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- AlomoneLabscis-ACBDactivatesNMDAreceptors(NR1+NR2A)expressedinXenopusoocytes.TimecourseofNMDAreceptorcurrentactivationby1to500μM cis-ACBD (#A-281)(at-80mV).Amplitudechangeasaresultoftheapplicationofrisingconcentrationsofcis-ACBD(perfusiondurationindicatedbythehorizontalbar,concentrationasindicated).
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trans-ACBDisapotent,competitiveandselectiveactivatorofglutamateuptake.ThecompoundactsasanNMDA(N-methyl-D-aspartate)receptoragonist.TheACBDstructureincludestwoisomers: cis-1-aminocyclobutane-1,3-dicarboxylicacidand trans-1-aminocyclobutane-1,3-dicarboxylicacid.Severalstudieshaveshownthatthe trans isomerismorepotentthanthe cis isomer.The trans isomerwasalsoshowntobe20timesmoreactivethan NMDA1,2,themajorexcitatoryneurotransmitterinthemammaliancentralnervoussystem(CNS).
SeveralstudiessuggestthatmodificationsandchangesofglutamateuptakecouldplayaroleinprocessesunderlyingsynapticplasticityintheCNS2.
NMDAreceptorsareionchannelsgatedbyglutamate.Glutamate-mediatedsignalingisimportantforbasicneuron-neuronsignalingandneuronalprocessessuchaslearning,memoryandpainperception3.
cis-ACBD(#A-281) isahighlypure,synthetic,andbiologicallyactivecompound.