Muscarinic Receptors and Gastrointestinal Smooth Muscle
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Muscarinic acetylcholine M2 and M3 receptor subtypes are coexpressed in many types of smooth muscle including gastrointestinal smooth muscle, urinary bladder and vascular and airway tissue. Activation of M3 receptors, via the G protein Gq, results in increased polyphosphoinositide hydrolysis, release of Ca2+ ions from the sarcoplasmic reticulum and consequently causes contraction. Quantitation of the relative expression of M2 and M3 receptors has shown that the proportion of M2 receptors often predominates over the M3 receptor population by 4:1 or more. Although it is established that M2 receptors preferentially link, via a pertussis-toxin-sensitive G protein Gi, to inhibition of adenylate cyclase activity, relatively little is known concerning the physiological role of the M2 receptor population. In this review, Richard Eglen and colleagues discuss recent data concerning the possible role(s) of muscarinic receptor subtypes in smooth muscle and appraise the pharmacological methods for dissecting the function of muscarinic receptor subtypes in tissues co-expressing multiple receptors.
ISBN
9780849385490
Publication Date
1987
Publisher
CRC Press
City
Boca Raton, FL
Keywords
Muscle Receptors, Types of Muscle, Smooth Muscle, Drug effects, Oxotremorine analogs, Muscarinic drug effects
Disciplines
Digestive System | Musculoskeletal System | Other Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | Pharmaceutics and Drug Design
Recommended Citation
Ehlert, F.J., Thomas, E.A., Gerstin, E.H., Griffin, M.T. "Muscarinic Receptors and Gastrointestinal Smooth Muscle." In R.M. Eglen (Ed.), Muscarinic Receptor Subtypes in Smooth Muscle. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1987 (pp. 87-147).
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CRC Press
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In R.M. Eglen (Ed.), Muscarinic Receptor Subtypes in Smooth Muscle. Dr. Griffin's chapter begins on page 87.
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