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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 98, Issue 23, Pages 13402-13407Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.231358298
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We have identified two chemical series of compounds acting as selective positive allosteric modulators (enhancers) of native and recombinant metabotropic glutamate 1 (mGlu1) receptors. These compounds did not directly activate mGlu1 receptors but markedly potentiated agonist-stimulated responses, increasing potency and maximum efficacy. Binding of these compounds increased the affinity of a radiolabeled glutamate-site agonist at its extracellular N-terminal binding site. Chimeric and mutated receptors were used to localize amino acids in the receptor transmembrane region critical for these enhancing properties. Finally, the compounds potentiated synaptically evoked ri receptor responses in rat brain slices. The discovery of selective positive allosteric modulators of mGlu1 receptors opens up the possibility to develop a similar class of compounds for other family 3 G protein-coupled receptors.
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