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Characterization of the anticonvulsant and neuroprotectant BIIR 561 CL in vitro: effects on native and recombinant alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptors.

BIIR 561 CL is a novel blocker of AMPA receptors and voltage-dependent sodium channels. In this study we further describe the effects of BIIR 561 CL on AMPA receptor-mediated membrane currents in rodent neurons, as well as in cells expressing recombinant human GluR1/2 receptors in more detail. BIIR 561 CL suppressed responses to kainate in neuronal cultures from rat cortex with an IC50 of 9.8 microM. Similar effects were observed using acutely dissociated neurons from the CA1 region of rat hippocampus (IC50 = 9.5 microM). Inhibition of kainate responses by BIIR 561 CL was prevented by preapplication of GYKI 53655, suggesting that both non-competitive inhibitors bind to a common site of the receptor. The effect of 10 microM BIIR 561 CL on kainate-induced currents was dependent on extracellular pH, with more pronounced block (84.1%) under acidic conditions (pHextern=6.4), compared to only 30.1% at a pHextern of 8. 4. Thus, it can be hypothesized that BIIR 561 CL inhibits AMPA receptors in ischaemic brain regions more effectively than in healthy tissue. BIIR 561 CL inhibited responses to 1 mM glutamate in cells expressing recombinant human GluR1/2 receptors with similar potency, as compared to kainate responses in rat neurons (IC50=17.3 microM). The reference compound NBQX had an IC50 of 25.2 nM. None of the two compounds affected the glutamate-induced receptor desensitization at any tested concentration. The block by BIIR 561 CL was not use-dependent and had fast on- and off-kinetics (tauon=6.8 s; tauoff=1.3 s in hGluR1/2 receptors with 30 microM BIIR 561 CL). Thus, BIIR 561 CL can be anticipated to have a promising profile for the treatment of neurological disorders like brain ischaemia and head trauma.[1]

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  1. Characterization of the anticonvulsant and neuroprotectant BIIR 561 CL in vitro: effects on native and recombinant alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptors. Weiser, T., Iizuka, M., Nishimura, S., Akiba, I., Barsoumian, E., Zhou, M., Steinhäuser, C., Brenner, M., Palluk, R., Wienrich, M. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch. Pharmacol. (2000) [Pubmed]
 
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