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  • Title: Muscarinic receptor heterogeneity in rat central nervous system. II. Brain receptors labeled by [3H]oxotremorine-M correspond to heterogeneous M2 receptors with very high affinity for agonists.
    Author: Gillard M, Waelbroeck M, Christophe J.
    Journal: Mol Pharmacol; 1987 Jul; 32(1):100-8. PubMed ID: 3600611.
    Abstract:
    We compared the binding characteristics of muscarinic receptors labeled by [3H]oxotremorine-M ([3H]oxo-M) in homogenates of brain cortex and heart from rat. In both tissues [3H]oxo-M bound, with the same KD (6.5 nM), to a fraction of the receptors labeled by [3H]-N-methylscopolamine ([3H]NMS). This [3H]oxo-M receptor population represented, respectively, 15-20% and 35-40% of the total number of [3H]NMS receptors in cortex and heart. The three unlabeled agonists oxotremorine, carbamylcholine, and pilocarpine, when tested in competition with [3H]oxo-M, displayed a homogeneous super high affinity toward [3H]oxo-M-labeled receptors, and were unable to discriminate between brain and heart receptors labeled by [3H]oxo-M. By contrast, selective muscarinic antagonists showed some selectivity for either brain or heart [3H]oxo-M-labeled receptors. We analyzed competition curves between [3H]oxo-M and secoverine, pirenzepine, AF-DX 116, dicyclomine, or gallamine, assuming the existence of one or two receptor subclasses. Heart muscarinic receptors labeled by [3H]oxo-M were homogeneous M2 receptors of the C type with very low affinity for pirenzepine (Ki = 400 nM). Brain [3H]oxo-M-labeled receptors were heterogeneous receptors, with 30% (the B type) having a higher affinity for dicyclomine and a lower affinity for AF-DX 116 and gallamine than cardiac receptors, whereas the remaining 70% (the C type) showed "cardiac-like" binding properties. Both [3H]oxo-M-labeled subtypes in cortex homogenates had a low affinity for pirenzepine, indicating that [3H]oxo-M labeled only B and C (M2) receptors in this tissue. GTP inhibited completely [3H]oxo-M binding in heart homogenates with an IC50 at 300 nM. In cortex homogenates, GTP showed the same potency, but its efficacy was much lower (with only 30% maximal inhibition). [3H]oxo-M dissociation kinetics were monophasic in heart homogenates and biphasic in cortex homogenates. [3H]oxo-M dissociation from both tissues was slowed by gallamine and d-tubocurarine and accelerated by GTP. We found no correlation between B versus C [3H]oxo-M receptors, GTP-sensitive versus GTP-insensitive receptors, and rapidly versus slowly dissociating receptors, suggesting that [3H] oxo-M labeled a large variety of muscarinic receptor-regulatory protein complexes, all having an SH affinity for agonists.
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