Ginsenoside Rg3 antagonizes NMDA receptors through a glycine modulatory site in rat cultured hippocampal neurons

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Sunoh KimHyewhon Rhim

Abstract

We previously reported that ginseng, a well-known herbal medicine, inhibited NMDA receptors in cultured hippocampal neurons. Here, we further examined the detailed mechanism of ginseng-mediated inhibition using its main active ingredient, ginsenoside Rg3. Co-application of ginsenoside Rg3 with increasing concentrations of NMDA did not change the EC50 of NMDA to the receptor, suggesting that ginsenoside Rg3 inhibits NMDA receptors without competing with the NMDA-binding site. Ginsenoside Rg3-mediated inhibition also occurred in a distinctive manner from the well-characterized NMDA receptor open channel blocker, MK-801. However, ginsenoside Rg3 produced its effect in a glycine concentration-dependent manner and shifted the glycine concentration-response curve to the right without changing the maximal response, suggesting the role of ginsenoside Rg3 as a competitive NMDA receptor antagonist. We also demonstrated that ginsenoside Rg3 significantly protected neurons against NMDA insults. Therefore, these results suggest that ginsenoside Rg3 protects NMDA-induced neuronal death via a competitive interaction with the glycine-binding site of NMDA receptors in cultured hippocampal neurons.

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