Muscarine receptor-mediated modulation of [3H]dopamine and [14C]acetylcholine release from rat neostriatal slices: selective antagonism by gallamine but not pirenzepine.
The [3H]dopamine release induced from superfused rat neostriatal slices by 15 mM K+ was enhanced and that of [14C]acetylcholine was inhibited by oxotremorine in a concentration-dependent manner with a similar EC50 value (0.1 microM). Pirenzepine antagonized the modulatory effects of 1 microM oxotremorine on the release of both neurotransmitters with the same EC50 value (0.3 microM), whereas gallamine up to a concentration of 30 microM antagonized the inhibitory effect of oxotremorine on [14C]acetylcholine release only (EC50: 3 microM). These data strongly suggest that, although these functionally different populations of muscarine receptors cannot be regarded as being pharmacologically different (i.e. as M-1 and M-2 receptors, respectively), autoreceptors may still be selectively modified by drugs such as gallamine possibly acting on binding sites adjacent to the conventional muscarine receptor recognition site.
D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D005703:Gallamine Triethiodide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D010095:Oxotremorine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010276:Parasympatholytics; D010890:Pirenzepine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
D010276:Parasympatholytics; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D010890:Pirenzepine; D010095:Oxotremorine; D000109:Acetylcholine; D005703:Gallamine Triethiodide; D004298:Dopamine