PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - L Mei
AU  - J Lai
AU  - H I Yamamura
AU  - W R Roeske
TI  - Pharmacologic comparison of selected agonists for the M1 muscarinic receptor in transfected murine fibroblast cells (B82).
DP  - 1991 Feb 01
TA  - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
PG  - 689--694
VI  - 256
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/256/2/689.short
4100  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/256/2/689.full
SO  - J Pharmacol Exp Ther1991 Feb 01; 256
AB  - The radioligand binding and functional properties of 10 muscarinic agonists for the M1 muscarinic receptors were characterized on the murine fibroblast B82 cells, which have been transfected with the m1 gene. All of the muscarinic agonists completely inhibited [3H](-)methyl-3-quinuclidinyl benzilate binding to the M1 muscarinic receptor in the transfected B82 cells. Their apparent inhibition constant values for agonist/[3H](-)methyl-3-quinuclidinyl benzilate inhibition experiments correlate well with their EC50 values in stimulating phosphatidylinositide hydrolysis. Based on the maximal functional effects: (+)-cismethyl-dioxolane, oxotremorine-M, acetylcholine, carbachol and methacholine are most efficacious, McN-A-343 and arecoline are least efficacious, whereas the efficacies of oxotremorine and pilocarpine are intermediate. In addition, McN-A-343 inhibited carbachol-stimulated phosphatidylinositide hydrolysis. Spare receptors were detected for oxotremorine-M, methacholine and carbachol, but not the rest of the agonists, by comparing the receptor-occupancy curves with the concentration-response curves. These results suggest that the presence of a quaternary nitrogen (trimethylammonium group) within the structure of the agonist may be important for the expression of full agonist activity.