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8768735

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-9-18
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Human cDNAs encoding N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor type (NMDAR)1A, NMDAR2A and NMDAR2B subunits were cloned and receptors encoded by these cDNAs were functionally expressed by injection of the respective mRNAs in Xenopus oocytes. The pharmacological properties of recombinant human N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors were characterized by profiling two agonists and four antagonists at both the NMDA and glycine sites in voltage-clamped oocytes. NMDA, glycine and D-serine were significantly more potent at human NMDAR (hNMDAR)1A/2B receptors than at nNMDAR1A/2A, whereas there was no detectable subtype-dependent difference in the potency of glutamate. Of the NMDA-site antagonists tested, CGP 43487 and 3-(2-carboxypiperazin-4-yl) propyl-1-phosphonate exhibited 5.8- and 3.9-fold greater potency, respectively, at hNMDAR1A/2A receptors than at hNMDAR1A/2B. Of the four glycine-site competitive antagonists tested, L-689,560 displayed 5-fold greater potency at hNMDAR1A/2A, whereas 5,7-dichlorokynurenic acid, HA-966 and CGP 58411 did not discriminate between hNMDAR1A/2A and hNMDAR1A/2B. Receptors resulting from injection of hNMDAR1A, hNMDAR2A and hNMDAR2B transcripts in a 1:1:1 ratio were indistinguishable from hNMDAR1A/2B receptors in terms of their sensitivity to NMDA, glycine, D-serine, CGS 19755 and CGP 40116. Ifenprodil was approximately 350-fold more potent at hNMDAR1A/2B than at hNMDAR1A/2A receptors. Ifenprodil sensitivities of receptors formed in oocytes injected with a constant amount of hNMDAR1A mRNA but varying ratios of hNMDAR2A or hNMDAR2B mRNAs were compared. The receptors expressed at a 10:1 ratio of 2A:2B transcripts displayed an ifenprodil sensitivity that would be predicted for a population in which 51% was represented by hNMDAR(1A)2(2A)3 complexes. Our results underscore the need for subtype-selective compounds acting at novel sites to sufficiently probe the pharmacological differences between NMDA receptor subtypes formed by different subunit combinations.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0022-3565
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
278
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
808-16
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Cloning and functional characterization of human heteromeric N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors.
pubmed:affiliation
SIBIA Neurosciences, Inc., La Jolla, California, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article