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Open channel block of NMDA receptors by diphenhydramine.

AbstractBACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:
Diphenhydramine is a well known H1-receptor antagonist that plays a major role in clinical practice. Nowadays, diphenhydramine is primarily applied to prevent nausea but also its sedative and analgesic effects are of clinical importance. As other drugs mediating sedative and analgesic properties partly operate via the inhibition of glutamate receptors, we tested the hypothesis that diphenhydramine, as well interacts with excitatory ionotropic glutamate receptors.
EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:
Electrophysiological patch-clamp experiments were performed on glutamate receptors which were heterologously expressed in human TsA cells.
KEY RESULTS:
Diphenhydramine inhibits NMDA-mediated membrane currents in a reversible and concentration-dependent manner at clinically relevant concentrations. The inhibition occurred in a noncompetitive manner. Diphenhydramine did not compete with NMDA or glycine for their binding sites and half-maximal inhibition was obtained around 25 μM diphenhydramine, independent of the subunit composition. The inhibition was caused by a classical open channel blocking mechanism and varied strongly with the membrane potential. Our results suggest that diphenhydramine most probably interacts with the Mg2+ binding site or a very closely related area of the channel pore.
CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS:
The data presented here provide evidence that the NMDA receptor antagonism of diphenhydramine contribute to its sedative and potentially LTP-related effects like analgesia and amnesia.
AuthorsKarl J Föhr, Kathrin Zeller, Michael Georgieff, Sarah Köster, Oliver Adolph
JournalNeuropharmacology (Neuropharmacology) Vol. 99 Pg. 459-70 (Dec 2015) ISSN: 1873-7064 [Electronic] England
PMID26284492 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
CopyrightCopyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Chemical References
  • Cations, Divalent
  • Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists
  • Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate
  • Diphenhydramine
  • Magnesium
Topics
  • Binding Sites
  • Cations, Divalent (metabolism)
  • Diphenhydramine (chemistry, pharmacology)
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
  • Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists (chemistry, pharmacology)
  • HEK293 Cells
  • Humans
  • Magnesium (metabolism)
  • Membrane Potentials (drug effects, physiology)
  • Patch-Clamp Techniques
  • Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate (antagonists & inhibitors, metabolism)

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