title: The third intracellular domain of the m3 muscarinic receptor determines coupling to calcium influx in transfected Chinese hamster ovary cells.
abstract: The m2 and m3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors were expressed in CHO cells and were shown to couple to the release of calcium from intracellular stores. The m3 receptor, but not the m2 receptor, also coupled to calcium influx. Chimeric m2/m3 receptors were used to determine the structural domain of the m3 receptor linked to the regulation of calcium influx. It was found that the third intracellular loop of m3 receptor plays a fundamental role in regulating Ca2+ influx predicted to occur through Ca2+ channels located in the plasma membrane in CHO cells.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cell Biology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Singer-Lahat
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wess
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Felder
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D016466:CHO Cells; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D006224:Cricetinae; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D018721:Muscarinic Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D011487:Protein Conformation; D043587:Receptor, Muscarinic M3; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D018721:Muscarinic Agonists; D043587:Receptor, Muscarinic M3; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D002217:Carbachol; D002118:Calcium