title: Affinity of muscarinic receptor antagonists for three putative muscarinic receptor binding sites.
abstract: 1. A range of muscarinic receptor antagonists were examined for affinity at the M1 muscarinic binding site, present in rat cerebrocortical membranes and the M2 muscarinic binding sites of rat cardiac and submaxillary gland membranes. 2. The results obtained were consistent with the presence of three classes of muscarinic binding site. 3. Both the M1 binding site, labelled by [3H]-pirenzepine ([3H]-Pir) in rat cerebrocortical membranes, and the M2 gland binding site, labelled by [3H]-N-methyl scopolamine ([3H]-NMS) in rat submaxillary gland membranes, displayed higher affinity for pirenzepine, dicyclomine, 4-diphenylacetoxy-N-methylpiperidine methiodide (4-DAMP) and cyclohexylphenyl (2-piperidinoethyl) silanol (CPPS) than did the M2 binding sites of cardiac membranes labelled by [3H]-NMS. 4. The M2 cardiac sites displayed higher affinity for methoctramine, himbacine and AF-DX 116 than did either the M1 binding site of cerebrocortical membranes or the M2 gland binding site present in rat submaxillary gland membranes. 5. The M1 and M2 gland binding sites could only be distinguished by considering the absolute affinity of compounds for these two sites. Thus, all compounds, with the exception of 4-DAMP, displayed between a 2 and 8 fold higher affinity for the M1 than for the M2 gland binding site. There were no antagonists with higher M2 gland than M1 affinity.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacology, Syntex Research, Palo Alto, CA 94303.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Delmendo
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Michel
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Whiting
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002021:Buffers; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D019832:N-Methylscopolamine; D010276:Parasympatholytics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010880:Piperidines / Q000378:metabolism; D010890:Pirenzepine / Q000378:metabolism; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000378:metabolism*; D012602:Scopolamine Derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002021:Buffers; D010276:Parasympatholytics; D010880:Piperidines; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D012602:Scopolamine Derivatives; D010890:Pirenzepine; C042375:4-diphenylacetoxy-1,1-dimethylpiperidinium; D019832:N-Methylscopolamine