title: Muscarinic receptors on intact, cultured neurons. Characterization by [3H]quinuclidinylbenzilate binding.
abstract: [3H]Quinuclidinylbenzilate (QNB) was used to identify muscarinic cholinergic receptors on intact, cultured neurons from fetal rat brains. Scatchard analysis revealed a single binding site with a dissociation constant Kd = approximately or equal to 170 pM. The rank order of potency of cholinergic drugs to displace [3H]QNB from intact neurons was similar to that observed using isolated membranes of brain homogenates. No difference in the rank order was observed with cultures of neurons from different brain regions which vary in their neuronal composition.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D010277:Parasympathomimetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011812:Quinuclidines / Q000378:metabolism*; D011813:Quinuclidinyl Benzilate / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000378:metabolism*; D012688:Septum Pellucidum / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010277:Parasympathomimetics; D011812:Quinuclidines; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D011813:Quinuclidinyl Benzilate