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Structural determinants at the M2 muscarinic receptor modulate the RGS4-GIRK response to pilocarpine by impairment of the receptor voltage sensitivity [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2017
Membrane potential controls the response of the M2 muscarinic receptor to its ligands. Membrane hyperpolarization increases response to the full agonist acetylcholine (ACh) while decreasing response to the partial agonist pilocarpine.
I-Shan Chen, Kazuharu Furutani, Yoshihisa Kurachi   +2 more
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Mir-34a-5p Mediates Cross-Talk between M2 Muscarinic Receptors and Notch-1/EGFR Pathways in U87MG Glioblastoma Cells: Implication in Cell Proliferation [PDF]

, 2018
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive human brain tumor. The high growth potential and decreased susceptibility to apoptosis of the glioma cells is mainly dependent on genetic amplifications or mutations of oncogenic or pro-apoptotic genes ...
Bevilacqua, Valeria, Caffarelli, Elisa, De Jaco, Antonella, Di Bari, Maria, Laneve, Pietro, Piovesana, Roberta, Talora, Claudio, Tata, Ada Maria, Trobiani, Laura   +8 more
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Distinct agonist regulation of muscarinic acetylcholine M2-M3 heteromers and their corresponding homomers [PDF]

, 2015
Each subtype of the muscarinic receptor family of G protein-coupled receptors is activated by similar concentrations of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine or closely related synthetic analogs such as carbachol. However, pharmacological selectivity can be
Alvarez-Curto, Elisa, Aslanoglou, Despoina, Marsango, Sara, Milligan, Graeme   +3 more
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Ligand regulation of the quaternary organization of cell surface M3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors analyzed by fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) imaging and homogenous time-resolved FRET [PDF]

, 2010
Flp-In T-REx 293 cells expressing a wild type human M muscarinic acetylcholine receptor construct constitutively and able to express a Receptor Activated Solely by Synthetic Ligand (RASSL) form of this receptor on demand maintained response to the ...
Alvarez-Curto, Elisa, Milligan, Graeme, Pediani, John D., Ward, Richard J.   +3 more
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Bitopic binding mode of an M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor agonist associated with adverse clinical trial outcomes [PDF]

, 2018
The realisation of the therapeutic potential of targeting the M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (M1 mAChR) for the treatment of cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease has prompted the discovery of M1 mAChR ligands showing efficacy in alleviating ...
Bradley, Sophie J., Broad, Lisa M., Brooke, Simon M., Bundgaard, Christoffer, Christopoulos, Arthur, Crabtree, Michael D., Dwomoh, Louis, Felder, Christian C., Langmead, Christopher J., Mogg, Adrian J., Molloy, Colin, Sanger, Helen E., Sexton, Patrick M., Thompson, Karen J., Tobin, Andrew B.   +14 more
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A photoisomerizable muscarinic antagonist. Studies of binding and of conductance relaxations in frog heart [PDF]

, 1982
These experiments employ the photoisomerizable compound, 3,3'-bis- [alpha-(trimethylammonium)methyl]azobenzene (Bis-Q), to study the response to muscarinic agents in frog myocardium. In homogenates from the heart, trans-Bis-Q blocks the binding of [3H]-N-
Birdsall, Nigel J. M., Erlanger, Bernard F., Lester, Henry A., Nargeot, Joel, Stockton, Jane, Wassermann, Norbert H.   +5 more
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An in vivo biosensor for neurotransmitter release and in situ receptor activity. [PDF]

, 2010
Tools from molecular biology, combined with in vivo optical imaging techniques, provide new mechanisms for noninvasively observing brain processes. Current approaches primarily probe cell-based variables, such as cytosolic calcium or membrane potential ...
Griesbeck, Oliver, Kleinfeld, David, Mank, Marco, Muller, Arnaud, Nguyen, Quoc-Thang, Schroeder, Lee F, Taylor, Palmer   +6 more
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Auditory mismatch responses are differentially sensitive to changes in muscarinic acetylcholine versus dopamine receptor function

eLife, 2022
The auditory mismatch negativity (MMN) has been proposed as a biomarker of NMDA receptor (NMDAR) dysfunction in schizophrenia. Such dysfunction may be caused by aberrant interactions of different neuromodulators with NMDARs, which could explain clinical ...
Lilian Aline Weber, Sara Tomiello, Dario Schöbi, Katharina V Wellstein, Daniel Mueller, Sandra Iglesias, Klaas Enno Stephan   +6 more
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Pharmacological Characterization of Itch-Associated Response Induced by Repeated Application of Oxazolone in Mice

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2010
We investigated pharmacological characteristics of the itch-associated response to chronic dermatitis induced by 4-ethoxymethylene-2-phenyl-2-oxazolin-5-one (oxazolone) repeated application in mice.
Yukihito Tsukumo, Daisuke Harada, Haruhiko Manabe   +2 more
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Identification, expression and functional characterization of M4L, a muscarinic acetylcholine M4 receptor splice variant. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Rodent genomic alignment sequences support a 2-exon model for muscarinic M4 receptor. Using this model a novel N-terminal extension was discovered in the human muscarinic acetylcholine M4 receptor. An open reading frame was discovered in the human, mouse
Douglas A Schober, Carrie H Croy, Cara L Ruble, Ran Tao, Christian C Felder   +4 more
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