The presence and micro-anatomical localization of muscarinic cholinergic receptors were assessed in dorsal root ganglia of chick embryo during development using radioligand binding and immunocytochemical techniques, respectively. The non-selective muscarinic cholinergic receptor radioligand [3H]quinuclidinyl benzilate was specifically bound to sections of chick dorsal root ganglia with a dissociation constant value (Kd) of 0.75 ± 0.02 nM and a maximum density of binding sites (Bmax) of 7.2 ± 0.5 fmol/mg tissue. [3H]Quinuclidinyl benzilate binding was partially sensitive to pirenzepine displacement. This suggests that muscarinic cholinergic receptors expressed by dorsal root ganglia of chick embryo at least in part belong to the M1 muscarinic receptor subtype. Immunocytochemical analysis confirmed the presence of muscarinic receptors in the ganglia. These findings suggest that neurons of dorsal root ganglia, which are known to express cholinergic markers such as choline acetyltransferase, acetylcholinesterase and high affinity choline uptake, are also cholinoceptive.

Muscarinic cholinergic receptors in dorsal root ganglia of chick embryo: a radioligand binding and immunocytochemical study / Tata, Ada Maria; Biagioni, Stefano; Ricci, Alberto; Amenta, F.; Tocco, Gabriella. - In: NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. - ISSN 0304-3940. - STAMPA. - 189:(1995), pp. 139-142. [10.1016/0304-3940(95)11474-B]

Muscarinic cholinergic receptors in dorsal root ganglia of chick embryo: a radioligand binding and immunocytochemical study

TATA, Ada Maria;BIAGIONI, Stefano;RICCI, Alberto;TOCCO, Gabriella
1995

Abstract

The presence and micro-anatomical localization of muscarinic cholinergic receptors were assessed in dorsal root ganglia of chick embryo during development using radioligand binding and immunocytochemical techniques, respectively. The non-selective muscarinic cholinergic receptor radioligand [3H]quinuclidinyl benzilate was specifically bound to sections of chick dorsal root ganglia with a dissociation constant value (Kd) of 0.75 ± 0.02 nM and a maximum density of binding sites (Bmax) of 7.2 ± 0.5 fmol/mg tissue. [3H]Quinuclidinyl benzilate binding was partially sensitive to pirenzepine displacement. This suggests that muscarinic cholinergic receptors expressed by dorsal root ganglia of chick embryo at least in part belong to the M1 muscarinic receptor subtype. Immunocytochemical analysis confirmed the presence of muscarinic receptors in the ganglia. These findings suggest that neurons of dorsal root ganglia, which are known to express cholinergic markers such as choline acetyltransferase, acetylcholinesterase and high affinity choline uptake, are also cholinoceptive.
1995
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Muscarinic cholinergic receptors in dorsal root ganglia of chick embryo: a radioligand binding and immunocytochemical study / Tata, Ada Maria; Biagioni, Stefano; Ricci, Alberto; Amenta, F.; Tocco, Gabriella. - In: NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. - ISSN 0304-3940. - STAMPA. - 189:(1995), pp. 139-142. [10.1016/0304-3940(95)11474-B]
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