title: Selective activation of group II mGluRs with LY354740 does not prevent neuronal excitotoxicity.
abstract: Recent reports have suggested a role for group II metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) in the attenuation of excitotoxicity. Here we examined the effects of the recently available group II agonist (+)-2-Aminobicyclo[3.1.0]hexane-2-6-dicarboxylic acid (LY354740) on N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-induced excitotoxic neuronal death, as well as on hypoxic-ischemic neuronal death both in vitro and in vivo. At concentrations shown to be selective for group II mGluRs expressed in cell lines (0.1-100 nM), LY354740 did not attenuate NMDA-mediated neuronal death in vitro or in vivo. Furthermore, LY354740 did not attenuate oxygen-glucose deprivation-induced neuronal death in vitro or ischemic infarction after transient middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats. In addition, the neuroprotective effect of another group II agonist, (S)-4-carboxy-3-phenylglycine (4C3HPG), which has shown injury attenuating effects both in vitro and in vivo, was not blocked by the group II antagonists (2 S)-alpha-ethylglutamic acid (EGLU), (RS)-alpha-methyl-4-sulphonophenylglycine (MSPG), or the group III antagonist (S)-alpha-methyl-3-carboxyphenylalanine (MCPA), suggesting that this neuroprotection may be mediated by other effects such as upon group I mGluRs.
authors.affiliation: Center for the Study of Nervous System Injury and Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Behrens
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Strasser
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Heidinger
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lobner
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Won
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016466:CHO Cells; D016923:Cell Death / Q000187:drug effects; D015687:Cell Hypoxia; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D006224:Cricetinae; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D016202:N-Methylaspartate / Q000633:toxicity*; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009498:Neurotoxins / Q000633:toxicity; D051381:Rats; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / Q000819:agonists / Q000502:physiology*; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists; D009498:Neurotoxins; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D016202:N-Methylaspartate; D005947:Glucose; C104753:eglumetad