Differences in the prejunctional effects of methacholine and pilocarpine on the release of endogenous acetylcholine from guinea-pig trachea |
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Authors: | R E J ten Berge E C Weening A F Roffel J Zaagsma |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University Centre for Pharmacy, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | We investigated the effects of the full muscarinic acetylcholine receptor agonist methacholine and the partial and putatively M2-selective agonist pilocarpine on endogenous acetylcholine release from guinea-pig trachea by use of high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. Atropine-induced increases in acetylcholine release were used to monitor the system.Electrical field stimulation (8 V, 30 Hz, 0.5 ms for 5 min)-induced acetylcholine release in the presence of neostigmine, with or without preincubation with choline to maximally enhance acetylcholine output, was increased to about 225% by 0.3 M atropine, indicating functional autoinhibition. However, methacholine (10 M) did not affect the acetylcholine release, whereas it was enhanced to 166% by 30 M pilocarpine. When electrical field stimulation was applied at lower intensity (8 V, 16 Hz, 0.1 ms for 5 min) and in the absence of neostigmine, an increase by 0.3 M atropine (to 177%) but a decrease of the acetylcholine release by 10 M methacholine (to 65%) and 30 M pilocarpine (to 63%) were observed. These results clearly demonstrate (i) that inhibition of evoked endogenous acetylcholine release from prejunctional nerve terminals in guinea-pig trachea can only be demonstrated under conditions of low junctional concentrations of acetylcholine, and (ii) that pilocarpine, as a partial muscarinic agonist, behaves as an antagonist under high junctional concentrations of the neurotransmitter. |
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Keywords: | Endogenous acetylcholine release Guinea-pig trachea HPLC-ECD Prejunctional muscarinic autoreceptor Autoinhibition |
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