Chemical Name:trans-1-Aminocyclobutane-1,3-dicarboxylic acid
Biological Activity:
Very potent and selective NMDA
agonist.Certain confusion exists over the
naming of this compound because of apparent contradictions in the literature.
This is the isomer which has the carboyxlic acid and the amino groups on
opposite sides of the cyclobutyl ring.
Lanthornet al (1990) cis-2,4-Methanoglutamate is a potent
and selective NMDA receptor agonist. Eur.J.Pharmacol. 182 397. Allanet al (1990) Synthesis and activity of a potent NMDA agonist, trans-1-aminocyclobutane-1,3-dicarboxylic
acid, and related phosphonic and carboxylic acids. J.Med.Chem. 33
2905.
Displays 26-fold and > 440-fold selectivity over kainate and NMDA receptors respectively. Neuro-protective; delays neuronal death in a global ischaemia model and cerebral infarction in a focal ischaemia model.