Table 1.

Ligand affinity for NR3A S1S2 and NR1 S1S2

NR3A S1S2NR1 S1S2NR1/NR3A ratio
NR1 agonists
    Glycine40.4 ± 3.7 nm26.4 μma653
    d-Serine643 ± 47 nm7.02 μma10.9
    l-Serine158 ± 17 μm2.3 mma14.6
    DCS277 ± 8 μm241 μma0.87
    ACPC97.7 ± 5.5 μm4.8 μmb0.049
    ACBC14.4 ± 1.2 μm830 μmb57.6
NR2 agonists
    l-Glutamate9.6 ± 1.7 mm≫300 mmc≫30
    NMDA>10 mmNDND
NR1 antagonists
    CNQX2.51 ± 0.35 μm6.33 ± 1.64 μm2.52
    CGP786085.52 ± 0.13 μm6.40 ± 0.89 nm1.2 × 10−3
    L689560305 ± 41 μm29.3 ± 1.4 nm9.6 × 10−5
    Kynurenic acid14.7 ± 7.7 mm53 ± 29 μm3.6 × 10−3
    7-CKA620 ± 115 μm2.6 ± 0.3 μm4.2 × 10−3
    5,7-DCKA647 ± 61 μm0.54 μma8.4 × 10−4
    L701324>100 μmd941 ± 151 nm< 9.4 × 10−3
    Cycloleucine>100 mm15.3 mmb<0.15
  • Kd values are mean ± SEM for three to six observations per ligand. ND, Not determined.

  • aWhere indicated, values for NR1 were taken from Furukawa and Gouaux (2003).

  • bWhere indicated, values for NR1 were taken from Inanobe et al. (2005).

  • cl-Glutamate solubility was <2.5 m in LBB.

  • dL701324 solubility was <3.6 × 10−4 m in ligand binding buffer.