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Ye Q, Nunez J, Zhang X. Multiple cholinergic receptor subtypes coordinate dual modulation of acetylcholine on anterior and posterior paraventricular thalamic neurons. J Neurochem 2024; 168:995-1018. [PMID: 38664195 PMCID: PMC11136594 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.16115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Revised: 03/31/2024] [Accepted: 04/05/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
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Paraventricular thalamus (PVT) plays important roles in the regulation of emotion and motivation through connecting many brain structures including the midbrain and the limbic system. Although acetylcholine (ACh) neurons of the midbrain were reported to send projections to PVT, little is known about how cholinergic signaling regulates PVT neurons. Here, we used both RNAscope and slice patch-clamp recordings to characterize cholinergic receptor expression and ACh modulation of PVT neurons in mice. We found ACh excited a majority of anterior PVT (aPVT) neurons but predominantly inhibited posterior PVT (pPVT) neurons. Compared to pPVT with more inhibitory M2 receptors, aPVT expressed higher levels of all excitatory receptor subtypes including nicotinic α4, α7, and muscarinic M1 and M3. The ACh-induced excitation was mimicked by nicotine and antagonized by selective blockers for α4β2 and α7 nicotinic ACh receptor (nAChR) subtypes as well as selective antagonists for M1 and M3 muscarinic ACh receptors (mAChR). The ACh-induced inhibition was attenuated by selective M2 and M4 mAChR receptor antagonists. Furthermore, we found ACh increased the frequency of excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) on a majority of aPVT neurons but decreased EPSC frequency on a larger number of pPVT neurons. In addition, ACh caused an acute increase followed by a lasting reduction in inhibitory postsynaptic currents (IPSCs) on PVT neurons of both subregions. Together, these data suggest that multiple AChR subtypes coordinate a differential modulation of ACh on aPVT and pPVT neurons.
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- Qiying Ye
- Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
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Here, I recount some adventures that I and my colleagues have had over some 60 years since 1957 studying the effects of drugs and neurotransmitters on neuronal excitability and ion channel function, largely, but not exclusively, using sympathetic neurons as test objects. Studies include effects of centrally active drugs on sympathetic transmission; neuronal action and neuroglial uptake of GABA in the ganglia and brain; the action of muscarinic agonists on sympathetic neurons; the action of bradykinin on neuroblastoma-derived cells; and the identification of M-current as a target for muscarinic action, including experiments to determine its distribution, molecular composition, neurotransmitter sensitivity, and intracellular regulation by phospholipids and their hydrolysis products. Techniques used include electrophysiological recording (extracellular, intracellular microelectrode, whole-cell, and single-channel patch-clamp), autoradiography, messenger RNA and complementary DNA expression, antibody injection, antisense knockdown, and membrane-targeted lipidated peptides. I finish with some recollections about my scientific career, funding, and changes in laboratory life and pharmacology research over the past 60 years.
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- David A. Brown
- Departments of Neuroscience, Physiology, and Pharmacology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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Brown DA. Regulation of neural ion channels by muscarinic receptors. Neuropharmacology 2017; 136:383-400. [PMID: 29154951 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2016] [Revised: 10/26/2017] [Accepted: 11/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The excitable behaviour of neurons is determined by the activity of their endogenous membrane ion channels. Since muscarinic receptors are not themselves ion channels, the acute effects of muscarinic receptor stimulation on neuronal function are governed by the effects of the receptors on these endogenous neuronal ion channels. This review considers some principles and factors determining the interaction between subtypes and classes of muscarinic receptors with neuronal ion channels, and summarizes the effects of muscarinic receptor stimulation on a number of different channels, the mechanisms of receptor - channel transduction and their direct consequences for neuronal activity. Ion channels considered include potassium channels (voltage-gated, inward rectifier and calcium activated), voltage-gated calcium channels, cation channels and chloride channels. This article is part of the Special Issue entitled 'Neuropharmacology on Muscarinic Receptors'.
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- David A Brown
- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Vilaró MT, Mengod G, Palacios G, Palacios JM. Receptor distribution in the human and animal hippocampus: Focus on muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. Hippocampus 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/hipo.1993.4500030718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- M. Teresa Vilaró
- Department of Neurochemistry, Centro Investigación y Desarrollo, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
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- Department of Neurochemistry, Centro Investigación y Desarrollo, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
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- †Department of Cellular Biology and Physiology, Subunit of Histology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain
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Shen W, Hamilton SE, Nathanson NM, Surmeier DJ. Cholinergic suppression of KCNQ channel currents enhances excitability of striatal medium spiny neurons. J Neurosci 2006; 25:7449-58. [PMID: 16093396 PMCID: PMC6725301 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1381-05.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In response to glutamatergic synaptic drive, striatal medium spiny neurons in vivo transition to a depolarized "up state" near spike threshold. In the up state, medium spiny neurons either depolarize enough to spike or remain below spike threshold and are silent before returning to the hyperpolarized "down state." Previous work has suggested that subthreshold K+ channel currents were responsible for this dichotomous behavior, but the channels giving rise to the current and the factors determining its engagement have been a mystery. To move toward resolution of these questions, perforated-patch recordings from medium spiny neurons in tissue slices were performed. K+ channels with pharmacological and kinetic features of KCNQ channels potently regulated spiking at up-state potentials. Single-cell reverse transcriptase-PCR confirmed the expression of KCNQ2, KCNQ3, and KCNQ5 mRNAs in medium spiny neurons. KCNQ channel currents in these cells were potently reduced by M1 muscarinic receptors, because the effects of carbachol were blocked by M1 receptor antagonists and lost in neurons lacking M1 receptors. Reversal of the modulation was blocked by a phosphoinositol 4-kinase inhibitor, indicating a requirement for phosphotidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate resynthesis for recovery. Inhibition of protein kinase C reduced the efficacy of the muscarinic modulation. Finally, acceleration of cholinergic interneuron spiking with 4-aminopyridine mimicked the effects of exogenous agonist application. Together, these results show that KCNQ channels are potent regulators of the excitability of medium spiny neurons at up-state potentials, and they are modulated by intrastriatal cholinergic interneurons, providing a mechanistic explanation for variability in spiking during up states seen in vivo.
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- Weixing Shen
- Department of Physiology, Institute for Neuroscience, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
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Higashida H, Hoshi N, Zhang JS, Yokoyama S, Hashii M, Jin D, Noda M, Robbins J. Protein kinase C bound with A-kinase anchoring protein is involved in muscarinic receptor-activated modulation of M-type KCNQ potassium channels. Neurosci Res 2005; 51:231-4. [PMID: 15710486 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2004.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2004] [Accepted: 11/22/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The second messenger for closure of M/KCNQ potassium channels in post-ganglionic neurons and central neurons had remained as a 'mystery in the neuroscience field' for over 25 years. However, recently the details of the pathway leading from muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR)-stimulation to suppression of the M/KCNQ-current were discovered. A key molecule is A-kinase anchoring protein (AKAP; AKAP79 in human, or its rat homolog, AKAP150) which forms a trimeric complex with protein kinase C (PKC) and KCNQ channels. AKAP79 or 150 serves as an adapter that brings the anchored C-kinase to the substrate KCNQ channel to permit the rapid and 'definitive' phosphorylation of serine residues, resulting in avoidance of signal dispersion. Thus, these findings suggest that mAChR-induced short-term modulation (or memory) does occur within the already well-integrated molecular complex, without accompanying Hebbian synapse plasticity. However, before this identity is confirmed, many other modulators which affect M-currents remain to be addressed as intriguing issues.
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- Haruhiro Higashida
- Department of Biophysical Genetics, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan.
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Yin X, Cui W, Hu G, Wang H. Desensitization of α7 nicotinic receptors potentiated the inhibitory effect on M-current induced by stimulation of muscarinic receptors in rat superior cervical ganglion neurons. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2004; 112:1133-48. [PMID: 15622441 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-004-0260-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2004] [Accepted: 11/07/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Whole-cell patch-clamp recording from rat superior cervical ganglion neurons in culture was used to investigate the modulatory effect of desensitized alpha7-nAChRs on mAChRs. An inward alpha-bungarotoxin and methyllycaconitine sensitive current was elicited by rapid application of choline, which consisted of a fast and a slow desensitizing component. The amplitude of choline-evoked currents recorded 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 min after the prolonged application of choline (10 mM, 30 s) decreased to 25.3 +/- 9.2%, 45.9 +/- 11.8%, 66.3 +/- 14.5%, and 73.9 +/- 13.3% of their baseline levels, respectively. The amplitudes of M-currents, recorded at the same time intervals after the similar prolonged stimulation with choline, were decreased to 52.7 +/- 17.4%, 63.9 +/- 4.2%, 70.9 +/- 2.8%, and 72.9 +/- 17.3% of initial values respectively by focal application of pilocarpine (1 mM, 5 s) onto the soma of neurons. By contrast, before the desensitization of alpha7-nAChRs, M-currents were only decreased to 79.8 +/- 13.7% of baseline levels by pilocarpine (1 mM, 5 s). Whereas the desensitization of alpha7-nAChRs had no direct effects on M-currents, and the facilitated effects on muscarinic agonists on the M-currents induced by desensitized alpha7-nAChRs, were removed in the presence of alpha-bungarotoxin and methyllycaconitine. These results indicated that desensitization of alpha7-nAChRs could potentiate the inhibitory effect on M-current by stimulation of mAChRs with their agonist.
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- X Yin
- Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing, China
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Danyluk J, Kane NA, Breton G, Limin AE, Fowler DB, Sarhan F. TaVRT-1, a putative transcription factor associated with vegetative to reproductive transition in cereals. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 132:1849-60. [PMID: 12913142 PMCID: PMC181271 DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.023523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2003] [Revised: 04/14/2003] [Accepted: 04/23/2003] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The molecular genetics of vernalization, defined as the promotion of flowering by cold treatment, is still poorly understood in cereals. To better understand this mechanism, we cloned and characterized a gene that we named TaVRT-1 (wheat [Triticum aestivum] vegetative to reproductive transition-1). Molecular and sequence analyses indicated that this gene encodes a protein homologous to the MADS-box family of transcription factors that comprises certain flowering control proteins in Arabidopsis. Mapping studies have localized this gene to the Vrn-1 regions on the long arms of homeologous group 5 chromosomes, regions that are associated with vernalization and freezing tolerance (FT) in wheat. The level of expression of TaVRT-1 is positively associated with the vernalization response and transition from vegetative to reproductive phase and is negatively associated with the accumulation of COR genes and degree of FT. Comparisons among different wheat genotypes, near-isogenic lines, and cereal species, which differ in their vernalization response and FT, indicated that the gene is inducible only in those species that require vernalization, whereas it is constitutively expressed in spring habit genotypes. In addition, experiments using both the photoperiod-sensitive barley (Hordeum vulgare cv Dicktoo) and short or long day de-acclimated wheat revealed that the expression of TaVRT-1 is also regulated by photoperiod. These expression studies indicate that photoperiod and vernalization may regulate this gene through separate pathways. We suggest that TaVRT-1 is a key developmental gene in the regulatory pathway that controls the transition from the vegetative to reproductive phase in cereals.
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- Jean Danyluk
- Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Case Postale 8888, Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3P8
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Guo J, Schofield GG. Activation of muscarinic m5 receptors inhibits recombinant KCNQ2/KCNQ3 K+ channels expressed in HEK293T cells. Eur J Pharmacol 2003; 462:25-32. [PMID: 12591092 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(03)01323-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A variety of G-protein-coupled receptors regulate membrane excitability via M-type K(+) current (M-current) modulation. Muscarinic m1 and m3 acetylcholine receptors have both been implicated in the modulation of M-current. The muscarinic m5 receptor, like muscarinic m1 and m3 receptors, couples to phospholipase C via a pertussis toxin-insensitive G protein. Since a number of other receptors which activate phospholipase C also modulate M-current, we investigated if muscarinic m5 receptors could modulate recombinant M-type (KCNQ2/KCNQ3) K(+) channels after heterologous expression in human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293T cells. Application of Oxo-tremorine M to HEK293T cells expressing muscarinic m1, m3, or m5 receptors produced a similar robust inhibition of M-current, whereas muscarinic m2 and m4 receptor stimulation was without effect. Muscarinic m1, m3, or m5 receptor stimulation decreased the deactivation time constants of M-current at -50 mV. The inhibition of M-current by stimulation of muscarinic m1, m3, or m5 receptors was insensitive to overnight treatment with pertussis toxin or cholera toxin, which interfere with G(i/o) and G(s) G-protein signaling. These data suggest that muscarinic m1, m3, and m5 receptors inhibit M-channels via the activation of a common G protein.
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- Juan Guo
- Department of Physiology SL-39, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, 1430 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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Brown BS, Yu SP. Modulation and genetic identification of the M channel. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2001; 73:135-66. [PMID: 10958929 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6107(00)00004-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Potassium channels constitute a superfamily of the most diversified ion channels, acting in delicate and accurate ways to control or modify many physiological and pathological functions including membrane excitability, transmitter release, cell proliferation and cell degeneration. The M-type channel is a unique ligand-regulated and voltage-gated K(+) channel showing distinct physiological and pharmacological characteristics. This review will cover some important progress in the study of M channel modulation, particularly focusing on membrane transduction mechanisms. The K(+) channel genes corresponding to the M channel have been identified and will be reviewed in detail. It has been a long journey since the discovery of M current in 1980 to our present understanding of the mysterious mechanisms for M channel modulation; a journey which exemplifies tremendous achievements in ion channel research and exciting discoveries of elaborate modulatory systems linked to these channels. While substantial evidence has accumulated, challenging questions remain to be answered.
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- B S Brown
- General Pharmacology Department, DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company, Wilmington, DE 19880-0400, USA
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Brown DA, Filippov AK, Barnard EA. Inhibition of potassium and calcium currents in neurones by molecularly-defined P2Y receptors. JOURNAL OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM 2000; 81:31-6. [PMID: 10869697 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1838(00)00150-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Messenger RNAs and cDNAs for individual cloned P2Y(1), P2Y2 and P2Y(6) nucleotide receptors have been expressed by micro-injection into dissociated rat superior cervical sympathetic neurones and the effects of stimulating the expressed receptors on voltage-activated N-type Ca(2+) currents and M-type K(+) currents recorded. Both currents were reduced by stimulating all three receptors, with the following mean IC(50) values: P2Y(1) (agonist: ADP) - I(K(M)) 6.9 nM, I(Ca) 8.2 nM; P2Y(2) (agonist: UTP) - I(K(M)) 1.5 microM, I(Ca) 0.5 microM; P2Y(6) (agonist: UDP) - I(K(M)) 30 nM, I(Ca) 5.9 nM. Inhibition of I(K(M)) was voltage-independent and insensitive to Pertussis toxin; inhibition of I(Ca) showed both voltage-sensitive and insensitive, and Pertussis toxin-sensitive and insensitive components. It is concluded that these P2Y receptors can couple to more than one G protein and thereby modulate more than one ion channel. It is suggested that these effects on K(M) and Ca(N) channels may induce both postsynaptic excitory and presynaptic inhibitory responses.
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- D A Brown
- Department of Pharmacology, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT, London, UK
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Two types of K(+) channel subunit, Erg1 and KCNQ2/3, contribute to the M-like current in a mammalian neuronal cell. J Neurosci 1999. [PMID: 10479678 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-18-07742.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The potassium M current was originally identified in sympathetic ganglion cells, and analogous currents have been reported in some central neurons and also in some neural cell lines. It has recently been suggested that the M channel in sympathetic neurons comprises a heteromultimer of KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 (Wang et al., 1998) but it is unclear whether all other M-like currents are generated by these channels. Here we report that the M-like current previously described in NG108-15 mouse neuroblastoma x rat glioma cells has two components, "fast" and "slow", that may be differentiated kinetically and pharmacologically. We provide evidence from PCR analysis and expression studies to indicate that these two components are mediated by two distinct molecular species of K(+) channel: the fast component resembles that in sympathetic ganglia and is probably carried by KCNQ2/3 channels, whereas the slow component appears to be carried by merg1a channels. Thus, the channels generating M-like currents in different cells may be heterogeneous in molecular composition.
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Zhu JJ, Uhlrich DJ. Cellular mechanisms underlying two muscarinic receptor-mediated depolarizing responses in relay cells of the rat lateral geniculate nucleus. Neuroscience 1998; 87:767-81. [PMID: 9759965 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(98)00209-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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We used the whole-cell recording technique in an in vitro preparation to examine the electrophysiological actions of the muscarinic receptors on relay cells in the rat lateral geniculate nucleus. Drop application of the muscarinic agonist acetyl-beta-methylcholine resulted in a slow depolarization that persisted for several minutes. The response was insensitive to the nicotinic antagonist hexamethonium, but was blocked by atropine, a muscarinic antagonist. The response was also insensitive to blockade of synaptic transmission by tetrodotoxin, indicating a direct muscarinic effect. The muscarinic depolarization consisted of two components that were somewhat separated in time. The early portion of the muscarinic response was mediated by a large inward current with little change in input resistance, while the later portion was mediated by a small inward current associated with a large increase in input resistance. Pharmacological agents were used to distinguish the two components. Drop application of McN-A-343, an ml receptor agonist, could only mimic the later component of the muscarinic response. This was supported by the result that the later component was blocked by low concentrations of pirenzepine. These data suggest that the ml receptor only mediates the late component of the muscarinic response, while the early component is mainly mediated by the m3 receptor. The idea that both ml and m3 receptors were involved in the muscarinic depolarization was further supported by voltage-clamp analysis. This revealed that activation of the ml receptor was associated with a decrease in an inward potassium current, IKleak, while activation of the m3 receptor was likely associated with both a decrease in IKleak and an increase in the hyperpolarization-activated cation current Ih. In summary, our data suggest that muscarinic responses in geniculate relay cells result from the activation of two receptors, which modulate IKleak and Ih. Given the fact that the ascending aminergic systems also depolarize geniculate relay cells via two receptors acting on IKleak and Ih, we concluded that ascending activating systems use common mechanisms to enact the depolarizing form of arousal in relay neurons.
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- J J Zhu
- Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience Training Program, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison 53706, USA
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Ishizaka N, Noda M, Yokoyama S, Kawasaki K, Yamamoto M, Higashida H. Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes in the human iris. Brain Res 1998; 787:344-7. [PMID: 9518684 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(97)01554-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Employing subtype-specific antisera, we measured the relative immunoreactivity of five muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR) subtype proteins (m1-m5) in the human iris. The most intensive FITC immunofluorescence was detected by the anti-m3 antibody, followed by anti-m1 and -m5 antisera, in the iris sphincter muscle cells. Only very weak fluorescence was obtained by anti-m2 and -m4 antibodies. In dilator muscle cells, weak but not consistent immunoreactivity was found by anti-m1 and -m5 antibodies. The results suggest that the m3 muscarinic receptor is the predominant subtype in sphincter muscle cells of the human iris.
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- N Ishizaka
- Department of Biophysics, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan
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Brown DA, Abogadie FC, Allen TG, Buckley NJ, Caulfield MP, Delmas P, Haley JE, Lamas JA, Selyanko AA. Muscarinic mechanisms in nerve cells. Life Sci 1997; 60:1137-44. [PMID: 9121358 DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(97)00058-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The receptor subtype and transduction mechanisms involved in the regulation of various neuronal ionic currents are reviewed, with some recent observations on sympathetic neurons, hippocampal cell membranes and basal forebrain cells.
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- D A Brown
- Department of Pharmacology, University College London, UK
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Noda M, Ishizaka N, Yokoyama S, Hoshi N, Kimura Y, Hashii M, Taketo M, Egorova A, Knijnik R, Fukuda K, Morikawa H, Brown DA, Higashida H. Inositol trisphosphate/Ca2+ as messengers of bradykinin B2 and muscarinic acetylcholine m1-m4 receptors in neuroblastoma-derived hybrid cells. JOURNAL OF LIPID MEDIATORS AND CELL SIGNALLING 1996; 14:175-85. [PMID: 8906560 DOI: 10.1016/0929-7855(96)00523-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid NG 108-15 and neuroblastoma x fibroblast hybrid NL308 cells possess endogenous bradykinin B2 receptors and m4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs), which couple to phospholipase C and adenylate cyclase, respectively. Four genetic subtypes of mAChRs differed in their effects when stimulated in NG108-15 and NL308 cells overexpressing mAChRs. Broadly speaking, the principal effects fell into two categories: the odd-numbered receptors (m1 and m3) activated phospholipase C and increased inositol trisphosphate/Ca2+, as bradykinin did, whereas the even-numbered receptors (m2 and m4) inhibited adenylate cyclase via a pertussis toxin (PTx)-sensitive G-protein in NG108-15 cells. But all four types of NL308 cells overexpressing each m1, m2, m3 and m4 receptor activated phospholipase C, while keeping the PTx-sensitivity in m2/m4, but not in m1/m3 receptors. Coupling to ion channel effectors showed a comparable dichotomy in NG108-15 cells, while cross-activation occurred in NL308 cells.
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- M Noda
- Department of Biophysics, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Japan
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Ishizaka N, Noda M, Kimura Y, Hashii M, Fukuda K, Katayama M, Brown DA, Higashida H. Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate formation and ryanodine-sensitive oscillations of cytosolic free Ca2+ concentrations in neuroblastoma x fibroblast hybrid NL308 cells expressing m2 and m4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes. Pflugers Arch 1995; 429:426-33. [PMID: 7761266 DOI: 10.1007/bf00374159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Intracellular free Ca2+ concentrations ([Ca2+]i) were measured in subclones of NL308 neuroblastoma x fibroblast hybrid cells expressing each of the individual muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR) subtypes m1, m2, m3 and m4. Application of 100 microM acetylcholine (ACh) increased [Ca2+]i in all four subclones. The increased [Ca2+]i levels were significantly higher in m1- and m3-transformed cells than those in m2- and m4-transformed cells. In more than 95% of m2- and m4-transformed cells, [Ca2+]i showed sinusoidal oscillations. ACh-induced increases in [Ca2+]i were not observed in cells treated with an intracellular Ca2+ chelator, 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (BAPTA). Removal of extracellular Ca2+ with ethylene-glycol-bis-(beta- aminoethyl)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetate (EGTA) did not affect the initial [Ca2+]i increases, but reduced the late phases of delta [Ca2+]i in ml- and m3-transformed cells by 20-30%. Oscillations in m2- and m4-transformed cells persisted in EGTA solution (though sometimes slowed in frequency), suggesting that they were of intracellular origin. ACh-induced delta [Ca2+]i and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate formation was completely suppressed by pre-treatment with 50-100 ng ml-1 Pertussis toxin (PTX) for 12 h in m2- and m4-transformed cells, but not in m1- and m3-transformed cells. In all cells, extracellular application of caffeine and ryanodine, or intracellular application of cyclic adenosine diphosphate ribose (cAD-PR) produced a rise in [Ca2+]i. ACh-induced [Ca2+]i oscillations were not observed in ryanodine-treated m2-transformed cells.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- N Ishizaka
- Department of Biophysics, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Japan
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Filippov AK, Selyanko AA, Robbins J, Brown DA. Activation of nucleotide receptors inhibits M-type K current [IK(M)] in neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid cells. Pflugers Arch 1994; 429:223-30. [PMID: 7892108 DOI: 10.1007/bf00374316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A phospholipase-C-linked nucleotide receptor, sensitive to both uridine and adenosine triphosphate (UTP and ATP) has been cloned from NG108-15 neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid cells. We have tested whether activation of this receptor could inhibit the voltage-dependent K+ current [IK(M) or "M-current"] in NG108-15 cells recorded using whole-cell patch-clamp methods. Both UTP and ATP inhibited IK(M) by 44% and 42%, respectively, at 100 microM. Mean IC50 values were: UTP, 0.77 +/- 0.27 microM; ATP, 1.81 +/- 0.82 microM. The order of nucleotide and nucleoside activity at 100 microM was: UTP = ATP > ATP [gamma S] = ITP > 2-MeSATP > ADP = GTP >> AMP-CPP, adenosine, where ATP[gamma S] is adenosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate), ITP is inosine 5'-triphosphate, 2-MeSATP is 2-methylthio ATP and AMP-CPP is alpha, beta methylene ATP. This rank order accords with their activities at the cloned P2U receptor. Effects were not inhibited by suramin (up to 500 microM) or by pre-incubation for 12 h in 500 ng.ml-1 Pertussis toxin. Inhibition of IK(M) was frequently preceded by a transient outward current, probably a Ca(2+)-activated K+ current, responding to Ca2+ mobilization. No effect on the delayed rectifier K+ current was observed. These observations match those expected from stimulating other phospholipase-C-linked receptors in NG108-15 cells.
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- A K Filippov
- Department of Pharmacology, University College London, UK
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Nishikawa M, Munakata M, Akaike N. Muscarinic acetylcholine response in pyramidal neurones of rat cerebral cortex. Br J Pharmacol 1994; 112:1160-6. [PMID: 7952877 PMCID: PMC1910245 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1994.tb13205.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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1. The effects of acetylcholine (ACh) on pyramidal neurons acutely dissociated from the rat cerebral cortex were studied in the whole-cell mode, by use of the nystatin-perforated patch recording configuration. 2. ACh induced a net inward current (IACh) accompanied by a membrane conductance decrease at a holding potential (VH) of -40 mV. IACh increased in a concentration-dependent manner with a half-maximum concentration (EC50) of 8.7 x 10(-7) M. 3. IACh mainly resulted from the suppression of the voltage- and time-dependent K+ current (M-current). 4. Muscarine and muscarinic agonists such as McN-A-343, oxotremorine and oxotremorine-M mimicked the ACh response. The potency was in the order of oxotremorine-M > McN-A-343 > or = muscarine > oxotremorine. 5. Pirenzepine shifted the concentration-response curve for ACh to the right and the corresponding Schild plot yielded a pA2 value of 7.81. Other muscarinic antagonists also reversibly blocked IACh in a concentration-dependent manner. The inhibitory potency was in the order of atropine > 4-DAMP > pirenzepine > AF-DX-116. 6. IACh could be induced normally even after pre-incubation of dissociated neurones in external solution with 200 ng ml-1 pertussis toxin (PTX) for 8 h, whereas the inhibitory effect of ACh on high-voltage-activated Ca2+ channels was completely abolished by the PTX treatment.
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- M Nishikawa
- Department of Bio-Plasticity, Kyushu University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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Tohda M, Tohda C, Sakuma S, Higashida H, Nomura Y. Distinct induction of c-fos mRNA in NG108-15 cells transfected with muscarinic m1 and m3 receptors. Eur J Pharmacol 1994; 268:169-76. [PMID: 7957639 DOI: 10.1016/0922-4106(94)90186-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The differences of intracellular signalling mechanisms between muscarinic acetylcholine m1 and m3 receptors, which are coupled with polyphosphoinositide turnover, were examined by using m1- and m3-transfected NG108-15 cells. The c-fos mRNA was induced by 1 mM acetylcholine peak at 60 min in both m1 and m3 cells. The c-fos induction in m1 cells was inhibited by 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid tetraacetoxymethyl ester (BAPTA-AM) and N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloro-1-naphthalenesulfonamide hydrochloride (W-7), but was not inhibited by prolonged treatment with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA), suggesting that intracellular Ca2+ and calmodulin are involved in the induction. The c-fos induction in m3 cells was inhibited by BAPTA-AM and prolonged treatment with TPA, but was not influenced by W-7, suggesting that protein kinase C is mainly involved in m3-induced c-fos expression. Acetylcholine induced an increase in inositol phosphates and a transient increase in the intracellular concentration of Ca2+ in both m1 and m3 cells. Sustained stimulation of acetylcholine strongly increased the inositol monophosphate content in m3 cells, but that of inositol trisphosphate and inositol diphosphate in m1 cells. These results suggest that the difference between m1- and m3-induced c-fos mRNA induction mechanisms is due to the difference in respective properties in polyphosphoinositide turnover.
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- M Tohda
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Kishida H, Yamamoto K, Fuse Y, Noda M, Higashida H. Activation of inward current associated with M-potassium current inhibition in m1-muscarinic receptor-transformed NG108-15 cells by KST-5452, a novel cognition enhancer. Neurosci Lett 1994; 172:119-21. [PMID: 8084514 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(94)90676-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The electrophysiological effects of KST-5452 [3-(m-phenoxybenzylidene)-quinuclidine], an M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (muscarinic AChR) binding compound, were studied in NG108-15 neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid cells transfected with m1 muscarinic AChR cDNA. Application of KST-5452 to m1-transformed NGPM1-27 cells elicited a sustained inward current associated with decreased conductance and reduced M-current relaxations at a holding potential of -20 mV. The KST-5452-induced responses were blocked by pirenzepine, suggesting that KST-5452 acts as a potent excitant via M1 muscarinic AChRs in brain neurons.
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- H Kishida
- Biochemical Research Laboratories, Kaneka Corporation, Takasago, Japan
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Wollmuth LP. Mechanism of Ba2+ block of M-like K channels of rod photoreceptors of tiger salamanders. J Gen Physiol 1994; 103:45-66. [PMID: 8169597 PMCID: PMC2216855 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.103.1.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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IKx is a voltage-dependent K+ current in the inner segment of rod photoreceptors that shows many similarities to M-current. The depression of IKx by external Ba2+ was studied with whole-cell voltage clamp. Ba2+ reduced the conductance and voltage sensitivity of IKx tail currents and shifted the voltage range over which they appeared to more positive potentials. These effects showed different sensitivities to Ba2+: conductance was the least sensitive (K0.5 = 7.6 mM), voltage dependence intermediate (K0.5 = 2.4 mM) and voltage sensitivity the most sensitive (K0.5 = 0.2 mM). Ca2+, Co2+, Mn2+, Sr2+, and Zn2+ did not have actions comparable to Ba2+ on the voltage dependence or the voltage sensitivity of IKx tail currents. In high K+ (100 mM), the voltage range of activation of IKx was shifted 20 mV negative, as was the tau-voltage relation. High K+ did not prevent the effect of Ba2+ on conductance, but abolished its ability to affect voltage dependence and voltage sensitivity. Ba2+ also altered the apparent time-course of activation and deactivation of IKx. Low Ba2+ (0.2 mM) slowed both deactivation and activation, with most effect on deactivation; at higher concentrations (1-25 mM), deactivation and activation time courses were equally affected, and at the highest concentrations, 5 and 25 mM Ba2+, the time course became faster than control. Rapid application of 5 mM Ba2+ suggested that the time dependent currents in Ba2+ reflect in part the slow voltage-dependent block and unblock of IKx channels by Ba2+. This blocking action of Ba2+ was steeply voltage-dependent with an apparent electrical distance of 1.07. Ba2+ appears to interact with IKx channels at multiple sites. A model which assumes that Ba2+ has a voltage-independent and a voltage-dependent blocking action on open or closed IKx channels reproduced many aspects of the data; the voltage-dependent component could account for both the Ba(2+)-induced shift in voltage dependence and reduction in voltage sensitivity of IKx tail currents.
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- L P Wollmuth
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98195
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Brown DA, Higashida H, Noda M, Ishizaka N, Hashii M, Hoshi N, Yokoyama S, Fukuda K, Katayama M, Nukada T. Coupling of muscarinic receptor subtypes to ion channels: experiments on neuroblastoma hybrid cells. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1993; 707:237-58. [PMID: 9137556 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1993.tb38056.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- D A Brown
- Department of Pharmacology, University College London, United Kingdom
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Robbins J, Marsh SJ, Brown DA. On the mechanism of M-current inhibition by muscarinic m1 receptors in DNA-transfected rodent neuroblastoma x glioma cells. J Physiol 1993; 469:153-78. [PMID: 8271196 PMCID: PMC1143866 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1993.sp019809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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1. Acetylcholine (ACh) produces two membrane current changes when applied to NG108-15 mouse neuroblastoma x rat glioma hybrid cells transformed (by DNA transfection) to express m1 muscarinic receptors: it activates a Ca(2+)-dependent K+ conductance, producing an outward current, and it inhibits a voltage-dependent K+ conductance (the M conductance), thus diminishing the M-type voltage-dependent K+ current (IK(M)) and producing an inward current. The present experiments were undertaken to find out how far inhibition of IK(M) might be secondary to stimulation of phospholipase C, by recording membrane currents and intracellular Ca2+ changes with indo-1 using whole-cell patch-clamp methods. 2. Bath application of 100 microM ACh reversibly inhibited IK(M) by 47.3 +/- 3.2% (n = 23). Following pressure-application of 1 mM ACh, the mean latency to inhibition was 420 ms at 35 degrees C and 1.79 s at 23 degrees C. Latencies to inhibition by Ba2+ ions were 148 ms at 35 degrees C and 92 ms at 23 degrees C. 3. The involvement of a G-protein was tested by adding 0.5 mM GTP-gamma-S or 10 mM potassium fluoride to the pipette solution. These slowly reduced IK(M), with half-times of about 30 and 20 min respectively, and rendered the effect of superimposed ACh irreversible. Effects of ACh were not significantly changed after pretreatment for 24 h with 500 ng ml-1 pertussis toxin or on adding up to 10 mM GDP-beta-S to the pipette solution. 4. The role of phospholipase C and its products was tested using neomycin (to inhibit phospholipase C), inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) and inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate (InsP4), heparin, and phorbol dibutyrate (PDBu) and staurosporin (to activate and inhibit protein kinase C respectively). Both neomycin (1 mM external) and InsP3 (100 microM intrapipette) inhibited the ACh-induced outward current and/or intracellular Ca2+ transient but did not block ACh-induced inhibition of IK(M). Intrapipette heparin (1 mM) blocked activation of IK(Ca) and reduced Ach-induced inhibitions of IK(M), but also reduced inhibition of ICa via endogeneous m4 receptors. PDBu (with or without intrapipette ATP) and staurosporin had no significant effects.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- J Robbins
- Department of Pharmacology, University College London
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At least five muscarinic receptor genes have been cloned and expressed. Muscarinic receptors act via activation of G proteins: m1, m3 and m5 muscarinic receptors couple to stimulate phospholipase C, while m2 and m4 muscarinic receptors inhibit adenylyl cyclase. This review describes the localization, pharmacology and function of the five muscarinic receptor subtypes. The actions of muscarinic receptors on the heart, smooth muscle, glands and on neurons (both presynaptic and postsynaptic) in the autonomic nervous system and the central nervous system are analyzed in terms of subtypes, biochemical mechanisms and effects on ion channels, including K+ channels and Ca2+ channels.
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- M P Caulfield
- Department of Pharmacology, University College London, U.K
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Noda M, Katayama M, Brown DA, Robbins J, Marsh SJ, Ishizaka N, Fukuda K, Hoshi N, Yokoyama S, Higashida H. Coupling of m2 and m4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes to Ca(2+)-dependent K+ channels in transformed NL308 neuroblastoma x fibroblast hybrid cells. Proc Biol Sci 1993; 251:215-24. [PMID: 8097328 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1993.0032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR) subtype (m1-m4)-specific cDNAs were transfected into NL308 neuroblastoma-fibroblast hybrid cells and clones expressing each of the individual mAChR subtypes m1, m2, m3 and m4 obtained. Acetylcholine increased phosphoinositide (PI) turnover in m1- and m3-transformed cells, but did not produce detectable changes in m2- and m4-transformed cells. In cells expressing m1 and m3 subtypes, ACh produced an initial outward K+ current, followed by a cationic current. In cells expressing m2 and m4 receptors, only the initial K+ current was detected. The outward currents were associated with a rise in intracellular Ca2+ as measured with Fura-2 or Indo-1, and were inhibited by chelating intracellular Ca2+ with external BAPTA-AM, or by external charybdotoxin or Ba2+: hence they were attributed to the activation of a Ca(2+)-dependent K+ current. However, the outward current produced in m2- and m4-transformed cells was blocked by pretreatment with 5 ng ml-1 Pertussis toxin (PTX), whereas that in m1- and m3-transformed cells was not. These results suggest that m2- and m4-receptors in transformed NL308 cells coupled to PTX-sensitive G-protein which is capable of mobilizing intracellular Ca2+ and activate IK(Ca), whereas m1 and m3 receptors activate a similar process through a different, PTX-insensitive G-protein.
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- M Noda
- Department of Biophysics, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Japan
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Robbins J. Agonist-induced inhibition of inositol-trisphosphate-activated IK(Ca) in NG108-15 neuroblastoma hybrid cells. Pflugers Arch 1993; 422:364-70. [PMID: 8437887 DOI: 10.1007/bf00374292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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IK(Ca) activated by intracellular ionophoresis of inositol trisphosphate (IP3) or pressure-applied acetylcholine was inhibited by bradykinin and acetylcholine in NG108-15 cells transfected with m1 receptors. The inhibition of the IP3-evoked current was complete at 10 microM acetylcholine. This inhibition was not seen if the current was evoked by intracellular ionophoresis of calcium ions. Only receptors the activate the phosphoinositide system in these cells produced this inhibition, i.e. transfected muscarinic m1 and m3 and bradykinin receptors, but not muscarinic m2, m4 or adrenergic alpha 2 receptors. This inhibition was not sensitive to pertussis toxin or staurosporine. The concentrations of acetylcholine needed to inhibit the evoked current were identical to those needed to raise intracellular calcium but tenfold less than those needed for the agonist to activate IK(Ca). In a normal calcium-containing superfusate, recovery from inhibition required around 8 min (half-time 4 min) after removal of acetylcholine. When the experiment was performed in calcium-free medium no recovery was seen after 8 min washing in drug-free solution, but complete recovery was seen within 3 min (half-time 1.5 min) after adding calcium. Responses to repeated pressure applications of acetylcholine could be reversibly inhibited by acetylcholine and bradykinin. It seems, then, that there is no direct action of acetylcholine or bradykinin on the IK(Ca) channels themselves but that concentrations below those needed to activate IK(Ca) can empty and inhibit the IP3-sensitive calcium store. This may provide a mechanism for heterologous desensitization for phospholipase-C-linked receptor-mediated responses.
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- J Robbins
- Department of Pharmacology, University College London, UK
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Caulfield MP, Robbins J, Higashida H, Brown DA. Postsynaptic actions of acetylcholine: the coupling of muscarinic receptor subtypes to neuronal ion channels. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 1993; 98:293-301. [PMID: 7504311 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)62411-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- M P Caulfield
- Department of Pharmacology, University College London, UK
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Bernheim L, Mathie A, Hille B. Characterization of muscarinic receptor subtypes inhibiting Ca2+ current and M current in rat sympathetic neurons. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1992; 89:9544-8. [PMID: 1329101 PMCID: PMC50168 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.20.9544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Muscarinic receptors mediating suppression of Ca2+ current and of M-type K+ current in rat superior cervical ganglion neurons were subclassified pharmacologically by using the muscarinic receptor antagonists pirenzepine and himbacine. Our voltage clamp experiments previously distinguished fast and slow intracellular signaling pathways coupling muscarinic receptors to calcium channels. We now establish that the fast, pertussis toxin-sensitive suppression of Ca2+ current is mediated primarily by muscarinic receptors of the M4 subtype, whereas the slow, bis(2-aminophenoxy)-ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetate (BAPTA)-sensitive suppression of Ca2+ current is mediated primarily by muscarinic receptors of the M1 subtype. Both actions on Ca2+ current are blocked by guanosine 5'-[beta-thio]diphosphate. Muscarinic suppression of M current is slow, BAPTA-sensitive, and mediated by receptors of the M1 subtype. Hence the two muscarinic pathways use different receptors and different guanine nucleotide binding proteins to produce different actions on channels.
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- L Bernheim
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98195
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Robbins J, Cloues R, Brown DA. Intracellular Mg2+ inhibits the IP3-activated IK(Ca) in NG108-15 cells. [Why intracellular citrate can be useful for recording IK(Ca)]. Pflugers Arch 1992; 420:347-53. [PMID: 1598189 DOI: 10.1007/bf00374469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Receptor-mediated formation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) can induce an outward Ca(2+)-activated K+ current [IK(Ca)] in some neural cells. We have investigated IK(Ca) activated by intracellular injections of IP3 in whole-cell patch-clamped neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid cells. The current could only be recorded reliably using citrate as the anion in the pipette, but not using acetate, aspartate, chloride, fluoride, gluconate or methylsulphate. This could be attributed to buffering of intracellular Mg2+ by citrate. Theoretical calculations suggested free [Mg2+] of 1.0 and 0.07 mM respectively in the acetate- and citrate-based recording solutions. Further, IP3-activated IK(Ca) could be recorded when the free Mg2+ level in the acetate, chloride or methylsulphate solutions was lowered to the range (0.05 mM) calculated for the citrate solution. Thus, raised [Mg2+] blocks IK(Ca). This appeared to be due to inhibition of the response to released Ca2+, since high [Mg2+] also blocked the response to intracellular injections of Ca2+ ions. Mean Mg2+ levels in intact neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid cells measured by Mag-Indo-1/AM fluorescence were estimated to be less than 0.14 mM. We therefore conclude that IP3-induced IK(Ca) is expressed under normal conditions, but may be subject to regulation by intracellular Mg2+.
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- J Robbins
- Department of Pharmacology, University College London, UK
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Robbins J, Trouslard J, Marsh SJ, Brown DA. Kinetic and pharmacological properties of the M-current in rodent neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid cells. J Physiol 1992; 451:159-85. [PMID: 1403809 PMCID: PMC1176156 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1992.sp019159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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1. The M-like current IK(M,ng) in differentiated NG108-15 mouse neuroblastoma x rat glioma hybrid cells has been studied using tight-seal, whole-cell patch-clamp recording. 2. When calculated from steady-state current-voltage curves, the conductance underlying IK(M,ng) showed a Boltzmann dependence on voltage with half-activation voltage Vo = -44 mV (in 3 mM [K+]) and slope factor (a) = 8.1 mV/e-fold increase in conductance. In 12 mM [K+] Vo = -38 mV and a = 6.9 mV. The deactivation reciprocal time constant accelerated with hyperpolarization with slope factor 17 mV/e-fold voltage change. 3. The reversal potential for deactivation tail currents varied with external [K+] as if PNa/PK were 0.005. 4. Steady-state current was increased on removing external Ca2+. In the presence of external Ca2+, reactivation of IK(M, ng) after a hyperpolarizing step was delayed. This delay was preceded by an inward Ca2+ current, and coincided with an increase in intracellular [Ca2+] as measured with Indo-1 fluorescence. Elevation of intracellular [Ca2+] with caffeine also reduced IK(M, ng). 5. IK(M, ng) was inhibited by external divalent cations in decreasing order of potency (mM IC50 in parentheses): Zn2+ (0.011) greater than Cu2+ (0.018) greater than Cd2+ (0.070) greater than Ni2+ (0.44) greater than Ba2+ (0.47) greater than Fe2+ (0.69) greater than Mn2+ (0.86) greater than Co2+ (0.92) greater than Ca2+ (5.6) greater than Mg2+ (16) greater than Sr2+ (33). This was not secondary to inhibition of ICa since: (i) inhibition persisted in Ca(2+)-free solution; (ii) La3+ did not inhibit IK(M, ng) at concentrations which inhibited ICa; and (iii) organic Ca2+ channel blockers were ineffective. Inhibition comprised both depression of the maximum conductance and a positive shift of the activation curve. Addition of Ca2+ (10 microM free [Ca2+]) or Ba2+ (1 mM total [Ba2+]) to the pipette solution did not significantly change IK(M, ng). 6. IK(M, ng) was reduced by 9-amino-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroacridine (IC50 8 microM) and quinine (30 microM) but was insensitive to tetraethylammonium (IC50 greater than 30 mM), 4-aminopyridine (greater than 10 mM), apamin (greater than 3 microM) or dendrotoxin (greater than 100 nM). 7. IK(M, ng) was inhibited by bradykinin (1-10 microM) or angiotensin II (1-10 microM), but not by the following other receptor agonists: acetylcholine (10 mM), muscarine (10 microM), noradrenaline (100 microM), adrenaline (100 microM), dopamine (100 microM), histamine (100 microM), 5-hydroxytryptamine (10 microM), Met-enkephalin (1 microM), glycine (100 microM), gamma-aminobutyric acid (100 microM) or baclofen (500 microM).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- J Robbins
- Department of Pharmacology, University College London
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