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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 278: G429-G437, 2000;
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Vol. 278, Issue 3, G429-G437, March 2000

Coupling of M2 muscarinic receptors to ERK MAP kinases and caldesmon phosphorylation in colonic smooth muscle

Amy K. Cook, Michael Carty, Cherie A. Singer, Ilia A. Yamboliev, and William T. Gerthoffer

Department of Pharmacology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada 89557-0046

Coupling of M2 and M3 muscarinic receptors to activation of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases and phosphorylation of caldesmon was studied in canine colonic smooth muscle strips in which M3 receptors were selectively inactivated by N,N-dimethyl-4-piperidinyl diphenylacetate (4-DAMP) mustard (40 nM). ACh elicited activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 1, ERK2, and p38 MAP kinases in control muscles and increased phosphorylation of caldesmon (Ser789), a putative downstream target of MAP kinases. Alkylation of M3 receptors with 4-DAMP had only a modest inhibitory effect on ERK activation, p38 MAP kinase activation, and caldesmon phosphorylation. Subsequent treatment with 1 µM AF-DX 116 completely prevented activation of ERK and p38 MAP kinase and prevented caldesmon phosphorylation. Caldesmon phosphorylation was blocked by the MAP kinase/ERK kinase inhibitor PD-98509 but not by the p38 MAP kinase inhibitor SB-203580. These results indicate that colonic smooth muscle M2 receptors are coupled to ERK and p38 MAP kinases. Activation of ERK, but not p38 MAP kinases, results in phosphorylation of caldesmon in vivo, which is a novel function for M2 receptor activation in smooth muscle.

N,N-dimethyl-4-piperidinyl diphenylacetate mustard; AF-DX 116; p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase; PD-98059; SB-203580 -


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