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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 265: G1122-G1127, 1993;
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AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 265, Issue 6 1122-G1127, Copyright © 1993 by American Physiological Society

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Relationship between muscarinic receptor occupancy and response in rat parotid acinar cells

Y. Dai and B. J. Baum
Clinical Investigations and Patient Care Branch, National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

To determine whether spare muscarinic cholinergic receptors (mAChRs) exist in rat parotid acinar cells, we examined the effect of propylbenzilylcholine mustard (PBCM) on agonist (carbachol)-stimulated inositol trisphosphate (IP3) formation and on mAChR number, using l-[N-methyl-3H]scopolamine methyl chloride (NMS)-binding assays. Treatment with PBCM (1, 3, 10, 30, 50 nM) for 15 min caused a 5, 22, 60, 66, and 72% decrease, respectively, in maximal IP3 formation stimulated by carbachol as well as a large reduction in the potency of carbachol in eliciting this response. Using these data, equilibrium constants (Ka) for activation of the mAChRs by carbachol were calculated. These Ka values agreed well with Kd values of high-affinity mAChR binding sites determined from carbachol displacement of [3H]NMS binding in parotid acinar cells. Reduction in mAChR number after PBCM treatment was determined by Scatchard analysis of specific [3H]-NMS binding sites and compared with the expected reduction (q values) calculated from dose-response curves for carbachol-stimulated IP3 formation before and after PBCM treatment. PBCM (1, 3, 10, 30 nM) decreased mAChR maximal binding in cells 47.5, 68.9, 82.4, and 85.3%, respectively, which did agree with the approximately 38, 70, 90, and 92% decrease in receptor number expected from the calculated q values. Data demonstrate that PBCM irreversibly inactivates mAChRs in rat parotid cells, and the decrease in receptor number, measured directly from [3H]NMS binding or calculated from receptor theory, is greater than that observed for stimulated IP3 production. These results suggest that a modest (30-40%) population of spare receptors exists for mAChR-mediated IP3 production in rat parotid glands.


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