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  • Title: Quisqualate-sensitive glutamate receptors of the locust Schistocerca gregaria are antagonised by intracellularly applied philanthotoxin and spermine.
    Author: Brundell P, Goodnow R, Kerry CJ, Nakanishi K, Sudan HL, Usherwood PN.
    Journal: Neurosci Lett; 1991 Oct 14; 131(2):196-200. PubMed ID: 1722296.
    Abstract:
    The effects of intracellularly and extracellularly applied synthetic analogues of delta-philanthotoxin (PhTX-433) and the polyamine spermine on the excitatory postsynaptic current (EPSC) of glutamatergic synapses and single channel currents gated by quisqualate-sensitive glutamate receptors (QUIS-R) on locust leg muscle have been compared. When applied extracellularly all 3 compounds reversibly antagonised the EPSC and the single channel currents. Antagonism was voltage independent, but use (agonist) dependent. Antagonism also occurred when they were injected into muscle fibres, but in this case it was not use dependent. It is proposed that spermine and the two toxins bind to the closed and open channel conformations of QUIS-R at a site near the intracellular opening of the channel gated by this receptor.
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