Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes which selectively couple to phospholipase C: Pharmacological and biochemical properties

Journal Article · Fri Dec 14 04:00:00 EST 1990 · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-291X(05)80087-7· OSTI ID:6152436

Buck, M A; Fraser, C M ^[1]

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1. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Rockville, MD (USA)

The pharmacological and biochemical properties of rat m1 and m3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChR) stably transfected into Chinese hamster ovary-K1 (CHO) cells were characterized with ligand binding, affinity labeling and biochemical assays. Both mAChR subtypes display saturable, high affinity binding of (3H)-quinuclidinyl benzilate (QNB) and a rank order of antagonist potency of QNB greater than atropine greater than pirenzepine greater than AF-DX 116. Carbachol displacement of (3H)-QNB binding to the m3 mAChR revealed an approximate 17-fold higher affinity than observed with the m1 mAChR. (3H)-propylbenzilylcholine mustard (PrBCM) labeling of mAChR revealed that m1 and m3 mAChR migrated on SDS-polyacrylamide gels with apparent molecular masses of 80,000 and 94,000 daltons, respectively, consistent with the known differences in their molecular sizes. Both m1 and m3 mAChR elicited dose-dependent increases in the hydrolysis of phosphoinositides; however, the maximal increase in total inositol phosphates elicited with the m1 mAChR was approximately 2-fold greater than that observed in cells expressing similar densities of m3 mAChR. Agonist activation of the m1 mAChR also elicited increases in basal and forskolin-stimulated cAMP, whereas the m3 mAChR had no effect on intracellular cAMP levels. These data suggest that although m1 and m3 mAChR display a considerable degree of structural homology, they exhibit distinct pharmacological and biochemical properties.

• OSTI ID: 6152436
• Journal Information: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications; (USA), Journal Name: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications; (USA) Vol. 173:2; ISSN BBRCA; ISSN 0006-291X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACETYLCHOLINE
AMINES
AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS
ANIMAL CELLS
ANIMALS
AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS
BIOCHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
CARBOXYLESTERASES
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
CHO CELLS
DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS
DRUGS
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ESTERS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROLASES
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
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LIPASES
MAMMALS
MEMBRANE PROTEINS
MOLECULAR WEIGHT
NEUROREGULATORS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS
PROTEINS
QUATERNARY COMPOUNDS
RATS
REACTION KINETICS
RECEPTORS
RODENTS
TRACER TECHNIQUES
TRITIUM COMPOUNDS
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