Abstract

A new AMPA receptor antagonist, Ro 48-8587, was characterized pharmacologically in vitro. It is highly potent and selective for AMPA receptors as shown by its effects on [3H]AMPA, [3H] kainate, and [3H] MK-801 binding to rat brain membranes and on AMPA- or NMDA-induced depolarization in rat cortical wedges. [3H]Ro 48-8587 bound with a high affinity (KD = 3 nM) to a single population of binding sites with a Bmax of 1 pmol/mg of protein in rat whole brain membranes. [3H]Ro 48-8587 binding to rat whole brain membranes was inhibited by several compounds with the following rank order of potency: Ro 48-8587 > 6-nitro-7-sulphamoylbenzo[f] quinoxaline-2,3-dione (NBQX) > YM 90K > 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX) > quisqualate > AMPA > glutamate > kainate > NMDA. The distribution and abundance of specific binding sites (approximately 95% of total) in sections of rat CNS, revealed by quantitative receptor radioautography and image analysis, indicated a very discrete localization. Highest binding values were observed in cortical layers (binding in layers 1 and 2 > binding in layers 3-6), hippocampal formation, striatum, dorsal septum, reticular thalamic nucleus, cerebellar molecular layer, and spinal cord dorsal horn. At 1 nM, the values for specific binding were highest in the cortical layers 1 and 2 and lowest in the brainstem (approximately 2.6 and 0.4 pmol/mg of protein, respectively). Ro 48-8587 is a potent and selective AMPA receptor antagonist with improved binding characteristics (higher affinity, selectivity, and specific binding) compared with those previously reported.

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