Synergy between retigabine and GABA in modulating the convulsant site of the GABAA receptor complex.

Abstract:

:The molecular mechanism underlying the activity of the novel antiepileptic drug retigabine is not yet fully understood. The aim of this study was to investigate whether retigabine interacts directly with the GABA(A) receptor complex (gamma-aminobutyric acid). Receptor-binding assays were conducted using rat brain membranes. [3H]-t-Butyl-bicyclo-orthobenzoate ([3H]TBOB) was used as a tracer ligand. We determined the effects of GABA and retigabine in the presence of several concentrations of GABA on the binding of [3H]TBOB. GABA inhibited [3H]TBOB binding with an EC(50) of 4.8 microM. In the absence of GABA, retigabine inhibited [3H]TBOB with an EC(50) of 124 microM and an EC(50) of 42 microM in the presence of 2.5 microM GABA. Isobolic analysis revealed that retigabine acts in synergy with GABA in displacing [3H]TBOB. This synergy could be quantified by a molecular model in which GABA and retigabine both allosterically displace [3H]TBOB, and retigabine allosterically enhances the binding of GABA and vice versa with a factor of 4. In summary, we found that retigabine does indeed interact with a site on the GABA(A) receptor complex, and this site is positively allosterically coupled with the GABA site. This GABA-positive effect may well contribute to the clinical anticonvulsive effects of retigabine.

journal_name

Eur J Pharmacol

authors

van Rijn CM,Willems-van Bree E

doi

10.1016/s0014-2999(03)01426-2

keywords:

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2003-03-19 00:00:00

pages

95-100

issue

2-3

eissn

0014-2999

issn

1879-0712

pii

S0014299903014262

journal_volume

464

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