期刊
BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
卷 150, 期 5, 页码 541-551出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706997
关键词
agonist; antagonist; Schild analysis; equilibrium constant; inhibition; binding; gating; D-AP5; NVP-AAM077
资金
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [C16800] Funding Source: Medline
- Wellcome Trust Funding Source: Medline
Selective receptor antagonists are one of the most powerful resources in a pharmacologist's toolkit and are essential for the identification and classification of receptor subtypes and dissecting their roles in normal and abnormal body function. However, when the actions of antagonists are measured inappropriately and misleading results are reported, confusion and wrong interpretations ensue. This article gives a general overview of Schild analysis and the method of determining antagonist equilibrium constants. We demonstrate why this technique is preferable in the study of competitive receptor antagonism than the calculation of antagonist concentration that inhibit agonist-evoked responses by 50%. In addition we show how the use of Schild analysis can provide information on the outcome of single amino acid mutations in structure-function studies of receptors. Finally, we illustrate the need for caution when studying the effects of potent antagonists on synaptic transmission where the timescale of events under investigation is such that ligands and receptors never reach steady-state occupancy.
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