Effect of the umami peptides on the ligand binding and function of rat mGlu4a receptor might implicate this receptor in the monosodium glutamate taste transduction

Citation
K. Monastyrskaia et al., Effect of the umami peptides on the ligand binding and function of rat mGlu4a receptor might implicate this receptor in the monosodium glutamate taste transduction, BR J PHARM, 128(5), 1999, pp. 1027-1034
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Journal title
BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
ISSN journal
00071188 → ACNP
Volume
128
Issue
5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1027 - 1034
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1188(199911)128:5<1027:EOTUPO>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
1 The effect of several metabotropic ligands and di- or tripeptides were te sted on the binding of [H-3]-L(+)-2-amino-4-phosphonobutyric acid ([H-3]-L- AP4) on rat mGlu(4) receptor. For selected compounds, the functional activi ty was determined on this receptor using the guanosine-5'[gamma-S-35]-thiot riphosphate [gamma-S-35]-GTP binding assay. 2 Using the scintillation proximity assay, [H-3]-L-AP4 saturation analysis gave binding parameters K-D and B-max values of 150 nM and 9.3 pmoles mg(-1 ) protein, respectively. The specific binding was inhibited concentration-d ependently by several mGlu receptor ligands, and their rank order of affini ty was established. 3 Several peptides inhibited the [H-3]-L-AP4 binding with the following ran k order of potency: glutamate-glutamate > glutamate-glutamate-leucine = asp artate - glutamate, > > glutamate - glutamate-aspartate > lactoyl-glutamate > > aspartate-aspartate. Aspartate-phenylalanine-methyl eater (aspartame) was inactive up to 1 mM and guanosine-5'-monophosphate and inosine-5'-monop hosphate were inactive up to 100 mu M. 4 The [gamma-S-35]-GTP binding functional assay was used to determine the a gonist activities of the different compounds. For the rat mGlu(4) agonists, L-AP4 and L-glutamate, the correlation between their occupancy and activat ion of the receptor was close to one. The peptides, Glu-Glu, Asp-Glu and Gl u-Glu-Asp failed to stimulate the [gamma-S-35]-GTP binding at receptor occu pancy greater than 80% and Glu-Glu-Leu appeared to be a weak partial agonis t. These peptides did not elicit a clear dose-dependent umami perception. H owever, Glu-lac showed a good correlation between its potency to stimulate the [gamma-S-35]-GTP binding and its affinity for displacement of [H-3]-L-A P4 binding. These data are in agreement with the peptide taste assessment i n human subjects, which showed that the acid derivatives of glutamate had c haracteristics similar to umami.