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  • Title: Further characterization of the synergistic activation mechanism of cationic channels by M2 and M3 muscarinic receptors in mouse intestinal smooth muscle cells.
    Author: Tanahashi Y, Katsurada T, Inasaki N, Uchiyama M, Sakamoto T, Yamamoto M, Matsuyama H, Komori S, Unno T.
    Journal: Am J Physiol Cell Physiol; 2020 Mar 01; 318(3):C514-C523. PubMed ID: 31875697.
    Abstract:
    In mouse ileal myocytes, muscarinic receptor-mediated cationic current (mIcat) occurs mainly through synergism of M2 and M3 subtypes involving Gi/o-type GTP-binding proteins and phospholipase C (PLC). We have further studied the M2/M3 synergistic pathway. Carbachol-induced mIcat was markedly depressed by YM-254890, a Gq/11 protein inhibitor. However, the mIcat was unaffected by heparin, calphostin C, or chelerythrine, suggesting that mIcat activation does not involve signaling molecules downstream of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) breakdown. M2-knockout (KO) mice displayed a reduced mIcat (~10% of wild-type mIcat) because of the lack of M2-Gi/o signaling. The impaired mIcat was insensitive to neuropeptide Y possessing a Gi/o-stimulating activity. M3-KO mice also displayed a reduced mIcat (~6% of wild-type mIcat) because of the lack of M3-Gq/11 signaling, and the mIcat was insensitive to prostaglandin F2α possessing a Gq/11-stimulating activity. These results suggest the importance of Gq/11/PLC-hydrolyzed PIP2 breakdown itself in mIcat activation and also support the idea that the M2/M3 synergistic pathway represents a signaling complex consisting of M2-Gi/o and M3-Gq/11-PLC systems in which both G proteins are special for this pathway but not general in receptor coupling.
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