title: Differential regulation of high-affinity agonist binding to muscarinic sites in the rat heart, cerebellum, and cerebral cortex.
abstract: The muscarinic agonist [3H]cismethyldioxolane ([3H]CD) was used to characterize the effects of regulators upon high-affinity agonist binding sites of the rat heart, cerebral cortex and cerebellum. Comparative studies with sodium ions (Na+), magnesium ions (Mg++), N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) and the guanine nucleotide Gpp(NH)p revealed tissue-specific effects. Mg++ preferentially enhanced while Gpp(NH)p and NEM reduced high-affinity [3H]CD binding in the heart and cerebellum. By comparison NEM enhanced high-affinity agonist binding in the cerebral cortex while Gpp(NH)p and Mg++ had little or no effect. Kinetic studies support an allosteric mechanism for these effects and provide further evidence for muscarinic receptor subtypes in mammalian tissues.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000378:metabolism*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism*; D005033:Ethylmaleimide / Q000494:pharmacology; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D008274:Magnesium / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D012964:Sodium / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate; D012964:Sodium; D008274:Magnesium; D005033:Ethylmaleimide