Abstract：
:Clinically, amantadine and memantine are drugs whose therapeutic utility is linked to their ability to block N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) in a voltage-dependent manner. Nevertheless many studies that have characterized the pharmacological actions of amantadine and memantine have done so in the absence of physiological levels of Mg(2+) ions. This study quantifies the extent to which Mg(2+) alters the potency of the block produced by both amantadine and memantine at human recombinant GluN1/GluN2A NMDARs. Human recombinant GluN1/GluN2A NMDARs were expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes and two-electrode voltage-clamp recordings were made at -80, -60 and -40 mV to quantify amantadine and memantine block in the absence and presence of Mg(2+). Amantadine and memantine blocked human GluN1/GluN2A NMDARs in a voltage-dependent manner with IC(50) values (at -80 mV) of 49 ± 6 μM (n = 7) and 1.0 ± 0.3 μM (n = 7), respectively. In the presence of Mg(2+) (1mM) the equivalent IC(50) values were 165 ± 10 μM (n=6) and 6.6 ± 0.3 μM (n = 5). Similarly in the presence of amantadine or memantine the potency of Mg(2+) in blocking GluN1/GluN2A NMDARs was reduced. The decrease in the potencies of both amantadine and memantine in the presence of physiological concentrations of Mg(2+) indicates that other targets (e.g. α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and 5-HT(3) receptors) in addition to NMDARs may well be sites of the therapeutic action of these channel blockers.
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Neuropharmacologyjournal_title
Neuropharmacologyauthors
Otton HJ,Lawson McLean A,Pannozzo MA,Davies CH,Wyllie DJdoi
10.1016/j.neuropharm.2010.10.008subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-02-01 00:00:00pages
388-96issue
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0028-3908issn
1873-7064pii
S0028-3908(10)00278-9journal_volume
60pub_type
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