title: Muscarinic M1 receptor mediated inhibition of GABA release from rat cerebral cortex.
abstract: Presynaptic modulation of [3H]GABA release was examined using rat cerebral cortical slices. In vitro addition of carbachol, a muscarinic receptor agonist, resulted in a significant suppression of the release of [3H]GABA evoked by high potassium (50 mM) stimulation in a dose dependent manner, while noradrenaline, isoproterenol, dopamine, 5-hydroxytryptamine, histamine and glutamic acid had no significant effect on the evoked release of [3H]GABA. This suppressive effect of carbachol was antagonized invariably by atropine. Furthermore, it was found that the suppressive action of carbachol could be antagonized by pirenzepine, a selective M1 muscarinic receptor antagonist, but not by AF-DX 116 and 4-DAMP, M2 and M3 receptor antagonists, respectively. These results suggest that the release of GABA from cerebral cortical GABA neurons may be modulated by presynaptic M1 muscarinic receptor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuriyama
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D002217:Carbachol