title: Functional role of muscarinic M(2) receptors in alpha,beta-methylene ATP induced, neurogenic contractions in guinea-pig ileum.
abstract: 1. The muscarinic acetylcholine receptors mediating the contractile response elicited to endogenous acetylcholine released by the selective P2X receptor agonist alpha,beta-methylene ATP (mATP) were investigated in guinea-pig ileum. 2. mATP (0.1 - 30 microM) elicited a concentration-dependent neurogenic contractile response inhibited by tetrodotoxin (TTX) and antagonized by the non-selective muscarinic receptor antagonist N-methylscopolamine (NMS). 3. The contractile response to mATP was pertussis toxin-insensitive, irreversibly antagonized by N-(2-chloroethyl)-4-piperidinyl diphenylacetate (4-DAMP mustard), and unaffected by the muscarinic M(2)/M(4) receptor selective antagonist AF-DX 116 (1 microM). 4. When measured in the presence of histamine and isoproterenol after treatment with 4-DAMP mustard, mATP elicited a pertussis toxin-sensitive contractile response potently antagonized by AF-DX 116. 5. Collectively, our data suggest that endogenous acetylcholine released by mATP can elicit a direct contractile response through the muscarinic M(3) receptor and an indirect contractile response through the muscarinic M(2) receptor by antagonizing the relaxant effects of isoproterenol on histamine induced contraction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, CA 92697-4625, USA.
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Sawyer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lambrecht
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Ehlert
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D004158:Diphenylacetic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007082:Ileum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D019832:N-Methylscopolamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D010890:Pirenzepine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D043585:Receptor, Muscarinic M2; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004158:Diphenylacetic Acids; D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists; D010880:Piperidines; D043585:Receptor, Muscarinic M2; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; C074183:N-(2-chloroethyl)-4-piperidinyl diphenylacetate; D010890:Pirenzepine; D013779:Tetrodotoxin; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; C002630:alpha,beta-methyleneadenosine 5'-triphosphate; C048593:otenzepad; D019832:N-Methylscopolamine