Muscarinic receptor subtypes involved in carbachol-induced contraction of mouse uterine smooth muscle
Muscarinic receptor subtypes involved in carbachol-induced contraction of mouse uterine smooth muscle
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DOI:
10.1007/s00210-007-0223-1
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发表时间:
2008-06-01
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3.6
通讯作者:
Taneike, Tetsuro
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作者:
Kitazawa, Takio;Hirama, Ryuichi;Taneike, Tetsuro
Functional muscarinic acetylcholine receptors present in the mouse uterus were characterized by pharmacological and molecular biological studies using control (DDY and wild-type) mice, muscarinic M-2 or M-3 single receptor knockout (M2KO, M3KO), and M-2 and M-3 receptor double knockout mice (M-2/M3KO). Carbachol (10 nM-100 mu M) increased muscle tonus and phasic contractile activity of uterine strips of control mice in a concentration-dependent manner. The maximum carbachol-induced contractions (E-max) differed between cervical and ovarian regions of the uterus. The stage of the estrous cycle had no significant effect on carbachol concentration-response relationships. Tetrodotoxin did not decrease carbachol-induced contractions, but the muscarinic receptor antagonists (11-[[2-[(diethylaminomethyl)-1-piperidinyl]acetyl]-5,11-dihydro-6H-pyrido[2,3-b[2,3-b][1,4]benzodiazepin6-one (AF-DX116), N-[2-[2-[(dipropylamino)methyl]-1-piperidinyl]ethyl]-5,6-dihydro-6-oxo-11H-pyrido[2,3-b][1,4] benzodiazepine-11-carboxamide (AF-DX384), 4-diphenylacetoxy-N-methyl-piperidine(4-DAMP), para-fluoro-hexa hydro-sila-diphenidol (p-F-HHSiD), himbacine, methoctramine, pirenzepine, and tropicamide) inhibited carbachol-induced contractions in a competitive fashion. The pK(b) values for these muscarinic receptor antagonists correlated well with the known pK(i) values of these antagonists for the M-3 muscarinic receptor. In uterine strips isolated from mice treated with pertussis toxin (100 mu g/kg, i.p. for 96 h), E-max values for carbachol were significantly decreased, but effective concentration that caused 50% of E-max values (EC50) remained unchanged. In uterine strips treated with 4-DAMP mustard (30 nM) and AF-DX116 (1 mu M), followed by subsequent washout of AF-DX116, neither carbachol nor N,N,N,-trimethyl-4-(2-oxo-1-pyrolidinyl)-2-butyn-1-ammonium iodide (oxotremorine-M) caused any contractile responses. Both M-2 and M-3 muscarinic receptor messenger RNAs were detected in the mouse uterus via reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Carbachol also caused contraction of uterine strips isolated from M2KO mice, but the concentration-response curve was shifted to the right and downward compared with that for the corresponding wild-type mice. On the other hand, uterine strips isolated from M3KO and M-2/M-3 double KO mice were virtually insensitive to carbachol. In conclusion, although both M-2 and M-3 muscarinic receptors were expressed in the mouse uterus, carbachol-induced contractile responses were predominantly mediated by the M-3 receptor. Activation of M-2 receptors alone did not cause uterine contractions; however, M-2 receptor activation enhanced M-3 receptor-mediated contractions in the mouse uterus.