5,7-dichlorokynurenic acid (0.2-400 μM) is a potent competitive antagonist of the glycine site of NMDA receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes injected with rat brain mRNA, with a KB value of 65 nM, exhibiting 509-fold higher selectivity for this site compared to the kainate receptor [1].
5,7-dichlorokynurenic acid (40 nM–10 μM; 60 min on ice) effectively displaced [3H]glycine bound to the strychnine-insensitive glycine site on rat cortical membranes, with a Ki of 40 nM; and did not bind to the NMDA recognition site at 10 μM [1].
5,7-Dichlorokynurenic acid (1-10 μM) can mitigate NMDA-induced neuronal damage in primary rat cortical cell cultures, with 1 μM providing 55-79% protection and 10 μM yielding 62-90% protection [1].