title: Formation of inositol phosphates mediated by M3 muscarinic receptors in type-1 and type-2 astrocytes from neonatal rat cerebral cortex.
abstract: Muscarinic receptor subtype in type-1 and type-2 astrocytes from rat neonalal cerebral cortex was examined for carbachol-elicited inositol phosphate (IP) formation. The formation of carbachol-elicited IP was inhibited by various muscarinic antagonists in the following relative order of potency: 4-DAMP > or = atropine >> pirenzepine > AF-DX 116. This pharmacological profile suggests that the activation of the M3 muscarinic receptor subtype is responsible for the stimulation of IP formation in both astrocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology II, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kondou
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Inagaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukui
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000166:cytology*; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D010890:Pirenzepine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D014403:Tubocurarine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists; D010880:Piperidines; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D010890:Pirenzepine; D001285:Atropine; C042375:4-diphenylacetoxy-1,1-dimethylpiperidinium; D002217:Carbachol; C048593:otenzepad; D014403:Tubocurarine