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Nitric oxide-mediated modification of the glycine binding site of the NMDA receptor during hypoxia in the cerebral cortex of the newborn piglet
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Nitric oxide-mediated modification of the glycine binding site of the NMDA receptor during hypoxia in the cerebral cortex of the newborn piglet

David F Sorrentino, Karen I Fritz, Syed Hassan Haider, Nehal Parikh, Maria Delivoria Papadopoulos and Om P Mishra
Neurochemical research, v 29(2), pp 455-459
01 Feb 2004
PMID: 15002744

Abstract

This study tested the hypothesis that cerebral hypoxia results in nitric oxide (NO)-mediated modification of the glycine-binding site of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor. Glycine binding characteristics were determined in normoxic, hypoxic, and hypoxic with 7-nitroindazole (7-NINA)-pretreated newborn piglets. The role of nitration was evaluated by determining binding characteristics in non-nitrated and in-vitro nitrated membranes. Bmax and Kd values were 30% higher in the hypoxic group than the normoxic and 7-NINA pretreated hypoxic groups. Kd values in the in-vitro normoxic nitrated membranes were similar to the non-nitrated hypoxic group. Bmax values in the in-vitro) normoxic nitrated membrane samples were 16% lower than in the non-nitrated hypoxic group. We conclude cerebral hypoxia causes modification of the glycine-binding site of the NMDA receptor and this modification of the glycine-binding site may be NO mediated. We propose that NO-mediated modification of the glycine-binding site of the NMDA receptor regulates calcium influx through its ion-channel.

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