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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 264: C552-C558, 1993;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 264, Issue 3 C552-C558, Copyright © 1993 by American Physiological Society

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Low-affinity mixed acetylcholine-responsive receptors at the apical membrane of frog tadpole skin

T. C. Cox
Department of Physiology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 62901.

The larval frog skin has a very high electrical resistance and a corresponding low rate of transepithelial ion transport. Amiloride, a blocker of sodium transport in adult skin, transiently stimulates rather than inhibits short-circuit current (Isc) across larval skin through nonselective cation channels. Acetylcholine (ACh) stimulates Isc like amiloride, although the response is more prolonged. Pretreatment with ACh markedly suppressed amiloride stimulation of Isc; amiloride pretreatment also suppressed ACh stimulation. Half-maximal stimulation of Isc by ACh occurred at 347 microM. Stimulation by ACh was inhibited by both d-tubocurarine [dissociation constant (Kd) = 57 microM] and atropine (Kd = 49 microM). The specific nicotinic agonist 1,1-dimethyl-4-phenylpiperazinium and the specific muscarinic agonist oxotremorine-M both stimulated Isc and were blocked by either atropine or d-tubocurarine. Reciprocal desensitization and blocker cross-reactivity suggest that ACh activates the same population of receptors as amiloride. This ACh-responsive receptor has characteristics of both nicotinic and muscarinic receptors found in other tissues.


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