Muscarinic cholinoceptor-stimulated phosphatidyl inositol pathway in corneal epithelial and endothelial cells

Muscarinic cholinoceptors are distributed widely in both the central and peripheral nervous system. The presence of muscarinic cholinoceptors in corneal tissue is well established. Previous reports have shown that corneal muscarinic cholinoceptors are of the m2 or m4 subtype. However, recent studies...

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Published in:Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology 2007-04, Vol.245 (4), p.595-599
Main Authors: Grueb, Matthias, Mielke, Joerg, Bartz-Schmidt, Karl Ulrich, Rohrbach, Jens Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acetylcholine - pharmacology
Animals
Cattle
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Endothelium, Corneal - drug effects
Endothelium, Corneal - metabolism
Epithelium, Corneal - drug effects
Epithelium, Corneal - metabolism
Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect
Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate - metabolism
Ophthalmology
Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate - metabolism
Protein Kinase C - metabolism
Receptor, Muscarinic M5 - metabolism
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Summary:Muscarinic cholinoceptors are distributed widely in both the central and peripheral nervous system. The presence of muscarinic cholinoceptors in corneal tissue is well established. Previous reports have shown that corneal muscarinic cholinoceptors are of the m2 or m4 subtype. However, recent studies have indicated the presence of the m5 muscarinic cholinoceptor subtype in human corneal epithelium and endothelium. The aim of the study was to confirm the presence of the m5 cholinoceptor subtype in bovine corneal epithelium and endothelium and the activation of phosphatidyl inositol pathway by its stimulation. Muscarinic m5 cholinoceptor sites, phosphatidyl inositol 4,5-biphosphate, inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate and protein kinase C, were studied using immunocytochemistry and immunofluorescence. Activation of protein kinase C after stimulation of the m5 muscarinic cholinoceptor subtype was measured using the HTS protein kinase C assay kit. Immunocytochemistry/immunofluorescence revealed the presence of the m5 muscarinic cholinoceptor subtype, phosphatidyl inositol 4,5-biphosphate and protein kinase C in bovine corneal epithelial and endothelial cells. In bovine corneal epithelium and endothelium, protein kinase C activity was stimulated by acetylcholine in a dose-dependent manner (P
ISSN:0721-832X
1435-702X
DOI:10.1007/s00417-006-0443-y