Abstract：
:The overactivation of glutamate receptors is a major cause of Ca(2+) overload in cells, potentially leading to cell damage and death. There is an abundance of agents and mechanisms by which glutamate receptor activation can be prevented or modulated in order to control these effects. They include the well-established, competitive and non-competitive antagonists at the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors and modulators of desensitisation of the alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionic acid (AMPA) receptors. More recently, it has emerged that some compounds can act selectively at different subunits of glutamate receptors, allowing a differential blockade of subtypes. It is also becoming clear that a number of endogenous compounds, including purines, can modify glutamate receptor sensitivity. The kynurenine pathway is an alternative but distinct pathway to the generation of glutamate receptor ligands. The products of tryptophan metabolism via the kynurenine pathway include both quinolinic acid, a selective agonist at NMDA receptors, and kynurenic acid, an antagonist at several glutamate receptor subtypes. The levels of these metabolites change as a result of the activation of inflammatory processes and immune-competent cells, and may have a significant impact on Ca(2+) fluxes and neuronal damage. Drugs which target some of these various sites and processes, or which change the balance between the excitotoxin quinolinic acid and the neuroprotective kynurenic acid, could also have potential as neuroprotective drugs.
journal_name
Eur J Pharmacoljournal_title
European journal of pharmacologyauthors
Stone TW,Addae JIdoi
10.1016/s0014-2999(02)01851-4keywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
2002-07-05 00:00:00pages
285-96issue
2-3eissn
0014-2999issn
1879-0712pii
S0014299902018514journal_volume
447pub_type
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