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Effects of NAAG Peptidase Inhibitor 2-PMPA in Model Chronic Pain - Relation to Brain Concentration

Effects of NAAG Peptidase Inhibitor 2-PMPA in Model Chronic Pain - Relation to Brain Concentration

Jens Nagel, Irina Belozertseva, Sergio Greco, Vladimir Kashkin, Andrey Malyshkin, Aigars Jirgensons, Elena Shekunova, Bernd Eilbacher, Anton Bespalov, Wojciech Danysz

Neuropharmacology. 2006 Dec;51(7-8):1163-71.

PMID: 16926034

Abstract:

N-acetylated-alpha-linked-acidic peptidase (NAAG peptidase) converts N-acetyl-aspartyl-glutamate (NAAG, mGluR3 agonist) into N-acetyl-aspartate and glutamate. The NAAG peptidase inhibitor 2-PMPA (2-(phosphonomethyl)pentanedioic acid) had neuroprotective activity in an animal model of stroke and anti-allodynic activity in CCI model despite its uncertain ability to penetrate the blood-brain barrier. The NAAG concentration in brain ECF under basal conditions and its alteration in relation to the brain ECF concentration of 2-PMPA is unclear. We therefore assessed those brain concentrations after i.p. administration of 2-PMPA, using in vivo microdialysis combined with LC/MS/MS analysis. Administration of 2-PMPA (50mg/kg) produced a mean peak concentration of 2-PMPA of 29.66+/-8.1microM. This concentration is about 100,000 fold more than is needed for inhibition of NAAG peptidase, and indicates very good penetration to the brain. Application of 2-PMPA was followed by a linear increase of NAAG-concentration reaching a maximum of 2.89+/-0.42microM at the end of microdialysis. However, during the time the anti-allodynic effects of 2-PMPA were observed, the NAAG concentration in the ECF did not reach levels which are likely to have an impact on any known target. It appears therefore that the observed behavioural effects of 2-PMPA may not be mediated by NAAG nor, in turn, by mGluR3 receptors.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP173039106	2-PMPA		173039-10-6	Price

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