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Selective metabotropic receptor agonists distinguish non-ionotropic glutamate binding sites.

Abstract：

:Metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) are thought to mediate diverse processes in brain including synaptic plasticity and excitotoxicity. These receptors are often divided into three groups by their pharmacological profiles. [3H]Glutamate binding in the presence of compounds selective for ionotropic glutamate receptors can be used as a general assay for these receptors; subtypes of this non-ionotropic [3H]glutamate binding differ in both pharmacology and anatomical distribution, and are differentially sensitive to quisqualate. The characteristics of these binding sites are consistent with those of group 1 (high-affinity quisqualate) and group 2 (low-affinity quisqualate) mGluRs. Under our assay conditions, no [3H]glutamate binding to group 3-like (L-AP4 sensitive) sites could be demonstrated. We have attempted to characterize particular agents which may selectively measure [3H]glutamate binding to mGluR subtypes. We used two isomers of 2-(carboxycyclopropyl)glycine, L-CCG-I and L-CCG-II, and the (2S,1'R,2'R,3'R) isomer of 2-(2,3-dicarboxycyclopropyl)glycine (DCG-IV) as competitors of non-ionotropic [3H]glutamate binding sites. DCG-IV clearly distinguishes two binding sites. Quantitative levels of DCG-IV binding by anatomic region correlate with quisqualate-defined binding subtypes: high-affinity DCG-IV binding correlates with low-affinity quisqualate binding, whereas low-affinity DCG-IV binding correlates with high-affinity quisqualate binding. L-CCG-II displaces only one type of non-ionotropic [3H]glutamate binding, corresponding to high-affinity quisqualate binding. Therefore DCG-IV and L-CCG-II at appropriate concentrations appear to distinguish binding to putative group 2 vs. group 1 mGluRs. L-CCG-I displaces both high- and low-affinity quisqualate binding sites, but unlike the other two compounds, does not clearly distinguish between them.

journal_name

Brain Res

journal_title

Brain research

authors

Testa CM,Hollingsworth ZR,Shinozaki H,Penney JB Jr,Young AB

doi

10.1016/s0006-8993(97)00818-4

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1997-10-31 00:00:00

pages

15-27

issue

1-2

eissn

0006-8993

issn

1872-6240

pii

S0006-8993(97)00818-4

journal_volume

773

pub_type

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Selective metabotropic receptor agonists distinguish non-ionotropic glutamate binding sites.