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Enhancement of DNA synthesis in rat thymocytes by stimulating their muscarinic acetylcholine receptors.
Authors:K Tominaga  F Hato  Y Kinoshita  M Tominaga  M Yamada
Affiliation:Department of Physiology, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan.
Abstract:The binding of 3H-acetylcholine (ACh) to acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) on rat thymocytes was examined and found to be inhibited by the treatment with several antagonists against nicotinic and muscarinic AChRs. This result suggested that thymocytes have AChRs with different affinity, and bear both nicotinic and muscarinic AChRs on their surfaces. To make clear the functional significance of the AChRs, DNA synthesis of the thymocytes stimulated with ACh was examined. 3H-thymidine uptake of thymocytes was significantly increased when the cells were stimulated with ACh or another cholinergic agonist. The increment of DNA synthesis caused by ACh in thymocytes was not reduced by treatment with nicotinic antagonists, but was decreased by treatment with any of the muscarinic antagonists. Concentration of the intracellular second messengers, inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate (IP3) and guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) was also made higher by ACh stimulation. It is discussed that the enhancement of intracellular IP3 and cGMP concentrations after stimulation of muscarinic AChRs appears to be related with the increment of thymocyte DNA synthesis.
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