PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Carl P. Nelson
AU  - Paul Gupta
AU  - Carolyn M. Napier
AU  - Stefan R. Nahorski
AU  - R. A. John Challiss
TI  - Functional Selectivity of Muscarinic Receptor Antagonists for Inhibition of M<sub>3</sub>-Mediated Phosphoinositide Responses in Guinea Pig Urinary Bladder and Submandibular Salivary Gland
AID  - 10.1124/jpet.104.067140
DP  - 2004 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
PG  - 1255--1265
VI  - 310
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/310/3/1255.short
4100  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/310/3/1255.full
SO  - J Pharmacol Exp Ther2004 Sep 01; 310
AB  - Binding and functional affinities of the muscarinic acetylcholine (mACh) receptor antagonists darifenacin, tolterodine, oxybutynin, and atropine were assessed in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells expressing the human recombinant M2 (CHO-m2) or M3 (CHO-m3) receptors, and in guinea pig bladder and submandibular gland. In [N-methyl-3H]scopolamine methyl chloride binding studies in CHO cells, darifenacin displayed selectivity (14.8-fold) for the M3 versus M2 mACh receptor subtype. Oxybutynin was nonselective, whereas atropine and tolterodine were weakly M2-selective (5.1- and 6.6-fold, respectively). Antagonist functional affinity estimates were determined by the inhibition of agonist-induced [3H]inositol phosphate accumulation in CHO-m3 cells and antagonism of the agonist-induced inhibition of forskolin-stimulated cyclic AMP accumulation in CHO-m2 cells. Darifenacin was the most M3-selective antagonist (32.4-fold), whereas oxybutynin, atropine, and tolterodine exhibited lesser selectivity. Functional affinity estimates in guinea pig urinary bladder and submandibular salivary gland using indices of phosphoinositide turnover revealed that oxybutynin, darifenacin, and tolterodine each displayed selectivity for the response in the bladder, relative to that seen in the submandibular gland (9.3-, 7.9-, and 7.4-fold, respectively). In contrast, atropine displayed a similar affinity in both tissues. These data demonstrate that in bladder, compared with submandibular gland from a single species, the mACh receptor antagonists darifenacin, tolterodine, and oxybutynin display selectivity to inhibit agonist-mediated phosphoinositide responses. It is proposed that both responses are mediated via M3 mACh receptor activation and that differential functional affinities displayed by some, but not all, antagonists are indicative of the influence of cell background upon the pharmacology of the M3 mACh receptor. The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics