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  • Title: Rat cardiac muscarinic receptors. I. Effects of guanine nucleotides on high- and low-affinity binding sites.
    Author: Waelbroeck M, Robberecht P, Chatelain P, Christophe J.
    Journal: Mol Pharmacol; 1982 May; 21(3):581-8. PubMed ID: 7110116.
    Abstract:
    The binding properties of muscarinic cholinergic binding sites were investigated in rat cardiac membranes, using the labeled agonist [3H] oxotremorine-M ([3H]Oxo-M) and the labeled antagonist L-[benzilic-4,4'-3H]quinuclidinyl benzilate (L-[3H]QNB). The binding of both tracers was inhibited stereospecifically by dexetimide and levitimide. [3H]Oxo-M labeled only high-affinity agonist binding sites, whereas L-[3H]QNB bound to high- and low-affinity agonist binding sites with equal affinity. Agonists were unable to induce "negative cooperativity" interactions by increasing the dissociation of labeled agonist or antagonist. Guanine nucleotides decreased markedly the affinity of high- and low-affinity binding sites for agonists, without affecting their affinity for antagonists. In the presence of a maximally effective concentration of GTP, all muscarinic receptors showed the same low affinity for agonists. Among these agonists, carbamylcholine and oxotremorine (but not pilocarpine) displayed a lower affinity for both classes of binding sites in the presence of GTP.
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