PMID- 3304528 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19870930 LR - 20190614 IS - 0006-8993 (Print) IS - 0006-8993 (Linking) VI - 414 IP - 2 DP - 1987 Jun 30 TI - Effects of L-cysteine-sulphinate and L-aspartate, mixed excitatory amino acid agonists, on the membrane potential of cat caudate neurons. PG - 330-8 AB - Responses evoked by L-cysteine-sulphinate (L-CSA) and L-aspartate (L-Asp) were recorded with intracellular electrodes from caudate neurons in halothane anesthetized cats. L-CSA and L-Asp were applied microiontophoretically to caudate cells and their effects on membrane and action potentials, as well as on cortically evoked synaptic potentials were evaluated. L-CSA and L-Asp induced depolarizations accompanied by regular firing resembling kainate (KA)- or quisqualate (QUIS)-induced excitation patterns (type 1) in 82% and 72% of the recorded neurons, respectively, and a mixed pattern consisting of a N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-like excitation (type 2) followed by a regular type 1 pattern in the remaining cells. In about a quarter of the cells the effects of L-CSA and L-Asp, but not those of KA or QUIS, were partially antagonized by 2-amino-7-phosphonoheptanoate (AP-7), a specific NMDA receptor antagonist. Kynurenate, a broad spectrum excitatory amino acid antagonist, blocked responses elicited by either L-CSA or QUIS. The actions of L-CSA and L-Asp on the firing pattern and membrane potential of cat caudate neurons in situ provide evidence in favor of their mixed agonist nature with respect to NMDA and non-NMDA excitatory amino acid receptors. FAU - Turski, W A AU - Turski WA FAU - Herrling, P L AU - Herrling PL FAU - Do, K Q AU - Do KQ LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Netherlands TA - Brain Res JT - Brain research JID - 0045503 RN - 0 (Amino Acids) RN - 0 (Neurotransmitter Agents) RN - 0 (Oxadiazoles) RN - 30KYC7MIAI (Aspartic Acid) RN - 6384-92-5 (N-Methylaspartate) RN - 76726-92-6 (2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate) RN - 8OC22C1B99 (Quisqualic Acid) RN - K848JZ4886 (Cysteine) RN - P34K80CUSM (2-amino-7-phosphonoheptanoic acid) RN - SIV03811UC (Kainic Acid) RN - UZY4HYK4ZX (cysteine sulfinic acid) SB - IM MH - *2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate/*analogs & derivatives MH - Action Potentials/drug effects MH - Amino Acids/*pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Aspartic Acid/analogs & derivatives/*pharmacology MH - Cats MH - Caudate Nucleus/*drug effects/physiology MH - Cysteine/*analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Female MH - Kainic Acid/pharmacology MH - Male MH - Membrane Potentials/drug effects MH - N-Methylaspartate MH - Neurotransmitter Agents MH - Oxadiazoles/pharmacology MH - Quisqualic Acid EDAT- 1987/06/30 00:00 MHDA- 1987/06/30 00:01 CRDT- 1987/06/30 00:00 PHST- 1987/06/30 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1987/06/30 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1987/06/30 00:00 [entrez] AID - 0006-8993(87)90014-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/0006-8993(87)90014-x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Brain Res. 1987 Jun 30;414(2):330-8. doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(87)90014-x.