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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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Revisiting the Endocytosis of the M2 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor [PDF]

Membranes, 2015
The agonist-induced endocytosis of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M2 is different from that of the other members of the muscarinic receptor family.
Wymke Ockenga, Ritva Tikkanen
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Non-Neuronal Functions of the M2 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor [PDF]

Genes, 2013
Acetylcholine is an important neurotransmitter whose effects are mediated by two classes of receptors. The nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are ion channels, whereas the muscarinic receptors belong to the large family of G protein coupled seven ...
Acevedo, Antje Banning, Boman, Bonner, Caulfield, Caumont, Cheng, Claing, Coso, Crespo, Dascher, Delaney, Elorza, Ferguson, Fisher, Franco, Frucht, Grando, Grando, Hawes, Hawes, He, Hein, Hulme, Jin, Jones, Jones, Lee, Lee, Leiros, Lenhard, McCole, Michal, Miyakawa, Nguyen, Pals-Rylaarsdam, Pals-Rylaarsdam, Pitcher, Prenzel, Reiner, Ritva Tikkanen, Roseberry, Rosenblum, Shah, Simone Bocksberger, Sina Kühne, Taylor, Tohgo, Tsuga, van Biesen, van Koppen, Vogler, Vogler, Wang, Wickman, Williams, Wu, Wymke Ockenga, Zhang   +58 more
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Voltage affects the dissociation rate constant of the m2 muscarinic receptor. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) comprise the largest protein family and mediate the vast majority of signal transduction processes in the body. Until recently GPCRs were not considered to be voltage dependent.
Yair Ben Chaim, Shimrit Bochnik, Itzchak Parnas, Hanna Parnas   +3 more
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Sodium ions allosterically modulate the M2 muscarinic receptor [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2020
AbstractG protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) play a key role in the vast majority of cellular signal transduction processes. Previous experimental evidence has shown that sodium ion (Na+) allosterically modulate several class A GPCRs and theoretical studies suggested that the same also holds true for muscarinic receptors. Here we examined, using Xenopus
Friedman, Sheli, Tauber, Merav, Ben-Chaim, Yair   +2 more
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Animals Experimentally Infected with SARS-CoV-2 Generate Functional Autoantibodies against G-Protein-Coupled Receptors

Biomedicines, 2023
(1) Background: SARS-CoV-2 infection has been linked to diverse clinical manifestations in humans, including cardiovascular complications. Functional autoantibodies targeting G-protein-coupled receptors have emerged as potential contributors to these ...
Gerd Wallukat, Kerstin Wernike, Dipthi Bachamanda Somesh, Thomas C. Mettenleiter, Johannes Müller   +4 more
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Notch Signal Mediates the Cross-Interaction between M2 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor and Neuregulin/ErbB Pathway: Effects on Schwann Cell Proliferation

Biomolecules, 2022
The cross-talk between axon and glial cells during development and in adulthood is mediated by several molecules. Among them are neurotransmitters and their receptors, which are involved in the control of myelinating and non-myelinating glial cell ...
Roberta Piovesana, Annalinda Pisano, Simona Loreti, Ruggero Ricordy, Claudio Talora, Ada Maria Tata   +5 more
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Activation and dynamic network of the M2 muscarinic receptor [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) mediate cellular responses to various hormones and neurotransmitters and are important targets for treating a wide spectrum of diseases. Although significant advances have been made in structural studies of GPCRs, details of their activation mechanism remain unclear.
Yinglong, Miao, Sara E, Nichols, Paul M, Gasper, Vincent T, Metzger, J Andrew, McCammon   +4 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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Antipsychotic-like effect of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor agonist BuTAC in non-human primates. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Cholinergic, muscarinic receptor agonists exhibit functional dopamine antagonism and muscarinic receptors have been suggested as possible future targets for the treatment of schizophrenia and drug abuse. The muscarinic ligand (5R,6R)-6-(3-butylthio-1,2,5-
Maibritt B Andersen, Carrie Hughes Croy, Ditte Dencker, Thomas Werge, Frank P Bymaster, Christian C Felder, Anders Fink-Jensen   +6 more
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