Abstract
Recent studies have demonstrated that the majority of muscarinic receptors in rabbit peripheral lung homogenates bind pirenzepine with high affinity (putative M1 subtype). In experiments of AF-DX 116 inhibiting [3H](-)quinuclidinyl benzilate or [3H]pirenzepine, we found similar inhibitory constants for AF-DX 116 binding in rat heart and rabbit peripheral lung that were 4-fold smaller (i.e. of higher affinity) than the inhibitory constant for rat cerebral cortex. This result demonstrate heterogeneity of the M1 muscarinic receptor subtype between peripheral lung and cerebral cortex.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 491-496 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Life Sciences |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 27 1987 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology