Glutamate receptor-mediated inhibition of L-glutamate efflux from cerebral cortex in vitro

Brain Res. 2006 Oct 9;1114(1):36-40. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.07.038. Epub 2006 Aug 10.

Abstract

We tested whether glutamate receptor ligands affect oxygen-glucose deprivation-evoked L-glutamate efflux from adult rat cerebrocortical prisms. The uncompetitive NMDA antagonist AR-R15896AR inhibited efflux (IC50 34 microM, 87% maximal inhibition). AMPA/kainate receptor blockade (NBQX, 100 microM) or Group II metabotropic glutamate receptor activation (DCG-IV, 10 microM) inhibited efflux (41%, 67% respectively) but Group I mGluR blockade (CPCCOEt/MPEP, 10 microM) was without effect. These data support a modulatory effect of glutamate receptors on L-glutamate efflux.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cerebral Cortex / drug effects
  • Cerebral Cortex / metabolism*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / pharmacology
  • Female
  • Glucose / deficiency
  • Glutamic Acid / metabolism*
  • Hypoxia / metabolism
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Neural Inhibition / drug effects
  • Neural Inhibition / physiology*
  • Pyridines / pharmacology
  • Quinoxalines / pharmacology
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Receptors, Glutamate / physiology*
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists
  • Pyridines
  • Quinoxalines
  • Receptors, Glutamate
  • alpha-phenyl-2-pyridineethanamine dihydrochloride
  • 2,3-dioxo-6-nitro-7-sulfamoylbenzo(f)quinoxaline
  • Glutamic Acid
  • Glucose