Expression of muscarinic M3-receptors coupled to inositol phospholipid hydrolysis in human detrusor cultured smooth muscle cells.
PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of muscarinic receptor agonists and antagonists on the accumulation of inositol phosphates in cultures of human detrusor smooth muscle cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Primary explant culture was used to derive smooth muscle cell lines from small bladder biopsies. The cells were loaded with [3H]-myoinositol, stimulated with muscarinic agonists, and the accumulation of [3H]-inositol phosphates was measured by liquid scintillation counting. RESULTS: Carbachol (EC50 8.3 microM.), methacholine (EC50 7.5 microM.), oxotremorine (EC50 2.5 microM.) and pilocarpine (EC50 8.3 microM.) produced concentration-dependent rises in the accumulation of total [3H]-inositol phosphates. M1 (pirenzepine), M2 (methoctramine) and M3 (4-DAMP and pf-HHSiD) muscarinic receptor antagonists significantly antagonized the response induced by a submaximal concentration of carbachol (100 microM.). The apparent pA2 values were atropine (9.4), 4-DAMP (9.2), pfHHSid (7.4), pirenzepine (6.9) and methoctramine ( 6.3). CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that human detrusor smooth muscle cells in culture express M3 muscarinic receptors which are linked to phosphoinositide hydrolysis.[1]References
- Expression of muscarinic M3-receptors coupled to inositol phospholipid hydrolysis in human detrusor cultured smooth muscle cells. Harriss, D.R., Marsh, K.A., Birmingham, A.T., Hill, S.J. J. Urol. (1995) [Pubmed]
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