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Mechanisms of Pilocarpine-Induced Nitric Oxide and Prostaglandin Production in Porcine Ciliary Muscle. [PDF]

FASEB Bioadv
Pilocarpine activates M1 and M3 muscarinic receptors in porcine ciliary muscle, engaging calcium‐dependent phospholipase C (PLC), nitric oxide synthase (NOS), and cyclooxygenase (COX) pathways that increase prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) synthesis. Beyond nitric oxide (NO) modulation, PGE2 emerges as a key mediator linking muscarinic signaling to ciliary ...
Benozzi G, Quinteros Villarruel E, Zuluaga AF, Orman B.   +3 more
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M2 muscarinic receptor activation regulates schwann cell differentiation and myelin organization [PDF]

, 2014
Glial cells express acetylcholine receptors. In particular, rat Schwann cells express different muscarinic receptor subtypes, the most abundant of which is the M2 subtype. M2 receptor activation causes a reversible arrest of the cell cycle. This negative
Arthur-Farraj, Arthur-Farraj, Barlow, Bernardini, Birchmeier, Brockes, Corsetti, Davis, De Angelis, De Felipe, Doddrell, Ebihara, Fernandez-Valle, Ferretti, Fields, Fontana, Grando, Jessen, Jessen, Jessen, Kammer, Kawashima, Kim, LeBlanc, LeBlanc, Li, Livak, Loreti, Loreti, Magnaghi, Magnaghi, Mayhew, Mirsky, Monje, Morgan, Murphy, Parkinson, Peirano, Procacci, Proskocil, Ragheb, Rangarajan, Salani, Shy, Stevens, Stewart, Svaren, Syed, Taveggia, Topilko, Tricaud, Woodhoo, Woodhoo   +52 more
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Modulation of M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors by interacting proteins

Neuroscience Bulletin, 2010
Protein-protein interactions represent an important mechanism for posttranslational modifications of protein expression and function. In brain cells, surface-expressed and membrane-bound neurotransmitter receptors are common proteins that undergo dynamic protein-protein interactions between their intracellular domains and submembranous regulatory ...
Ming-Lei, Guo, Li-Min, Mao, John Q, Wang
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Distribution of Muscarinic Acethylcholine Receptors and Related Signal [PDF]

Türk Biyokimya Dergisi, 2006
Muscarinic receptors are members of G protein coupled receptor family. Molecularcloning studies indicate five intronless genes that encode five muscarinic receptorglycoproteins.
Hülya Cabadak
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Generation of Choline for Acetylcholine Synthesis by Phospholipase D Isoforms [PDF]

, 2001
DEDICATION: This article is dedicated to the memory of Sue Kim Hanson, a graduate student in the department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, who perished in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 ...
Blusztajn, Jan Krzysztof, Frohman, Michael A, Zhao, Di   +2 more
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Mechanistic insights into allosteric structure-function relationships at the M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Selective and potent positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) of the M1 mAChR have been recently described. Results: Use of structural analogues and mutagenic mapping identified the mechanistic basis for increased PAM activity.
Abdul-Ridha, Byun, Canals, Christopoulos, Conn, Conn, Dror, Foster, Haga, Hulme, Jones, Katritch, Kenakin, Kennedy, Keov, Kruse, Kruse, Kruse, Kuduk, Kuduk, Kuduk, Lazareno, Leach, Leach, Lebois, Lebon, Ma, Matsui, May, Melancon, Mistry, Motulsky, Nathan, Nawaratne, Nickols, Phillips, Ragnarsson, Shirey, Shonberg, Stevens, Tarr, Valant, Venkatakrishnan   +42 more
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Dopamine D_2-receptor activation elicits akinesia, rigidity, catalepsy, and tremor in mice expressing hypersensitive 4 nicotinic receptors via a cholinergic-dependent mechanism [PDF]

, 2010
Recent studies suggest that high-affinity neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) containing α4 and β2 subunits (α4β2*) functionally interact with G-protein-coupled dopamine (DA) D_2 receptors in basal ganglia.
Andrew R. Tapper, Bruce N. Cohen, Coward D. M., Franklin K. B. J., Henry A. Lester, Herwig Just, Janssen P. A., Lester H. A., Mercuri N. B., Outi Salminen, Paul D. Gardner, Paul Whiteaker, Raz A., Rubing Zhao-Shea, Salminen O., Sharon R. Grady, Sotnikova T. D., Tapper A. R., Tristan McClure-Begley   +18 more
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Muscarinic Receptor Subtypes Mediating Positive and Negative Inotropy in the Developing Chick Ventricle

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2007
The inotropic response to muscarinic receptor stimulation of isolated chick ventricular myocardium was examined at various developmental stages, and the receptor subtype involved was pharmacologically characterized.
Hideaki Nouchi, Seri Kaeriyama, Akiko Muramatsu, Masumi Sato, Kunihiko Hirose, Nagako Shimizu, Hikaru Tanaka, Koki Shigenobu   +7 more
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Current and Future Issues in the Development of Spinal Agents for the Management of Pain. [PDF]

, 2017
Targeting analgesic drugs for spinal delivery reflects the fact that while the conscious experience of pain is mediated supraspinally, input initiated by high intensity stimuli, tissue injury and/or nerve injury is encoded at the level of the spinal ...
Fisher, Casey J, Hockman, Tyler M, Wiese, Ashley J, Yaksh, Tony L   +3 more
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Structure of the m4 Cholinergic Muscarinic Receptor Gene and Its Promoter [PDF]

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1995
Cholinergic muscarinic receptor genes are members of the G-protein receptor gene superfamily. In this study we describe the structure of the gene and promoter of the rat m4 muscarinic receptor gene. A rat cosmid clone containing the coding region for the m4 gene and 25 kilobases of upstream sequence was isolated.
I C, Wood, A, Roopra, C, Harrington, N J, Buckley   +3 more
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