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McCaffrey U, Cannon DM, Hallahan B. The muscarinic-cholinergic system as a target in the treatment of depressive or manic episodes in bipolar disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS REPORTS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Damiano S, Petrozziello T, Ucci V, Amente S, Santillo M, Mondola P. Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase activates muscarinic acetylcholine M1 receptor pathway in neuroblastoma cells. Mol Cell Neurosci 2012; 52:31-7. [PMID: 23147108 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2012.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2012] [Revised: 10/25/2012] [Accepted: 11/02/2012] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Muscarinic receptors (mAChRs) control several neuronal functions and are widely expressed in the central nervous system (CNS): M1 subtype represents the predominant mAChR in the CNS. Previously, we showed that antioxidant enzyme Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) is secreted by many cellular lines and specifically interacts with cell surface membrane of human neuroblastoma SK-N-BE cells thus activating phospholipase C (PLC) transduction pathway and increasing intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)). In addition, we demonstrated that a small amount of SOD1 is contained in large core dense vesicles and that it is secreted in response to depolarization induced by elevated extracellular K(+) concentration. In the present study, we investigated the involvement of muscarinic M1 receptors in SOD1-induced activation of PLC transduction pathway. We showed that, in SK-N-BE cells, SOD1 was able to activate muscarinic M1 receptor producing a phosphorylation of ERK 1/2 and Akt in dose- and time-dependent manner. Interestingly, in the presence of the M1 antagonist pirenzepine, ERK 1/2 and Akt phosphorylation induced by SOD1 was remarkably prevented. This effect was mimicked by knocking-down M1 receptor using two sequences of RNA silencing (siRNA). At functional level, siRNAs against M1 receptor were able to prevent the increase in [Ca(2+)](i) induced by SOD1. The same inhibitory effect on [Ca(2+)](i) changes was produced by the M1 antagonist pirenzepine. Collectively, the results of this study demonstrated that SOD1 could activate a transductional pathway through the involvement of M1 muscarinic receptor.
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- Simona Damiano
- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Unità di Fisiologia Umana, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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Drever BD, Riedel G, Platt B. The cholinergic system and hippocampal plasticity. Behav Brain Res 2010; 221:505-14. [PMID: 21130117 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.11.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2010] [Accepted: 11/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Acetylcholine is an essential excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system and undertakes a vital role in cognitive function. Consequently, there is ample evidence to suggest the involvement of both nicotinic and muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in the modulation of synaptic plasticity, which is believed to be the molecular correlate of learning and memory. In the hippocampus in particular, multiple subtypes of both nicotinic and muscarinic receptors are present at presynaptic and postsynaptic loci of both principal neurons and inhibitory interneurons, where they exert profound bi-directional influences on synaptic transmission. Further evidence points to a role for cholinergic activation in the induction and maintenance of synaptic plasticity, and key influences on hippocampal network oscillations. The present review examines these multiple roles of acetylcholine in hippocampal plasticity.
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- Benjamin D Drever
- School of Medical Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, Scotland, UK
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Stoll C, Eltze M, Lambrecht G, Zentner J, Feuerstein TJ, Jackisch R. Functional characterization of muscarinic autoreceptors in rat and human neocortex. J Neurochem 2009; 110:837-47. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06193.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Langmead CJ, Watson J, Reavill C. Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors as CNS drug targets. Pharmacol Ther 2008; 117:232-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2007.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 319] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2007] [Accepted: 09/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mengual E, Chan J, Lane D, San Luciano Palenzuela M, Hara Y, Lessard A, Pickel VM. Neurokinin-1 receptors in cholinergic neurons of the rat ventral pallidum have a predominantly dendritic distribution that is affected by apomorphine when combined with startle-evoking auditory stimulation. Neuroscience 2007; 151:711-24. [PMID: 18178320 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.08.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2007] [Revised: 07/11/2007] [Accepted: 11/28/2007] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Cholinergic neurons of the basal forebrain are implicated in startle reflex inhibition by a prior weak stimulus often referred to as prepulse inhibition (PPI) and used as an index of sensorimotor gating deficits in schizophrenia. Gating deficits can be produced in rodent models by acute systemic administration of apomorphine, a non-selective dopamine D1 and D2 receptor agonist that also affects trafficking of neurokinin-1 (NK(1)) receptors induced by startle evoking auditory stimulation (AS) in midbrain neurons. We used electron microscopic immunolabeling of NK(1) receptors and the vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAchT) to test the hypothesis that the subcellular distributions of these receptors in cholinergic neurons of the rat ventral pallidum are subject to a similar regulation. In vehicle controls, NK(1) immunogold was often seen near cytoplasmic endomembranes in somata and large dendrites, but was more equally distributed in cytoplasmic and plasmalemmal compartments of medium dendrites, and principally located on the plasma membrane of small dendrites. These labeling patterns appeared to be largely independent of whether the NK(1) receptor was co-expressed with VAchT, however only the medium and small VAchT-labeled dendrites showed significant treatment-specific differences in NK(1) immunogold distributions. The NK(1) receptor immunogold particle density on the plasma membrane of medium cholinergic dendrites was significantly enhanced by combined apomorphine and AS, while neither alone affected either the plasmalemmal density or the equality of the plasmalemmal and cytoplasmic distributions of NK(1) receptors in these dendrites. Small cholinergic dendrites showed a significant AS-induced increase in both the plasmalemmal and cytoplasmic density of NK(1) gold particles, and an apomorphine-induced disruption of the preferential plasmalemmal targeting of the NK(1) receptors. These results provide ultrastructural evidence that NK(1) receptors in cholinergic neurons of the ventral pallidum have subcellular locations and plasticity conducive to active involvement in dopamine-dependent sensorimotor processing.
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- E Mengual
- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Division of Neurobiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 411 East 69th Street, KB 410, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Garzón M, Pickel VM. Subcellular distribution of M2 muscarinic receptors in relation to dopaminergic neurons of the rat ventral tegmental area. J Comp Neurol 2006; 498:821-39. [PMID: 16927256 PMCID: PMC2577061 DOI: 10.1002/cne.21082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Acetylcholine can affect cognitive functions and reward, in part, through activation of muscarinic receptors in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) to evoke changes in mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic transmission. Among the known muscarinic receptor subtypes present in the VTA, the M2 receptor (M2R) is most implicated in autoregulation and also may play a heteroreceptor role in regulation of the output of the dopaminergic neurons. We sought to determine the functionally relevant sites for M2R activation in relation to VTA dopaminergic neurons by examining the electron microscopic immunolabeling of M2R and the dopamine transporter (DAT) in the VTA of rat brain. The M2R was localized to endomembranes in DAT-containing somatodendritic profiles but showed a more prominent, size-dependent plasmalemmal location in nondopaminergic dendrites. M2R also was located on the plasma membrane of morphologically heterogenous axon terminals contacting unlabeled as well as M2R- or DAT-labeled dendrites. Some of these terminals formed asymmetric synapses resembling those of cholinergic terminals in the VTA. The majority, however, formed symmetric, inhibitory-type synapses or were apposed without recognized junctions. Our results provide the first ultrastructural evidence that the M2R is expressed, but largely not available for local activation, on the plasma membrane of VTA dopaminergic neurons. Instead, the M2R in this region has a distribution suggesting more indirect regulation of mesocorticolimbic transmission through autoregulation of acetylcholine release and changes in the physiological activity or release of other, largely inhibitory transmitters. These findings could have implications for understanding the muscarinic control of cognitive and goal-directed behaviors within the VTA.
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- Miguel Garzón
- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, USA.
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Tzavara ET, Bymaster FP, Felder CC, Wade M, Gomeza J, Wess J, McKinzie DL, Nomikos GG. Dysregulated hippocampal acetylcholine neurotransmission and impaired cognition in M2, M4 and M2/M4 muscarinic receptor knockout mice. Mol Psychiatry 2003; 8:673-9. [PMID: 12874603 DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Among the five different muscarinic receptors that have been cloned and characterized, M2 and M4 receptors are localized both post- and presynaptically and are believed to have a pronounced autoreceptor role. The functional importance of these receptors in the regulation of acetylcholine release in the hippocampus and in cognitive processes was investigated by using M2 and M4 receptor single knockout (KO) as well as M2/M4 receptor double KO mice. We found profound alterations in acetylcholine homeostasis in the hippocampus of both M2- and M4-KO mice as well as of the combined M2/M4-KOs, as assessed by in vivo microdialysis. Basal acetylcholine efflux in the hippocampus was significantly increased in M4-KO and was elevated further in M2/M4-KOs. The increase in hippocampal acetylcholine induced by local administration of scopolamine was markedly reduced in M2-KO and completely abolished in M2/M4-KOs. In M2-KO and much more in M2/M4-KOs, the increase in hippocampal acetylcholine triggered by exposure to a novel environment was more pronounced both in amplitude and duration, with a similar trend observed for M4-KOs. Dysregulation of cholinergic function in the hippocampus, as it could result from perturbed autoreceptor function, may be associated with cognitive deficits. Importantly, M2- and M2/M4-KO, but not M4-KO, animals showed an impaired performance in the passive avoidance test. Together these results suggest a crucial role for muscarinic M2 and M4 receptors in the tonic and phasic regulation of acetylcholine efflux in the hippocampus as well as in cognitive processes.
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MESH Headings
- Acetylcholine/metabolism
- Animals
- Avoidance Learning/drug effects
- Avoidance Learning/physiology
- Cognition/physiology
- Crosses, Genetic
- Environment
- Habituation, Psychophysiologic/physiology
- Hippocampus/drug effects
- Hippocampus/metabolism
- Hippocampus/physiology
- Homeostasis
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Microdialysis
- Muscarinic Antagonists/pharmacology
- Receptor, Muscarinic M2/deficiency
- Receptor, Muscarinic M2/drug effects
- Receptor, Muscarinic M2/genetics
- Receptor, Muscarinic M2/physiology
- Receptor, Muscarinic M4/deficiency
- Receptor, Muscarinic M4/drug effects
- Receptor, Muscarinic M4/genetics
- Receptor, Muscarinic M4/physiology
- Scopolamine/pharmacology
- Synaptic Transmission/drug effects
- Synaptic Transmission/physiology
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- E T Tzavara
- Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN 46285, USA
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Stoll C, Schwarzwälder U, Johann S, Lambrecht G, Hertting G, Feuerstein TJ, Jackisch R. Characterization of muscarinic autoreceptors in the rabbit hippocampus and caudate nucleus. Neurochem Res 2003; 28:413-7. [PMID: 12675124 DOI: 10.1023/a:1022836315383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Oxotremorine-induced inhibition of electrically evoked release of 3H-acetylcholine from brain slices preincubated with 3H-choline was used to characterize muscarinic autoreceptors in rabbit hippocampus and caudate nucleus. From the shifts to the right of the concentration-response curves of oxotremorine in the presence of muscarinic receptor antagonists, the following pKB values [95% C.I.] were determined in the hippocampus: tripinamide: 8.7 [8.5, 8.8]; himbacine: 8.4 [8.3, 8.5]; AQ-RA 741: 8.3 [8.2, 8.5]; 4-DAMP: 8.2 [8.0, 8.3]; hexahydrosiladifenidol: 7.4 [7.2, 7.5]; AF-DX 116: 7.3 [7.1, 7.4]; pirenzepine: 6.8 [6.6, 7.0]; and PD102807: 6.3 [6.0, 6.5]. In the caudate nucleus: tripinamide: 9.1 [8.9, 9.2]; 4-DAMP: 8.3 [8.2, 8.5]; himbacine: 8.1 [8.0, 8.2]; AQ-RA 741: 8.1 [8.0, 8.3]; hexahydrosiladifenidol: 7.3 [7.2, 7.4]; AF-DX 116: 7.1 [7.0, 7.2]; pirenzepine: 6.7 [6.6, 6.8]; and PD102807: 6.5 [6.2, 6.8]. These pKB values fit best to literature values for M2 receptors, suggesting that the muscarinic autoreceptor of the rabbit hippocampus and caudate nucleus is the m2 gene product.
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- C Stoll
- Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie der Universitaät, Neuropharmakologisches Labor, Hansastrasse 9A, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Oda S, Kuroda M, Kakuta S, Kishi K. Differential immunolocalization of m2 and m3 muscarinic receptors in the anteroventral and anterodorsal thalamic nuclei of the rat. Brain Res 2001; 894:109-20. [PMID: 11245821 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(01)01986-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In this study, to identify the precise localization of m2 and m3 muscarinic receptors in the anteroventral and anterodorsal thalamic nuclei of the rat, we used receptor-subtype-specific antibodies and characterized their immunolocalization patterns by light and electron microscopy. Many m2-positive neurons were distributed throughout these nuclei. Ultrastructural analysis showed that more than 30% of m2-positive dendritic profiles in these nuclei are proximal dendritic shafts. Moreover, a few m2-positive fiber terminals were found only in the anterodorsal thalamic nucleus. These m2-positive terminals were large (1.10+/-0.30 microm in diameter) and formed asymmetrical synapses with dendritic profiles. The m3-positive neurons were also distributed in both nuclei, and the m3-positive neuropil exhibited a significant staining gradient, with the most intense staining in the ventrolateral part of the anteroventral thalamic nucleus. This region receives the densest cholinergic input originating from the dorsal tegmental region. At the ultrastructural level, the majority of m3-positive dendritic profiles were more distal regions of the dendrites compared to the m2 receptors in the anteroventral thalamic nucleus. However, no significant difference in the intradendritic distribution pattern between m2 and m3 receptors was found in the anterodorsal thalamic nucleus, which receives no cholinergic input. These findings show the differential localization of m2 and m3 receptors in the anteroventral and anterodorsal thalamic nuclei, and suggest that the m3 receptors are spatially more closely associated with ascending cholinergic afferent fibers in the anteroventral thalamic nucleus.
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- S Oda
- Department of Anatomy, Toho University School of Medicine, Omori Nishi 5-21-16, Ota-ku, 143-8540, Tokyo, Japan.
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Maelicke A, Samochocki M, Jostock R, Fehrenbacher A, Ludwig J, Albuquerque EX, Zerlin M. Allosteric sensitization of nicotinic receptors by galantamine, a new treatment strategy for Alzheimer's disease. Biol Psychiatry 2001; 49:279-88. [PMID: 11230879 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3223(00)01109-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 232] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cholinesterase inhibitors are the only approved drug treatment for patients with mild to moderately severe Alzheimer's disease. Interestingly, the clinical potency of these drugs does not correlate well with their activity as cholinesterase inhibitors, nor is their action as short lived as would be expected from purely symptomatic treatment. A few cholinesterase inhibitors, including galantamine, produce beneficial effects even after drug treatment has been terminated. These effects assume modes of action other than mere esterase inhibition and are capable of inducing systemic changes. We have recently discovered a mechanism that could account, at least in part, for the above-mentioned unexpected properties of some cholinesterase inhibitors. We have found that a subgroup of cholinesterase inhibitors, including galantamine but excluding tacrine, directly interacts with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. These compounds, named allosterically potentiating ligands, sensitize nicotinic receptors by increasing the probability of channel opening induced by acetylcholine and nicotinic agonists and by slowing down receptor desensitization. The allosterically potentiating ligand action, which is not necessarily associated with cholinesterase inhibition, has been demonstrated by whole-cell patch-clamp recordings to occur in natural murine and human neurons and in murine and human cell lines expressing various subtypes of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.
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- A Maelicke
- Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Johannes-Gutenberg University Medical School, Mainz, Germany
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Maelicke A, Schrattenholz A, Samochocki M, Radina M, Albuquerque EX. Allosterically potentiating ligands of nicotinic receptors as a treatment strategy for Alzheimer's disease. Behav Brain Res 2000; 113:199-206. [PMID: 10942046 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-4328(00)00214-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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One of the most prominent cholinergic deficit in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the reduced number of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) in the hippocampus and cortex of AD patients, as compared to age-matched controls. This deficit results in reduced nicotinic cholinergic excitation which may not only impair postsynaptic depolarization but also presynaptic neurotransmitter release and Ca2+-dependent intracellular signaling, including transcriptional activity. Presently, the most common approach to correct the nicotinic cholinergic deficit in AD is the application of cholinesterase inhibitors. Due to the resulting increase in synaptic acetylcholine levels, both in concentration and time, additional nAChR molecules, e.g. those more distant from the ACh release sites, could be activated. As an obvious disadvantage, this approach affects cholinergic neurotransmission as a whole, including muscarinic neurotransmission. As a novel and alternative approach, a treatment strategy which exclusively targets nicotinic receptors is suggested. The strategy is based on a group of modulating ligands of nicotinic receptors, named allosterically potentiating ligands (APL), which increase the probability of channel opening induced by ACh and nicotinic agonists, and in addition decrease receptor desensitization. The action of APL on nicotinic receptors is reminiscent of that of benzodiazepines on GABA(A) receptors and of that of glycine on the NMDA-subtype of glutamate receptor. Representative nicotinic APL are the plant alkaloids physostigmine, galanthamine and codeine, and the neurotransmitter serotonin (5HT). The potentiating effect of APL on nicotinic neurotransmission has been shown by whole-cell patch-clamp studies in natural murine and human neurons, and in murine and human cell lines expressing various subtypes of neuronal nAChR.
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- A Maelicke
- Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Johannes-Gutenberg University Medical School, Mainz, Germany.
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Iannazzo L, Majewski H. M(2)/M(4)-muscarinic receptors mediate automodulation of acetylcholine outflow from mouse cortex. Neurosci Lett 2000; 287:129-32. [PMID: 10854729 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(00)01163-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Acetylcholine outflow can be modulated through inhibitory presynaptic muscarinic autoreceptors. This study was to identify which subtype is involved in mouse cortex. Five muscarinic antagonists and their ability to elevate stimulation-induced (S-I) acetylcholine outflow were tested in the presence of neostigmine, which decreased S-I outflow. The potency of each antagonist was determined, expressed as a ratio of the potency of each other antagonist and compared with the potency ratios of the antagonists for each of the defined muscarinic receptors (M(1)-M(4)), as recorded in the literature. Linear regression analysis revealed that the data fitted the M(2) (r(2)>0.97) and M(4) (r(2)>0.85) subtypes best, with no correlation for the M(1) and M(3) subtypes.
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- L Iannazzo
- Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
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Garzón M, Pickel VM. Dendritic and axonal targeting of the vesicular acetylcholine transporter to membranous cytoplasmic organelles in laterodorsal and pedunculopontine tegmental nuclei. J Comp Neurol 2000; 419:32-48. [PMID: 10717638 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(20000327)419:1<32::aid-cne2>3.0.co;2-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Autoregulation of cholinergic neurons in the laterodorsal tegmental (LDT) and pedunculopontine (PPT) nuclei has been implicated in many functions, most importantly in drug reinforcement and in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. This autoregulation is attributed to the release of acetylcholine, but neither the storage or release sites are known. To determine these sites, we used electron microscopy for the immunocytochemical localization of antipeptide antiserum raised against the vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAchT) that is responsible for the uptake of acetylcholine into storage vesicles. The cellular and subcellular distribution of VAchT was remarkably similar in the two regions by by using each of two methods, immunogold and immunoperoxidase. In both PPT and LDT nuclei, VAchT labeling was seen mainly on membranous organelles including the trans-Golgi network in many somata. VAchT-immunoreactive tubulovesicles resembling saccules of smooth endoplasmic reticulum were often seen near the plasma membrane in dendrites. The VAchT-containing dendrites comprised almost 50% of the labeled profiles (1027/2129) in PPT and LDT nuclei. The remaining VAchT-immunoreactive profiles were primarily small unmyelinated axons and axon terminals. In axon terminals, VAchT was densely localized to membranes of small synaptic vesicles. The VAchT-immunoreactive axon terminals formed either symmetric or asymmetric synapses. The postsynaptic targets of these axon terminals included dendrites that were with (36/110) or without (74/110) VAchT immunoreactivity. Our results suggest that dendrites, as well as axon terminals, have the potential for storage and release of acetylcholine in the LDT and PPT nuclei. The released acetylcholine is likely to play a major role in autoregulation of mesopontine cholinergic neurons.
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- M Garzón
- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, USA.
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Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors are involved in many important physiological processes. Discovery of different subtypes of muscarinic receptors that are responsible for modulating specific physiological events was a key development in muscarinic receptor research. However, the lack of highly selective muscarinic agonists and antagonists has made the classification of a muscarinic receptor subtype responsible for the mediation or modulation of a particular response very difficult. Toxins have previously proved to be highly useful pharmacological tools, due to their high potency and selectivity. This review looks at a new class of muscarinic ligand isolated from the venom of the Eastern green mamba (Dendroaspis angusticeps). Just over a decade ago, it was found that two toxins from the green mamba venom appeared to distinguish between different muscarinic receptor subtypes. Since then, at least 10 more muscarinic toxins (MTs) have been isolated from mamba venom. In recent years, some of the MTs have been used as pharmacological tools; for example, to determine the muscarinic receptor subtype involved in inhibition of adenylyl cyclase in rat striatum. This review looks at the progress that has been made over the past 10 years in the area of MT research and examines whether or not these new peptides are a new way forward in the field of muscarinic receptor research.
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- K N Bradley
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
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Nicotinic receptor activation in human cerebral cortical interneurons: a mechanism for inhibition and disinhibition of neuronal networks. J Neurosci 2000. [PMID: 10627582 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-01-00066.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Cholinergic control of the activity of human cerebral cortical circuits has long been thought to be accounted for by the interaction of acetylcholine (ACh) with muscarinic receptors. Here we report the discovery of functional nicotinic receptors (nAChRs) in interneurons of the human cerebral cortex and discuss the physiological and clinical implications of these findings. The whole-cell mode of the patch-clamp technique was used to record responses triggered by U-tube application of the nonselective agonist ACh and of the alpha7-nAChR-selective agonist choline to interneurons visualized by means of infrared-assisted videomicroscopy in slices of the human cerebral cortex. Choline induced rapidly desensitizing whole-cell currents that, being sensitive to blockade by methyllycaconitine (MLA; 50 nM), were most likely subserved by an alpha7-like nAChR. In contrast, ACh evoked slowly decaying whole-cell currents that, being sensitive to blockade by dihydro-beta-erythroidine (DHbetaE; 10 microM), were most likely subserved by an alpha4beta2-like nAChR. Application of ACh (but not choline) to the slices also triggered GABAergic postsynaptic currents (PSCs). Evidence is provided that ACh-evoked PSCs are the result of activation of alpha4beta2-like nAChRs present in preterminal axon segments and/or in presynaptic terminals of interneurons. Thus, nAChRs can relay inhibitory and/or disinhibitory signals to pyramidal neurons and thereby modulate the activity of neuronal circuits in the human cerebral cortex. These mechanisms, which appear to be retained across species, can account for the involvement of nAChRs in cognitive functions and in certain neuropathological conditions.
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Montpetit CJ, Perry SF. Neuronal control of catecholamine secretion from chromaffin cells in the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). J Exp Biol 1999; 202:2059-69. [PMID: 10393821 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.202.15.2059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The goal of the present investigation was to assess the relative involvement of nicotinic and muscarinic cholinergic receptors in the neuronal control of catecholamine secretion from the chromaffin tissue of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). This was accomplished by first developing and validating a nerve-stimulating technique able specifically to activate the nerve fibres innervating the chromaffin cells in order to elicit secretion of catecholamines. Using an in situ saline-perfused posterior cardinal vein preparation, it was demonstrated that whole-body field stimulation caused specific voltage-dependent neuronal stimulation of adrenaline and noradrenaline secretion. The contribution of non-specific depolarization was negligible. Several experimental results confirmed the specificity of the field stimulation technique. First, pre-treatment with neostigmine (an anticholinesterase) prolonged and more than doubled the amount of adrenaline secreted in response to electrical stimulation. Second, pre-treatment with the nicotinic receptor antagonist hexamethonium inhibited the electrically evoked secretion of adrenaline and noradrenaline. Third, perfusion with Na+-free saline or removal of the spinal cord abolished secretion of both catecholamines in response to the electrical stimulus. By using the field stimulation technique, this study is the first to demonstrate conclusively a role for muscarinic receptors in catecholamine secretion from trout chromaffin cells. Specifically, muscarinic cholinergic stimulation enhances nicotinic-evoked secretion of catecholamines and, under intense stimulation, may directly cause secretion. The results of the present study suggest the presence of muscarinic receptors on rainbow trout chromaffin cells with a functional role in the cholinergic control of catecholamine secretion.
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- C J Montpetit
- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
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Smiley JF, Levey AI, Mesulam MM. m2 muscarinic receptor immunolocalization in cholinergic cells of the monkey basal forebrain and striatum. Neuroscience 1999; 90:803-14. [PMID: 10218781 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(98)00527-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Pharmacological studies have suggested that the m2 muscarinic receptor functions as an autoreceptor in the cholinergic axons which innervate the cerebral cortex and striatum. To test this hypothesis in the macaque monkey, we used a subtype-specific antibody to the m2 muscarinic receptor. Immunoreactive cells were well visualized in the nucleus basalis, where some of these cells displayed dense m2 immunoreactivity, while others were lightly labeled. This heterogeneity of labeling intensity was not based on peculiarities of the methodology, because cholinergic cells of the striatum expressed uniformly dense m2 immunoreactivity. Concurrent labeling with choline acetyltransferase immunoreactivity proved that most of the heavily m2-labeled cells in the nucleus basalis were also choline acetyl-transferase positive. The findings demonstrate that at least 10-25% of the cholinergic neurons in the nucleus basalis of the monkey are densely m2 immunoreactive. In the striatum, concurrent labeling demonstrated that the majority, if not all, choline acetyltransferase-positive cells also contained m2 immunoreactivity. In addition, these experiments identified a population of smaller striatal cells which were m2 immunoreactive and choline acetyltransferase negative. Consecutive labeling with m2 immunoreactivity and NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry demonstrated that many of these m2-immunoreactive non-cholinergic neurons belonged to the population of nitric oxide-synthesizing medium aspiny neurons. The findings indicate that the m2 muscarinic receptor may be expressed at high levels in only a subset of cholinergic basal forebrain neurons. In contrast, m2 receptors appear to be expressed by all cholinergic cells of the striatum.
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- J F Smiley
- The Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Plummer KL, Manning KA, Levey AI, Rees HD, Uhlrich DJ. Muscarinic receptor subtypes in the lateral geniculate nucleus: a light and electron microscopic analysis. J Comp Neurol 1999; 404:408-25. [PMID: 9952356 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19990215)404:3<408::aid-cne9>3.0.co;2-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Neural activity in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus (DLG) is modulated by an ascending cholinergic projection from the brainstem. The purpose of this study was to identify and localize specific muscarinic receptors for acetylcholine in the DLG. Receptors were identified in rat and cat tissue by means of antibodies to muscarinic receptor subtypes, ml-m4. Brain sections were processed immunohistochemically and examined with light and electron microscopy. Rat DLG stained positively with antibodies to the m1, m2,and m3 receptor subtypes but not with antibodies to the m4 receptor subtype. The m1 and m3 antibodies appeared to label somata and dendrites of thalamocortical cells. The m1 immunostaining was pale, whereas m3-positive neurons exhibited denser labeling with focal concentrations of staining. Strong immunoreactivity to the m2 antibody was widespread in dendrites and somata of cells resembling geniculate interneurons. Most m2-positive synaptic contacts were classified as F2-type terminals, which are the presynaptic dendrites of interneurons. The thalamic reticular nucleus also exhibited robust m2 immunostaining. Cat DLG exhibited immunoreactivity to the m2 and m3 antibodies. The entire DLG stained darkly for the m2 receptor subtype, except for patchy label in the medial interlaminar nucleus and the ventralmost C laminae. The staining for m3 was lighter and was distributed more homogeneously across the DLG. The perigeniculate nucleus also was immunoreactive to the m2 and m3 subtype-specific antibodies. Immunoreactivity in cat to the m1 or m4 receptor antibodies was undetectable. These data provide anatomical evidence for specific muscarinic-mediated actions of acetylcholine on DLG thalamocortical cells and thalamic interneurons.
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- K L Plummer
- Department of Anatomy, Medical School, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA
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Mallick BN, Joseph MM. Adrenergic and cholinergic inputs in preoptic area of rats interact for sleep-wake thermoregulation. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1998; 61:193-9. [PMID: 9738535 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-3057(98)00087-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Isolated studies have shown that both norepinephrine and acetylcholine into the medial preoptico-anterior hypothalamic area tonically regulate sleep-wake and body temperature. A possible interaction between these neurotransmitters for the regulation of such functions has been investigated in this study. To study this interaction a combination of either prazosin and carbachol or, scopolamine and methoxamine was injected into the medial preoptico-anterior hypothalamic area and the effect on sleep, wake, and rectal temperature recorded simultaneously. The combination of chemicals were selected based on our previous studies where it was observed that each of the chemicals in a combination had opposite effects. It was observed that injection of the combination expressed a resultant summated effects of individual component chemicals when injected in isolation (observed in previous studies). Because effect of neither of the chemicals in the combination was dominant, the results suggest an interaction and integration of the adrenergic and cholinergic inputs in the medial preoptico-anterior hypothalamic area for the regulation of sleep-wakefulness and body temperature.
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- B N Mallick
- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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Mrzljak L, Levey AI, Belcher S, Goldman-Rakic P. Localization of the m2 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor protein and mRNA in cortical neurons of the normal and cholinergically deafferented rhesus monkey. J Comp Neurol 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19980105)390:1<112::aid-cne10>3.0.co;2-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Burton MD, Johnson DC, Kazemi H. The central respiratory effects of acetylcholine vary with CSF pH. JOURNAL OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM 1997; 62:27-32. [PMID: 9021646 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1838(96)00104-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Hydrogen ion concentration [H+] centrally is a major determinant of ventilation. Its action involves central cholinergic mechanisms. The point(s) where increased [H+] induces its changes in the cholinergic system is unclear. If H+ acts presynaptically by increasing endogenous ACh synthesis and release, its effect should be absent when ACh is supplied exogenously. If H+ acts postsynaptically by changing ACh degradation or ACh receptor sensitivity, its effect should persist in the presence of exogenous ACh. We perfused the brain ventricular system in spontaneously breathing anesthetized dogs with progressively higher concentrations of ACh (0-52.8 mM) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) at pH 7.4 and CSF pH 7.1. Increasing concentrations of ACh increased ventilation > 4-fold in a linear manner in the presence of non-acidic and acidic CSF. With acidic CSF the ACh ventilatory response line was shifted to a higher y-intercept, resulting in a higher ventilation at any [ACh]. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that central acidosis augments ventilation by postsynaptic cholinergic events.
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- M D Burton
- Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA
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Rouse ST, Thomas TM, Levey AI. Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtype, m2: diverse functional implications of differential synaptic localization. Life Sci 1997; 60:1031-8. [PMID: 9121344 DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(97)00044-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR) molecular subtype, m2, has been postulated to be the presynaptic cholinergic autoreceptor in many brain regions. However, due to a lack of subtype-specific pharmacological agents, conclusive evidence for m2 as an autoreceptor remains elusive. The development of subtype-specific antibodies has enabled extensive characterization of the synaptic localization of the m2 subtype. Specifically, double-labeling immunocytochemistry with m2 antibodies and antibodies to the vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT), a novel specific marker of cholinergic terminals, in the striatum has allowed the first direct anatomical evidence of m2 localization in cholinergic terminals. Additionally, other anatomical studies in striatum and the septohippocampal pathway have revealed that this subtype is also expressed presynaptically in non-cholinergic terminals, and is postsynaptically expressed in both cholinergic and non-cholinergic neurons. The implications of these data for understanding the functional roles of this subtype are discussed.
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- S T Rouse
- Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Levey AI. Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor expression in memory circuits: implications for treatment of Alzheimer disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93:13541-6. [PMID: 8942969 PMCID: PMC33643 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.24.13541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 254] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Cholinergic transmission at muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChR) has been implicated in higher brain functions such as learning and memory, and loss of synapses may contribute to the symptoms of Alzheimer disease. A heterogeneous family of five genetically distinct mAChR subtypes differentially modulate a variety of intracellular signaling systems as well as the processing of key molecules involved in the pathology of the disease. Although many muscarinic effects have been identified in memory circuits, including a diversity of pre- and post-synaptic actions in hippocampus, the identities of the molecular subtypes responsible for any given function remain elusive. All five mAChR genes are expressed in hippocampus, and subtype-specific antibodies have enabled identification, quantification, and localization of the encoded proteins. The m1, m2, and m4 mAChR proteins are most abundant in forebrain regions and they have distinct cellular and subcellular localizations suggestive of various pre- and postsynaptic functions in cholinergic circuits. The subtypes are also differentially altered in postmortem brain samples from Alzheimer disease cases. Further understanding of the molecular pharmacology of failing synapses in Alzheimer disease, together with the development of new subtype-selective drugs, may provide more specific and effective treatments for the disease.
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- A I Levey
- Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Sim JA, Griffith WH. Muscarinic inhibition of glutamatergic transmissions onto rat magnocellular basal forebrain neurons in a thin-slice preparation. Eur J Neurosci 1996; 8:880-91. [PMID: 8743736 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1996.tb01575.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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We have examined excitatory and inhibitory transmission in visually identified rat magnocellular basal forebrain neurons using whole-cell patch-clamp recordings in a thin-slice preparation of the rat brain. In most cells, spontaneous excitatory and inhibitory synaptic activities could be recorded from their resting membrane potential. Following focal stimulation within the basal forebrain nucleus or directly onto visualized neighbouring neurons, postsynaptic currents were elicited in magnocellular basal forebrain cells held at -70 mb (a value close to their resting membrane potential). The synaptic responses were complex, consisting either mainly of excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs), or inhibitory postsynaptic currents (IPSCs), or an EPSC-IPSC sequence. The EPSC component was consistent with the activation of AMPA/KA receptors, as it could be selectively blocked by CNQX. The IPSC component resulted in the activation of GAGAA receptors, and could be blocked by bicuculline. Since GABA-mediated trasmissions were not frequently recorded, we focused on the glutamate-mediated transmission. Studies using specific calcium channel blockers suggested that both omega-conotoxin GVIA-sensitive and omega-agatoxin VIA-sensitive calcium channels contribute to the glutamatergic transmission onto magnocellular basal forebrain neurons. Carbachol (0.3-30 microM) had no observable effect on holding current, but produced a dose-dependent inhibition of the amplitude of evoked EPSCs. This cholinergic modulation was mediated by muscarinic receptors, as it could be antagonized by atropine. The inhibitory effect of carbachol on the amplitude of EPSCs could be significantly antagonized by 100 nM methoctramine, an M2-receptor antagonist. In contrast, only a small degree of antagonism could be obtained with pirenzepine, and M1-muscarinic receptor antagonist, when present at relatively high concentration of 1 microM. Moreover, the action of carbachol was presynaptic, since the frequency of miniature postsynaptic currents was reduced without affecting their amplitude. In conclusion, the present findings indicate that glutamate-mediated transmission onto magnocellular basal forebrain neurons appeared to involve both N- and P/Q-type calcium channels, and that muscarinic modulation of glutamatergic transmission to MBF neurons is mediated by a presynaptic M2-muscarinic receptor subtypes.
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- J A Sim
- Department of Pharmacology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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Marchi M, Andrioli GC, Cavazzani P, Marchese S, Raiteri M. Presynaptic interactions between acetylcholine and glycine in the human brain. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 1996; 109:225-9. [PMID: 9009711 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)62106-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- M Marchi
- Istituto di Farmacologia e Farmacognosia, Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy
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Dose-dependent effects of repeated ketamine administration on muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in the mouse forebrain. J Anesth 1995; 9:271-275. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02479877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/1994] [Accepted: 02/21/1995] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Vannucchi MG, Pepeu G. Muscarinic receptor modulation of acetylcholine release from rat cerebral cortex and hippocampus. Neurosci Lett 1995; 190:53-6. [PMID: 7624055 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(95)11498-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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An attempt to identify the muscarinic receptor subtypes involved in presynaptic modulation of acetylcholine (ACh) release from cortical and hippocampal slices was made by means of several muscarinic antagonists. Cortical and hippocampal slices prepared from adult rats were superfused with Krebs solution containing physostigmine; ACh content of the superfusate at rest and after electrical stimulation (1 Hz) was quantified by high performance liquid chromatography. The antagonists were added to the Krebs at the concentration of 1 microM. ACh release at rest was enhanced only in the cortex by (+/-)-5,11-dihydro-11-([(2-[2-[(dipropylamino)methyl]-1- piperidinyl)ethyl)amino]carbonyl)-6H-pyrido[2,3-b](1,4)- benzodiazepine-6-one (AFDX384), an M2/M4 selective antagonist. The evoked ACh release from the cerebral cortex was significantly increased by AFDX384, methoctramine, pirenzepine, M2/M4, M2 and M1 selective antagonists, respectively, and scopolamine. This finding suggests that M1, M2 and M4 presynaptic receptor subtypes could regulate evoked ACh release in the cortex. In hippocampal slices, the evoked ACh release was enhanced by AFDX384, pirenzepine and scopolamine but not by methoctramine. In this region ACh release seems therefore regulated only by M1 and M4 receptor subtypes. The M3 antagonist (+/-)-p-fluorohexahydro-sila-difenidol hydrochloride did not affect ACh release.
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- M G Vannucchi
- Department of Preclinical and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Florence, Italy
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Morita T, Hitomi S, Saito S, Fujita T, Uchihashi Y, Kuribara H. Repeated ketamine administration produces up-regulation of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in the forebrain, and reduces behavioral sensitivity to scopolamine in mice. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 1995; 117:396-402. [PMID: 7604139 DOI: 10.1007/bf02246210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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To study the effects of repeated ketamine administration on central muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAchRs), ddY male mice were administered subcutaneous doses of 25 mg/kg ketamine every 3 days for a total of five times. Receptor binding assays of mAchR were carried out in the forebrain (FB), cerebellum (CB) and brainstem (BS), using [3H]quinuclidinyl benzilate ([3H]QNB) as a ligand. In addition, we examined whether repeated ketamine (12.5, 25 and 50 mg/kg) or saline (five times) could modify the hyperlocomotion induced by scopolamine (0.5 mg/kg, SC) (a muscarinic antagonist), using a behavior-pharmacological technique. Repeating the ketamine administration resulted in a significant increase in the receptor density value (Bmax) for [3H]QNB only in FB, dependent on the numbers of administrations (1270 +/- 33 fmol/mg protein for a single dose, 1620 +/- 59 for four treatments, 1738 +/- 70 for five treatments without any change in apparent affinity (defined as the reciprocal of the dissociation constant) (Kd). A competitive inhibition study of repeated (5 times) administration of ketamine failed to detect any subtype-specific changes in mAchRs. Repeated ketamine administration reduced the scopolamine-induced hyperlocomotion in a dose-related way, and the changes were significant at 50 mg/kg. Our results suggest that repeated ketamine administration produces an up-regulation of mAchRs, and this change may be associated with altered Ach transmission in the central nervous system.
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- T Morita
- Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimatology, Gunma University School of Medicine and Hospital, Maebashi, Japan
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Cholinergic synaptic modulation in the rat visual cortex was studied using intracellular recordings from slice preparations. A cholinergic agonist, carbachol (CCh), reduced fast excitatory as well as fast and slow inhibitory postsynaptic potentials evoked by white matter stimulation. This effect was antagonized by atropine. CCh perfusion did not reduce glutamate- or gamma-aminobutyric acid-induced depolarizations, suggesting the presynaptic mechanism of the suppression. CCh augmented firing over a long period after transsynaptic stimulation combined with a long depolarizing current pulse, not only due to a decrease in firing accommodation but also due to disinhibition. CCh also induced a large sustained depolarization and bursting of action potentials triggered by tetanic stimulation. These results suggest that cholinergic modulation results in a prolonged increase in neuronal excitability during the late phase of synaptic transmissions at least partly by the mechanism of decreasing inhibitory transmissions, particularly when the synaptic inputs are strongly activated.
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- T Murakoshi
- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021
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ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. Br J Pharmacol 1994. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1994.tb16294.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Mori M, Kamiya T, Tsushima H, Matsuda T. Regulation of spontaneous acetylcholine release in the hypothalamic vasopressinergic supraoptic nucleus of a freely moving rat: a study by in vivo microdialysis. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY 1993; 61:203-8. [PMID: 8483297 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.61.203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We employed a brain microdialysis method to examine the possible regulation of spontaneous acetylcholine (ACh) release in the hypothalamic vasopressinergic supraoptic nucleus (SON) of rats. We monitored the basal ACh release in the SON-microdialysate. The addition of tetrodotoxin (10(-6) M) to the perfusate (saline containing 10(-4) M physostigmine) decreased the basal ACh release. A muscarinic receptor antagonist, atropine (non-selective) or pirenzepine (M1-selective), increased the basal ACh release in a concentration-dependent manner. The maximal increase occurred at 20-40 min after the start of the infusion of antagonists. The ED50 values for the stimulatory effects of atropine and pirenzepine were 9.4 x 10(-8) and approx. 10(-4) M, respectively. The effect of atropine (10(-6) M) was inhibited by simultaneous addition of the muscarinic agonist oxotremorine (10(-5) M). The results showed a negative feedback regulation of the spontaneous ACh release through the activation of muscarinic receptors in the SON. The weak effect of pirenzepine in increasing the ACh release, compared with atropine, suggests that ACh release in the nucleus is mainly regulated by the non-M1-muscarinic receptor subtype.
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- M Mori
- Department of Pharmacology, Nagoya City University, Medical School, Japan
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The discovery of five muscarinic receptor subtypes by molecular genetic techniques has resulted in new approaches to understanding their function. This involves the expression of the individual genes encoding each receptor subtype in isolation, such that their effects and mechanisms of action can be studied. The coupling of the receptors with G-proteins and ion channels is the subject of this review and emphasis is placed upon the assignment of genetically defined receptor subtypes with a given physiological function. Activation of inwardly rectifying potassium conductances by m2 and m4 and inhibition by m1, as well as stimulation of calcium-dependent conductances by m1, m3 and m5 are discussed.
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- S V Jones
- Molecular Neuropharmacology Section, Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington 05405
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Bot G, Chahl LA, Brent PJ, Johnston PA. Effects of intracerebroventricularly administered mu-, delta- and kappa-opioid agonists on locomotor activity of the guinea pig and the pharmacology of the locomotor response to U50,488H. Neuropharmacology 1992; 31:825-33. [PMID: 1359440 DOI: 10.1016/0028-3908(92)90118-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The effects of intracerebroventricular administration of morphine, the selective mu-agonist DAMGO, the delta-agonist DPDPE, the kappa-preferring peptide dynorphin A(1-13) and the kappa-agonist U50,488H on locomotor behaviour in the guinea pig were investigated. Morphine (total dose = 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10, 200 nmol), DAMGO and DPDPE (total dose = 0.1, 1, 10, 100 nmol of each) produced piloerection and sedation, indicating that the responses of guinea pigs to mu- and delta-opioid agonists differed from those of rats and mice. In contrast, U50,488H (total dose = 10, 100 nmol) and dynorphin A(1-13) (total dose = 100 nmol) produced increased locomotor activity which was attenuated by pretreatment with naloxone and norbinaltorphimine, thus confirming the involvement of kappa-opioid receptors. Furthermore, pretreatment with spantide, baclofen, muscimol, bicuculline, MK-801, raclopride and atropine also inhibited the U50,488H-induced locomotor activity, suggesting the involvement of GABA, dopamine, excitatory amino acids, substance P and acetylcholine in this response.
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MESH Headings
- 3,4-Dichloro-N-methyl-N-(2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)-cyclohexyl)-benzeneacetamide, (trans)-Isomer
- Analgesics/pharmacology
- Animals
- Dynorphins/pharmacology
- Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-
- Enkephalin, D-Penicillamine (2,5)-
- Enkephalins/pharmacology
- Female
- Guinea Pigs
- Hypnotics and Sedatives/pharmacology
- Injections, Intraventricular
- Injections, Subcutaneous
- Male
- Morphine/pharmacology
- Motor Activity/drug effects
- Narcotics/pharmacology
- Peptide Fragments/pharmacology
- Piloerection/drug effects
- Pyrrolidines/pharmacology
- Receptors, Opioid/drug effects
- Receptors, Opioid/physiology
- Receptors, Opioid, delta/drug effects
- Receptors, Opioid, delta/physiology
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/drug effects
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/physiology
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/drug effects
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/physiology
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- G Bot
- Neuropharmacology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Newcastle, N.S.W., Australia
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Siniscalchi A, Badini I, Cintra A, Fuxe K, Bianchi C, Beani L. Muscarinic modulation of acetylcholine release from slices of guinea pig nucleus basalis magnocellularis. Neurosci Lett 1992; 140:235-8. [PMID: 1501785 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(92)90110-s] [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: 12/27/2022]
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Spontaneous and electrically evoked endogenous acetylcholine release and [3H]-choline efflux from slices of guinea pig nucleus basalis magnocellularis (nbM) were studied. Tetrodotoxin reduced the spontaneous endogenous release by 55%, while the Ca(2+)-free medium reduced it by about 30%. Evoked [3H]-choline efflux was Na+ and Ca2+ dependent and frequency related. Physostigmine, 30 microM, nearly halved the stimulation-evoked efflux; atropine, 0.15 microM, not only antagonized, but even reversed this effect into facilitation. Pirenzepine, 1 microM, and AFDX 116, 1 microM, were less effective than atropine, and reversed the inhibitory effect of physostigmine only when applied together. 4-DAMP, 0.01 microM, was ineffective. These findings indicate that acetylcholine release in guinea pig nbM slices is inhibited by the cooperation of muscarinic autoreceptors, possibly belonging to the M1 and M2 subclasses.
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- A Siniscalchi
- Institute of Pharmacology, University of Ferrara, Italy
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- E S Vizi
- Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
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Saito S, Komiya Y, Igarashi M. Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors are expressed and enriched in growth cone membranes isolated from fetal and neonatal rat forebrain: pharmacological demonstration and characterization. Neuroscience 1991; 45:735-45. [PMID: 1775245 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(91)90285-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
Nerve growth cones, the motile tips of growing neurites, are closely related to the exact pathway finding, and their roles for synaptogenesis have been proposed to be modified by some neurotransmitters. In the present study, to clarify the expression and the ontogeny of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in growth cones, growth cone membranes from fetal and neonatal rat forebrain were isolated, and muscarinic receptors in growth cone membrane were pharmacologically characterized, by using the [3H]quinuclidinyl benzilate as a labeled ligand. The specific binding sites for [3H]quinuclidinyl benzilate had already been detected in growth cone membrane on embryonic day (E)17 (Bmax = 557 fmol/mg protein: KD = 19.7 pM) and gradually increased in amount without significant changes in the KD values from E17 to postnatal day (P)5. [3H]Quinuclidinyl benzilate binding sites in growth cone membrane were several times higher than that in the P2-fraction-derived membranes, and in perinuclear membranes. Competitive inhibition studies showed that the proportion of high-affinity sites for pirenzepine (M1-subtype) to total [3H]quinuclidinyl benzilate binding sites in growth cone membrane was significantly lower than that in adult synaptic plasma membranes. In contrast, the proportion of high-affinity sites for AF-DX 116 (M2-subtype) was significantly higher than that in adult synaptic plasma membranes (E17 growth cone membrane: M1, 29.5%; M2, 56.9%; adult synaptic plasma membrane: M1, 63.6%, M2, 5.9%). Electron micrographic examination revealed that there were no significant morphological differences among growth cone particle fractions at the developmental stages which we examined, and that mature synaptic elements did not contaminate the growth cone particle fractions. Biochemical examination by electrophoresis and the phosphorylation study of the growth cone particle fractions showed that the protein composition and the phosphoprotein pattern did not change markedly during these stages. Our results suggest that muscarinic receptors were expressed and more concentrated in growth cone membrane than in other membrane portions from perinatal rat forebrain, and that they may play some role in the axonal guidance in growth cone via receptor subtype-specific signal transduction mechanisms.
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Affiliation(s)
- S Saito
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan
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