Functional role of muscarinic M(2) receptors in alpha,beta-methylene ATP induced, neurogenic contractions in guinea-pig ileum.
Br J Pharmacol 2000;
129:1458-64. [PMID:
10742302 PMCID:
PMC1571964 DOI:
10.1038/sj.bjp.0703180]
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Abstract
1. The muscarinic acetylcholine receptors mediating the contractile response elicited to endogenous acetylcholine released by the selective P2X receptor agonist alpha,beta-methylene ATP (mATP) were investigated in guinea-pig ileum. 2. mATP (0.1 - 30 microM) elicited a concentration-dependent neurogenic contractile response inhibited by tetrodotoxin (TTX) and antagonized by the non-selective muscarinic receptor antagonist N-methylscopolamine (NMS). 3. The contractile response to mATP was pertussis toxin-insensitive, irreversibly antagonized by N-(2-chloroethyl)-4-piperidinyl diphenylacetate (4-DAMP mustard), and unaffected by the muscarinic M(2)/M(4) receptor selective antagonist AF-DX 116 (1 microM). 4. When measured in the presence of histamine and isoproterenol after treatment with 4-DAMP mustard, mATP elicited a pertussis toxin-sensitive contractile response potently antagonized by AF-DX 116. 5. Collectively, our data suggest that endogenous acetylcholine released by mATP can elicit a direct contractile response through the muscarinic M(3) receptor and an indirect contractile response through the muscarinic M(2) receptor by antagonizing the relaxant effects of isoproterenol on histamine induced contraction.
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