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. 2017 Aug;92(2):151–161. doi: 10.1124/mol.117.108944

TABLE 1.

Concentration–response data for glycine site agonists at NMDA receptor subtypes

Concentration–response data for glycine site agonists at recombinant human and rat NMDA receptor subtypes measured using two-electrode voltage-clamp electrophysiology in the presence of 100–300 µM glutamate.

Receptor Subtype Glycine Site Agonists Receptor Species EC50 (µM) pEC50 ± S.E.M. Rel. Imax (%) nH N
GluN1/2A
 AICP Human 0.066 7.18 ± 0.02 100 ± 2 1.3 15
Rat 0.036 7.49 ± 0.05 92 ± 2 1.3 29
 Glycine Human 1.2 5.91 ± 0.01 100 ± 1 1.7 6
d-Serine Human 1.8 5.75 ± 0.02 99 ± 1 1.8 5
 DCS Human 22.0 4.65 ± 0.02 90 ± 2 1.3 6
Rat 18.0 4.75 ± 0.01 91 ± 1 1.6 13
GluN1/2B
 AICP Human 0.025 7.60 ± 0.19 10 ± 1 0.7 9
Rat 0.014 7.86 ± 0.03 9 ± 0 1.1 14
 Glycine Human 0.58 6.24 ± 0.02 101 ± 1 2.2 6
d-Serine Human 0.98 6.01 ± 0.05 97 ± 2 1.2 5
 DCS Human 7.3 5.14 ± 0.06 63 ± 2 1.1 4
Rat 8.3 5.08 ± 0.01 61 ± 0 1.4 12
GluN1/2C
 AICP Human 0.0017 8.77 ± 0.04 353 ± 6 0.9 16
Rat 0.0010 9.04 ± 0.03 339 ± 10 1.0 17
 Glycine Human 0.33 6.48 ± 0.03 103 ± 1 1.7 5
d-Serine Human 0.47 6.33 ± 0.03 106 ± 1 1.6 5
 DCS Human 4.4 5.36 ± 0.05 151 ± 5 1.3 4
Rat 2.8 5.55 ± 0.01 197 ± 2 1.5 18
GluN1/2D
 AICP Human 0.025 7.61 ± 0.03 27 ± 1 1.4 14
Rat 0.031 7.51 ± 0.02 26 ± 1 1.5 11
 Glycine Human 0.14 6.84 ± 0.04 100 ± 2 1.6 5
d-Serine Human 0.35 6.46 ± 0.03 101 ± 1 2.0 5
 DCS Human 3.1 5.51 ± 0.06 76 ± 3 1.5 6
Rat 3.2 5.50 ± 0.01 97 ± 0 1.6 6

N, number of oocytes; nH, Hill coefficient; (Rel.) Imax, fitted maximal response relative to the maximal response to glycine.