162:Transfection; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C095756:1-aminoindan-1,5-dicarboxylic acid; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D007189:Indans; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate; D003515:Cycloleucine; C036361:1-amino-1,3-dicarboxycyclopentane; D005576:Colforsin; D001224:Aspartic Acid; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D010739:Phospholipase D; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases