title: Acetylcholine-induced desensitization of the contractile response to histamine in Guinea pig ileum is prevented by either pertussis toxin treatment or by selective inactivation of muscarinic M(3) receptors.
abstract: We have studied the role of M(2) and M(3) muscarinic receptors in acetylcholine-mediated desensitization of the contractile response to histamine in the guinea pig ileum. Treatment of the isolated ileum with acetylcholine (30 microM) for 20 min caused a marked desensitization of the contractile response to histamine. When measured 5 min after washout of acetylcholine, the EC(50) value of histamine increased 5.8-fold compared with that estimated before acetylcholine treatment, whereas the maximal response was unaffected. This shift in the EC(50) value of histamine was maximal at the earliest time measured after acetylcholine treatment (5 min), and normal sensitivity recovered in approximately 20 min. Acetylcholine-induced desensitization was prevented by uncoupling of M(2) receptors from G(i) with pertussis toxin or by selective inactivation of M(3) receptors with N-2-chloroethyl-4-piperidinyl diphenylacetate (4-DAMP mustard). The shifts in the EC(50) values of histamine measured 5 min after acetylcholine treatment were only 2.0- and 1.8-fold in pertussis toxin- and 4-DAMP mustard-treated ilea, respectively. Both pertussis toxin- and 4-DAMP mustard-treatment had little or no effect on histamine-induced contractions in control ileum. Measurement of histamine-stimulated inositol phosphate accumulation in the longitudinal muscle of the ileum showed little or no inhibitory effect of prior exposure to acetylcholine, indicating that the majority of the heterologous desensitization occurs downstream from phospholipase Cbeta activation. Collectively, our results suggest that activation of both M(2) and M(3) receptors is required for heterologous desensitization of histamine-mediated contractions in the guinea pig ileum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine 92697-4625, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shehnaz
authors.forename: K Z
authors.initials: KZ
authors.lastname: Ansari
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Ehlert
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D004158:Diphenylacetic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D019206:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-Go / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007082:Ileum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D054799:Phospholipase C beta; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D043585:Receptor, Muscarinic M2; D043587:Receptor, Muscarinic M3; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000378:metabolism; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D004158:Diphenylacetic Acids; D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D007527:Isoenzymes; D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists; D010880:Piperidines; D043585:Receptor, Muscarinic M2; D043587:Receptor, Muscarinic M3; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; C074183:N-(2-chloroethyl)-4-piperidinyl diphenylacetate; D006632:Histamine; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D054799:Phospholipase C beta; D019206:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-Go; D000109:Acetylcholine