Muscarinic receptors in canine colonic circular smooth muscle. II. Signal transduction pathways

LB Zhang and IL Buxton

Department of Pharmacology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno 89557.

We have, in the accompanying work, demonstrated the coexistence of M2 and M3 muscarinic receptors in the circular smooth muscle of canine colon. In the present study, the effects of muscarinic receptor stimulation on phosphoinositide turnover and adenylate cyclase activity were examined. In myo-[3H]inositol-labeled circular smooth muscle strips, carbachol caused a concentration-dependent (EC50 = 5 microM) increase in [3H]inositol phosphate production. The more M3 receptor- selective muscarinic antagonist pirenzepine (KB = 53 nM) was approximately 60 times more potent than the more M2-selective agent AF- DX 116 (KB = 3 microM) in blocking carbachol-elicited accumulation of [3H]inositol phosphates. The carbachol-stimulated increase in [3H]inositol phosphate accumulation was not affected by pretreatment of the tissue with pertussis toxin (200 ng/ml, 3 hr). Within the first minute, carbachol (100 microM) caused a rapid and transient increase of [3H]inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate production that oscillated continuously in the presence of agonist (120 min). The accumulation of [3H]inositol 1,3,4-trisphosphate was also extremely rapid, reaching a peak at 15 sec. The accumulation of [3H]inositol monophosphate was delayed and progressively increased over 30 min. [3H]inositol 1,3,4,5- tetrakisphosphate, although not detectable in the first minute, accumulated to significant levels over 30 min in the presence of agonist. Addition of carbachol in the adenylate cyclase assay caused inhibition of forskolin-stimulated [32P]cAMP production and blocked forskolin-stimulated cAMP accumulation in the intact tissue. The inhibitory effects of carbachol on adenylate cyclase were blocked by atropine, AF-DX 116, and 4-diphenylacetoxy-N-methylpiperidine methobromide but were unaffected by the more M3-selective agent pirenzepine (1 microM). Pretreatment of tissues with pertussis toxin completely eliminated M2 receptor-mediated inhibition of adenylate cyclase activity, without altering inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate accumulation. We conclude that muscarinic receptor stimulation of inositol trisphosphate production is mediated by the M3 receptor coupled to a pertussis toxin-insensitive GTP-binding protein and results in the rapid formation of inositol tetrakisphosphate, whereas inhibition of adenylate cyclase activity is mediated by the M2 subtype of muscarinic receptor coupled to the pertussis toxin-sensitive GTP- binding protein Gi.

Volume 40, Issue 6, pp. 952-959, 12/01/1991
Copyright © 1991 by American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

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