title: Effects of halothane on high affinity agonist binding and guanine nucleotide sensitivity of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors from brainstem of rat.
abstract: The influence of halothane on muscarinic receptors with a high affinity for agonists was studied using [3H]oxotremorine-M. [3H]Oxotremorine-M bound with high affinity (KD = 2.8 nM) to a subpopulation of muscarinic receptors in the brainstem of rat, representing 32% of the total receptor pool. Agonist affinity for binding sites for [3H]oxotremorine-M was not affected by a guanine nucleotide (5'-guanylylimidodidiphosphate; Gpp(NH)p), although the level of binding was decreased, presumably due to the conversion of receptors to lower affinity conformations. However, only 58% of 3 nM binding of [3H]oxotremorine-M was sensitive to Gpp(NH)p. Halothane had two effects on the binding of [3H]oxotremorine-M: halothane (1) decreased the level of binding of [3H]oxotremorine-M without affecting agonist affinity for the surviving sites, and (2) lowered the sensitivity of the binding of [3H]oxotremorine-M to Gpp(NH)p by a factor of 120. The decrease in binding of [3H]oxotremorine-M binding was nonselective with regard to the sensitivity of the receptors to the guanine nucleotide, insofar as Gpp(NH)p inhibited the binding of [3H]oxotremorine-M to the same extent in the presence and absence of halothane. These results suggest that halothane (1) converts both G protein-coupled and -uncoupled muscarinic receptors to states of lower agonist affinity and (2) lowers the affinity of receptor-G protein complexes for guanine nucleotides.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006150:Guanine Nucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D006221:Halothane / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D019832:N-Methylscopolamine; D010095:Oxotremorine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D012602:Scopolamine Derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D006150:Guanine Nucleotides; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic; D012602:Scopolamine Derivatives; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate; D010095:Oxotremorine; C042743:oxotremorine M; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D006221:Halothane; D019832:N-Methylscopolamine