Abstract：
:The effect of the neuromuscular blocker alcuronium on the binding of N-[3H]-methylscopolamine [( 3H]NMS) and l-[3H]quinuclidinylbenzilate ([3H]QNB) to muscarinic binding sites in rat heart atria, longitudinal smooth muscle of the ileum, cerebral cortex, cerebellum, and submaxillary glands was measured using filtration techniques. In the presence of 10(-5) M alcuronium, the binding of [3H]NMS (which was present at a subsaturating concentration of 2 x 10(-10) M) was increased 5.3-fold in the atria and smooth muscle and 3-fold in the cerebellum; no increase was observed in the brain cortex and salivary glands. The binding of [3H]NMS was inhibited at 10(-3) M and higher concentrations of alcuronium. The rates of [3H]NMS association to and dissociation from muscarinic binding sites in the atria were diminished by 10(-5) M alcuronium. Scatchard plots of [3H]NMS binding data obtained with and without 10(-5) M alcuronium indicated that the maximum number of binding sites was not altered by the drug, whereas the apparent Kd for [3H]NMS was diminished. In contrast to [3H] NMS, the effects of alcuronium on the binding of [3H]QNB were only inhibitory. The concentration of alcuronium required to diminish the binding of [3H]QNB by 50% (IC50) was 4-7 microM in the atria, ileal smooth muscle, and the cerebellum, 140 microM in the brain cortex, and 1200 microM in the parotid gland. The results suggest that the binding of low concentrations of alcuronium to muscarinic receptors in the heart, ileal smooth muscle, and cerebellum allosterically increases the affinity of muscarinic receptors towards [3H]NMS, although not [3H]QNB. At high concentrations, alcuronium inhibits the binding of muscarinic ligands, presumably by competition for the classical muscarinic binding site. Positive cooperativity induced by alcuronium appears to be specific for the m2 (cardiac) subtype of muscarinic receptors.
journal_name
Mol Pharmacoljournal_title
Molecular pharmacologyauthors
Tucek S,Musílková J,Nedoma J,Proska J,Shelkovnikov S,Vorlícek Jsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1990-11-01 00:00:00pages
674-80issue
5eissn
0026-895Xissn
1521-0111journal_volume
38pub_type
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