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  • Title: The nature of the acetylcholine and 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors in buccal smooth muscle of the pest slug Deroceras reticulatum.
    Author: Wright TJ, Huddart H.
    Journal: J Comp Physiol B; 2002 Apr; 172(3):237-49. PubMed ID: 11919705.
    Abstract:
    The characteristics of the acetylcholine (ACh) and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) receptors of Deroceras buccal muscle were examined using specific pharmacological probes and sucrose gap electrophysiological analysis. ACh induced concentration-dependent smooth tonic contractures coupled with considerable depolarisation from the normal resting membrane potential of -30.6 mV. The use of choline ester analogues such as carbachol, propionylcholine and butyrylcholine, specific cholinergic agonists such as nicotine, muscarine, bethanecol and pilocarpine and antagonists such as d-tubocurarine, succinylcholine, hexamethomium, atropine, gallamine, pirenzepine and scopolamine indicated that the ACh receptor showed both nicotinic and muscarinic characteristics; the muscarinic activity resembled that of a mammalian M(2)-like receptor. Alternatively, it can not be ruled out that both mammalian types of receptor may be present in this preparation since both nicotine and muscarine induced noticeable tension. 5-HT application induced characteristic dose-dependent phasic contractions accompanied by small but quite consistent depolarisations. Serotonergic agonist and antagonist experiments using 1-(3-chlorophenyl) piperazine, 1-(m-chlorophenyl) biguanide, methiothepin, methysergide and metoclopramide strongly suggested that the 5-HT receptor showed closest pharmacological affinity with the 5-HT(1) receptor class of mammals but with some 5-HT(2) activity. In view of the phylogenetic gap between molluscs and mammals it is not surprising that the ACh and 5-HT receptors of Deroceras can not be properly classified by conventional mammalian terminology.
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