Cholinergic agonists increase phosphoinositide metabolism and cell calcium in isolated rat renal proximal tubule.
The intracellular signaling involved in cholinergic modulation of renal proximal tubule functions has not been addressed. We report that acetylcholine and carbachol increase the production of inositol phosphates and the intracellular calcium concentration in rat proximal tubule. Muscarinic M3 receptors are involved, given the inhibitory effects of selective antagonists (4-diphenylacetoxy-N-methylpiperidine > > pirenzepine > methoctramine). The muscarinic response is absent in the early part of proximal straight tubule. The response is smaller and more variable in proximal convoluted tubule segments selected at random from cortical tubule suspensions than in the early part of proximal convoluted tubule. This contrasts with the norepinephrine response, which has almost the same magnitude all along the proximal tubule. We conclude that cholinergic agonists activate muscarinic M3 receptors in proximal tubule and that there is a decreasing response gradient from the early convoluted tubule to the early straight tubule.
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Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 367, Paris, France.
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D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D018679:Cholinergic Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D007687:Kidney Tubules, Proximal / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
D018679:Cholinergic Agonists; D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D002217:Carbachol; D000109:Acetylcholine; D002118:Calcium; D009638:Norepinephrine