Table 2

EC50 values for the glutamate- and LY354740 stimulated GTPγ35S binding on the HEK-293 cell membranes transfected with the mGlu2 wild-type and point-mutated receptors. Values are mean ± S.D. of the EC50 values, calculated from at least three individual experiments, performed in triplicate.

MutationEC50 of GTPγ35S Binding
Glutamate-StimulatedLY354740-Stimulated
μM nM
Wild-type3  ± 128  ± 4
Y144S6  ± 167  ± 8
Y144A10  ± 3100  ± 19
D146S2.8  ± 0.1530  ± 3
S148A>100>200
A166S6  ± 424  ± 12
S167A10  ± 519  ± 5
S169A1.1  ± 0.724  ± 8