Abstract
Four 2-substituted Tet-AMPA [Tet = tetrazolyl, AMPA = 2-amino-3-(3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolyl)propionic acid] analogues were characterized functionally at the homomeric AMPA receptors GluR1i, GluR2Qi, GluR3i, and GluR4i in a Fluo-4/Ca2+ assay. Whereas 2-Et-Tet-AMPA, 2-Pr-Tet-AMPA, and 2-iPr-Tet-AMPA were nonselective GluR agonists, 2-Bn-Tet-AMPA exhibited a 40-fold higher potency at GluR4i than at GluR1i. Examination of homology models of the S1-S2 domains of GluR1 and GluR4 containing 2-Bn-Tet-AMPA suggested four nonconserved residues in a region adjacent to the orthosteric site as possible determinants of the GluR4i/GluR1i selectivity. In a mutagenesis study, doubly mutating M686V/I687A in GluR1i in combination with either D399S or E683A increased both the potency and the maximal response of 2-Bn-Tet-AMPA at this receptor to levels similar to those elicited by the agonist at GluR4i. The dependence of the novel selectivity profile of 2-Bn-Tet-AMPA upon residues located outside of the orthosteric site underlines the potential for developing GluR subtype selective ligands by designing compounds with substituents that protrude beyond the (S)-Glu binding pocket.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal of Medicinal Chemistry |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 17 |
Pages (from-to) | 4177-4185 |
Number of pages | 9 |
ISSN | 0022-2623 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Keywords
- Aniline Compounds
- Animals
- Binding Sites
- Cell Line
- Female
- Fluorescent Dyes
- Humans
- Isoxazoles
- Models, Molecular
- Mutation
- Oocytes
- Patch-Clamp Techniques
- Propionic Acids
- Rats
- Receptors, AMPA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Stereoisomerism
- Structure-Activity Relationship
- Tetrazoles
- Thermodynamics
- Xanthenes
- Xenopus
- alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid