Cholinergic and adrenergic receptors on mouse cardiocytes in vitro |
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Authors: | M A Lane A Sastre M Law M M Salpeter |
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Institution: | Section of Neurobiology and Behavior and School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 USA |
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Abstract: | The effects of adrenergic and cholinergic receptor agonists and antagonists on single and clustered mouse cardiocytes in culture have been studied. Cardiocytes were obtained from mice, ranging in ages from 9 days in utero to 1 day postpartum, and were grown in culture for 2–14 days. Single isolated cells of every age tested possessed the ability to respond both via a muscarinic cholinergic receptor to the cholinergic agonist, carbamylcholine, and via α- and β-adrenergic receptors to norepinephrine and epinephrine. Thus, cholinergic and adrenergic receptors are simultaneously present on the same cell. Cardiocyte clusters had considerably higher sensitivity to both autonomic agents, but, because of the extensive functional specializations between cells, the localization of functional receptors to specific cells could not be made. 3H]Alprenolol, a potent β-adrenergic receptor antagonist, and 3H]quinuclidinyl benzilate (3H]QNB), a potent muscarinic cholinergic receptor antagonist, were used to localize β-adrenergic and muscarinic cholinergic receptors by autoradiography. Quantitation of the muscarinic ACh receptor gave ~800 sites/μm2, a value comparable to that for the nicotinic ACh receptor on primary skeletal muscle in culture. Electrophysiological and fine-structural studies confirmed the myocardial nature of these cells. |
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