title: Muscarinic-agonist and guanine nucleotide stimulation of myo-inositol trisphosphate formation in membranes isolated from bovine iris sphincter smooth muscle: effects of short-term cholinergic desensitization.
abstract: The effect of short-term cholinergic desensitization on muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR)-mediated activation of phospholipase C was investigated in membranes isolated from the bovine iris sphincter smooth muscle. Membranes prepared from normal or desensitized muscles, prelabeled with either [3H]myo-inositol or 32P from [gamma-32P]ATP, were incubated with a hydrolysis-resistant analogue of GTP, GTP gamma S, or GTP gamma S plus carbachol (CCh), and the production of [3H]myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) and the breakdown of polyphosphoinositides were assessed. In normal membranes, GTP (greater than or equal to 1 mM), GTP gamma S (greater than 10 microM) and GTP gamma S (1 microM) plus CCh (10 microM), but not GDP or GDP beta S, increased phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) hydrolysis and IP3 production. GTP gamma S increased IP3 accumulation in a time- and dose-dependent manner, and CCh, which had no effect on phospholipase C activity in the absence of GTP gamma S, potentiated the effects of GTP gamma S. The effect of CCh plus GTP gamma S on IP3 production was inhibited by atropine, had an absolute requirement for nM amounts of Ca2+ and was not affected by pertussis toxin. At higher concentrations (greater than 1 microM), Ca2+ alone induced PIP2 hydrolysis. Short-term exposure (less than 60 min) of the muscle to CCh (100 microM) did not affect the total number (Bmax) of mAChRs nor their affinity (KD) for [3H]-N-methylscopolamine. Desensitization did, however, result in: (1) a loss of the CCh-high affinity binding state of the sphincter mAChRs in a manner analogous to that produced by GTP gamma S; (2) a loss of the ability of GTP gamma S to affect CCh binding to the receptors; and (3) an attenuation of the GTP gamma S plus CCh-stimulated PIP2 hydrolysis. In conclusion, the data presented suggest that, in the iris smooth muscle, G-proteins are involved in the coupling of mAChRs to phospholipase C and that short-term cholinergic desensitization results in (1) the uncoupling of the receptor-G-protein complex and (2) the attenuation of mAChR-activation of phospholipase C.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912-2100.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Honkanen
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Abdel-Latif
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006150:Guanine Nucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007294:Inositol / Q000378:metabolism; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D007498:Iris / Q000378:metabolism; D008566:Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010275:Parasympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D010277:Parasympathomimetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000494:pharmacology; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D006150:Guanine Nucleotides; D010277:Parasympathomimetics; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D007294:Inositol; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D002118:Calcium