Anticonvulsant and glutamate release-inhibiting properties of the highly potent metabotropic glutamate receptor agonist (2S,2′R,3′R)-2-(2′,3′-dicarboxycyclopropyl) glycine (DCG-IV)

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作者
Attwell, PJE
Kent, NS
Jane, DE
Croucher, MJ
Bradford, HF
机构
[1] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Dept Biochem, London SW7 2AZ, England
[2] Charing Cross Hosp, Sch Med, Imperial Coll, Div Neurosci & Psychol Med,Dept Neurodegenerat, London W6 8RF, England
[3] Sch Med Sci Bristol, Dept Pharmacol, Bristol BS8 1TD, Avon, England
关键词
presynaptic glutamate receptor; group II metabotropic glutamate receptor; glutamate release; kindling; epileptogenesis; seizure; DCG-IV; lamotrigine;
D O I
10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00698-2
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
The anticonvulsant effects of intracerebral administration of the highly potent group II metabotropic glutamate receptor agonist, DCG-IV, were tested in fully kindled rats following daily electrical stimulation of the basolateral amygdala. The agonist caused a dose-dependent increase in the generalized seizure threshold (GST) of these seizure susceptible animals within the dose range tested (0.01-1.0 nmol). The estimated GST(100) value (dose causing a 100% increase in GST) for this effect was 0.22 nmol. The anti-seizure activity of DCG-IV was fully inhibited in the presence of the group II metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonist (2S,1'S,2'S)-2-methyl-2(carboxycyclopropyl)glycine (MCCG; 40 nmol), while MCCG alone showed no significant inhibitory effect on seizure activity. DCG-IV also powerfully inhibited depolarization-induced release of [H-3]D-aspartate from rat cerebrocortical synaptosomes, with an IC50 value of 0.39 mu M In this respect, DCG-IV was approximately 70-fold more potent than the clinically effective anticonvulsant drug lamotrigine (IC50 = 27.7 mu M), a proposed neurotransmitter release inhibitor known to inhibit glutamate release, also tested in this assay. These findings demonstrate the high potency of DCG-IV as an anticonvulsant agent and confirm a key role for group II metabotropic glutamate receptors in the control of seizure activity via their modulatory action on neuronal glutamate release. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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