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Influence of phospholipase C on muscarinic acetylcholine receptor binding in rat brain

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Treatment of neural membranes from rat cerebral cortex with phospholipase C (phosphatidylcholine cholinephosphohydrolase) inhibited the binding of radiolabelled antagonists to muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. This inhibition was incomplete, was not competitive, and did not appear to be related to the production of inhibitory products. The affinity of carbamylcholine for cortex muscarinic receptors was increased by phospholipase C action. The distribution of receptors between states of high and low affinity was not affected by phospholipase C; rather, the affinity for carbamylcholine of the lowest affinity receptors was selectively increased. This suggests that membrane lipids influence the interaction of the receptor binding subunit with other structures in the synaptic membrane.

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    Narayanan Parthasarathy, Cheryl Pickard & Robert S. Aronstam

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Parthasarathy, N., Pickard, C. & Aronstam, R.S. Influence of phospholipase C on muscarinic acetylcholine receptor binding in rat brain. Neurochem Res 9, 709–717 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00964517

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