L-AP4
Clinical data
Other namesL-2-Amino-4-phosphonobutyric acid
Identifiers
  • (2S)-2-Amino-4-phosphonobutanoic acid
CAS Number
PubChem CID
IUPHAR/BPS
ChemSpider
UNII
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
ECHA InfoCard100.164.384 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC4H10NO5P
Molar mass183.100 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
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  • InChI=1S/C4H10NO5P/c5-3(4(6)7)1-2-11(8,9)10/h3H,1-2,5H2,(H,6,7)(H2,8,9,10)/t3-/m0/s1 ☒N
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L-AP4 (L-2-amino-4-phosphonobutyric acid) is a drug used in scientific research, which acts as a group-selective agonist for the group III metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR4/6/7/8). It was the first ligand found to act as an agonist selective for this group of mGlu receptors,[1] but does not show selectivity between the different mGluR Group III subtypes. It is widely used in the study of this receptor family and their various functions.[2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ Thomsen C (August 1997). "The L-AP4 receptor". General Pharmacology. 29 (2): 151–8. doi:10.1016/S0306-3623(96)00417-X. PMID 9251893.
  2. ^ Lopez S, Turle-Lorenzo N, Acher F, De Leonibus E, Mele A, Amalric M (June 2007). "Targeting group III metabotropic glutamate receptors produces complex behavioral effects in rodent models of Parkinson's disease". The Journal of Neuroscience. 27 (25): 6701–11. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0299-07.2007. PMC 6672706. PMID 17581957.
  3. ^ Macinnes N, Duty S (February 2008). "Group III metabotropic glutamate receptors act as hetero-receptors modulating evoked GABA release in the globus pallidus in vivo". European Journal of Pharmacology. 580 (1–2): 95–9. doi:10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.10.030. PMID 18035348.
  4. ^ Zhang HM, Chen SR, Pan HL (January 2009). "Effects of activation of group III metabotropic glutamate receptors on spinal synaptic transmission in a rat model of neuropathic pain". Neuroscience. 158 (2): 875–84. doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.10.042. PMC 2649787. PMID 19017536.
  5. ^ Maciejak P, Szyndler J, Turzyńska D, Sobolewska A, Taracha E, Skórzewska A, et al. (July 2009). "The effects of group III mGluR ligands on pentylenetetrazol-induced kindling of seizures and hippocampal amino acids concentration". Brain Research. 1282: 20–7. doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2009.05.049. PMID 19481536. S2CID 20844494.
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