Abstract
The muscarinic cholinergic receptor of rat eccrine sweat gland was characterized using quantitative autoradiography snd [3H]QNB as radioligand. The distribution of radioligand was maximal in the secretory coil. Autoradiographic competition binding sites studies were performed using selective antagonists to M1 (pirenzepine), M2 (AF-DX 116), and M3 (4-DAMP) and the classical nonselective antagonist atropine. pKi for pirenzepine, AF-DX 116, 4-DAMP, and atropine was 6.58, 5.47, 8.50, and 8.66 respectively indicating that the eccrine sweat gland muscarinic receptor was predominantly M3.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 129-132 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Brain Research |
Volume | 550 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 31 1991 |
Keywords
- Autoradiography
- Eccrine
- Muscarinic
- Rat
- Sweat Gland
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neuroscience(all)
- Molecular Biology
- Clinical Neurology
- Developmental Biology