Article date: January 1995
By: S.A. Prestwich, T.B. Bolton, in Volume 114, Issue 1, pages 119-126
Aluminium fluoride (AlF), pertussis toxin (PTX) and cholera toxin (ChTX) have been used to examine the involvement of G‐proteins during muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR) stimulation of inositol phospholipid hydrolysis in fragments of longitudinal smooth muscle from the small intestine of the guinea‐pig.
Carbachol (CCh) induced time‐ and concentration‐dependent increases in [3H]‐inositol monophosphates, [3H]‐inositol (1,4) bisphosphate, [3H]‐inositol (1,3,4) trisphosphate, [3H]‐inositol (1,4,5) trisphosphate ([3H]‐Ins (1,4,5)P3) and [3H]‐inositol tetrakisphosphates measured by h.p.l.c. These increases were inhibited >95% in the presence of the muscarinic AChR antagonist atropine (0.5 μm).
AlF transiently increased the basal levels of [3H]‐Ins (1,4,5)P3 but increases in the levels of the other [3H]‐inositol phosphates occurred more slowly. CCh‐induced increases in the levels of all the [3H]‐inositol phosphates were strongly inhibited in the presence of AlF.
PTX had no effect on basal levels of any of the [3H]‐inositol phosphates but reduced the effects of CCh on these; ChTX had no effects on either basal or CCh‐stimulated levels.
It was concluded that muscarinic AChR‐stimulated increases in the levels of [3H]‐inositol phosphates occur via both a PTX‐sensitive G‐protein and a PTX‐insensitive mechanism. The actions of AlF may suggest the involvement of an inhibitory G‐protein in the regulation of muscarinic AChR‐stimulated inositol phospholipid turnover.
Aluminium fluoride (AlF), pertussis toxin (PTX) and cholera toxin (ChTX) have been used to examine the involvement of G‐proteins during muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR) stimulation of inositol phospholipid hydrolysis in fragments of longitudinal smooth muscle from the small intestine of the guinea‐pig.
Carbachol (CCh) induced time‐ and concentration‐dependent increases in [3H]‐inositol monophosphates, [3H]‐inositol (1,4) bisphosphate, [3H]‐inositol (1,3,4) trisphosphate, [3H]‐inositol (1,4,5) trisphosphate ([3H]‐Ins (1,4,5)P3) and [3H]‐inositol tetrakisphosphates measured by h.p.l.c. These increases were inhibited >95% in the presence of the muscarinic AChR antagonist atropine (0.5 μm).
AlF transiently increased the basal levels of [3H]‐Ins (1,4,5)P3 but increases in the levels of the other [3H]‐inositol phosphates occurred more slowly. CCh‐induced increases in the levels of all the [3H]‐inositol phosphates were strongly inhibited in the presence of AlF.
PTX had no effect on basal levels of any of the [3H]‐inositol phosphates but reduced the effects of CCh on these; ChTX had no effects on either basal or CCh‐stimulated levels.
It was concluded that muscarinic AChR‐stimulated increases in the levels of [3H]‐inositol phosphates occur via both a PTX‐sensitive G‐protein and a PTX‐insensitive mechanism. The actions of AlF may suggest the involvement of an inhibitory G‐protein in the regulation of muscarinic AChR‐stimulated inositol phospholipid turnover.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1995.tb14915.x
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