Abstract
The highly rigid and conformationally extended 2-amino-4-phosphonobutanoic acid (AP4) analogue (RS-1-amino-3-(phosphonomethylene)-cyclobutane-1-carboxylic acid (cyclobutylene AP5) was synthesized and found to inhibit evoked responses in the rat lateral perforant path (LPP) with an IC50 of 41 (±1.5 S.E.M.) μM and the medial perforant pathway with an IC50 of 218 (±3.7 S.E.M.) μM. Furthermore, paired pulse potentiation experiments suggest that cyclobutylene AP5 acts, in part, at a presynaptic site in the LPP. Thus, cyclobutylene AP5 appears to act in a similar manner to l-AP4 in the perforant pathway. These data support the hypothesis that l-AP4 assumes an extended conformation at the l-AP4 receptor of the LPP.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 162-164 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Brain Research |
Volume | 571 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 31 1992 |
Keywords
- Hippocampus
- Lateral perforant path
- l-2-Amino-4-phosphonobutanoic acid
- l-2-Amino-4-phosphonobutanoic acid receptor