TABLE 2

Concentration-response data for glutamate and glycine

Data were measured using two-electrode voltage-clamp recordings of responses from NMDA receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Glutamate concentration-response data were determined in the continous presence of 100 µM glycine, and glycine concentration-response data were determined in the continous presence of 100 µM glutamate. Data are presented as mean ± S.E.M., and n is the number of oocytes used to generate the data. Statistical tests were performed using log EC50 values, and GluN2A-containing receptors were not compared with GluN2B-containing receptors.

GlutamateGlycine
EC50Hill SlopenEC50Hill Slopen
µMµM
1a/2A3.42 ± 0.06#1.5360.86 ± 0.03#1.686
1aC2/1aC1/2A3.41 ± 0.13#1.468
1aC2/1bC1/2A4.16 ± 0.12*,#1.4761.07 ± 0.02*,#1.476
1bC2/1bC1/2A5.40 ± 0.14*1.376
1b/2A5.11 ± 0.19*1.4861.33 ± 0.01*1.515
1a/2B1.41 ± 0.12#1.6350.29 ± 0.011.646
1aC2/1aC1/2B1.32 ± 0.06#1.526
1aC2/1bC1/2B2.09 ± 0.04*,#1.5460.33 ± 0.01#1.585
1bC2/1bC1/2B2.62 ± 0.04*1.496
1b/2B2.93 ± 0.17*1.5260.29 ± 0.011.576
  • * indicates significantly different from 1a/2 and # indicates significantly different from 1b/2 (P < 0.05; one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test).