Lithium ions inhibit function of lowbut not high-affinity muscarinic receptors of murine neuroblastoma cells (clone N1E-115) |
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Authors: | Shigenobu Kanba Michael Pfenning Elliott Richelson |
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Institution: | (1) Departments of Psychiatry, Psychology and Pharmacology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, 55905 Rochester, MN, USA |
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Abstract: | Murine neuroblastoma cells (clone N1E-115) possess both high- and low-affinity muscarinic receptors. The low-affinity muscarinic receptor, when stimulated, initiates the formation of cyclic GMP by activating the enzyme guanylate cyclase; whereas stimulation of the high-affinity receptor inhibits prostaglanding E1-mediated cyclic AMP formation by inhibiting the enzyme adenylate cyclase. We have reported that lithium ion (Li+) inhibits cyclic GMP formation mediated by the muscarinic receptor agonist, carbachol. in a concentration-dependent manner and that neither ammonium nor sodium ions have such an effect. We extended this study to show that Li+ was an apparently noncompetitive inhibitor of the low-affinity muscarinic receptor with an IC50 (±SEM)=13.6±0.8 mM. In addition, Li+ with a similar IC50 inhibited the cyclic GMP response in intact cells to sodium azide, which is thought to stimulate guanylate cyclase directly. Moreover, though Li+ was found to have a slight inhibitory effect on prostaglandin E1-stimulated cyclic AMP formation (15% inhibition at 10 mM), it had no effect on the function of the high-affinity muscarinic receptor in intact murine neuroblastoma cells. |
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Keywords: | Lithium ion Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor Prostaglandin E1 receptor Cyclic GMP Cyclic AMP Guanylate cyclase |
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