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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-8-16
pubmed:abstractText
The electrophysiological and pharmacological properties of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) were studied in guinea pig small intestinal myenteric neurons maintained in culture or in acutely isolated preparations. Acetylcholine and nicotine caused inward currents that desensitized in approximately 4 s. The current-voltage (I-V) relationship rectified inwardly with a reversal potential near 0 mV. The agonist rank order potency was 1,1-dimethyl-4-phenyl-piperazinium > acetylcholine = nicotine >> cytisine. Agonist-induced currents were blocked by nAChR antagonists with a rank order potency of mecamylamine > hexamethonium > dihydro-beta-erythroidine (DHbetaE); mecamylamine and DHbetaE exhibit high potency at beta4 and beta2 subunit-containing nAChRs, respectively. alpha-Bungarotoxin (0.1 microM) or alpha-methyllycaconitine (0.1 microM), antagonists that block nAChRs containing alpha7 subunits, did not affect acetylcholine-induced responses. Immunohistochemical studies revealed that nearly every neuron in culture was labeled by an antibody (mAb35) that recognizes nAChR alpha3 and alpha5 subunits. Antibodies selective for alpha3, alpha5, or beta2 subunits also stained most neurons, whereas an alpha7 subunit antibody revealed very few neurons. In neurons in the intact myenteric plexus from newborn and adult guinea pigs, local application of acetylcholine (1 mM) and cytisine (1 mM) caused similar amplitude depolarizations, and these responses were blocked by nAChR antagonists with a rank order potency of mecamylamine > hexamethonium > DHbetaE. These data indicate that myenteric neurons maintained in culture predominantly express nAChRs composed of alpha3, alpha5, beta2, and beta4 subunits. These subunits may be in a homogeneous population of receptors with unique pharmacological properties, or multiple receptors of different subunit composition may be expressed by individual neurons.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-3565
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
302
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
889-97
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Pharmacological properties of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors expressed by guinea pig small intestinal myenteric neurons.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Neuroscience Program, Life Science B400, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't