The colon-selective spasmolytic otilonium bromide inhibits muscarinic M(3) receptor-coupled calcium signals in isolated human colonic crypts

Lindqvist, Susanne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8598-6240, Hernon, James, Sharp, Paul, Johns, Neil, Addison, Sarah, Watson, Mark, Tighe, Richard, Greer, Shaun, Mackay, Jean, Rhodes, Michael, Lewis, Michael, Stebbings, William, Speakman, Chris, Evangelista, Stefano, Johnson, Ian and Williams, Mark (2002) The colon-selective spasmolytic otilonium bromide inhibits muscarinic M(3) receptor-coupled calcium signals in isolated human colonic crypts. British Journal of Pharmacology, 137 (7). pp. 1134-1142. ISSN 1476-5381

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Abstract

1. Otilonium bromide (OB) is a smooth muscle relaxant used in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome. Otilonium bromide has been shown to interfere with the mobilization of calcium in intestinal smooth muscle, but the effects on other intestinal tissues have not been investigated. We identified the muscarinic receptor subtype coupled to calcium signals in colonic crypt derived from the human colonic epithelium and evaluated the inhibitory effects of OB. 2. Calcium signals were monitored by fluorescence imaging of isolated human colonic crypts and Chinese hamster ovary cells stably expressing the cloned human muscarinic M(3) receptor subtype (CHO-M(3)). Colonic crypt receptor expression was investigated by pharmacological and immunohistochemical techniques. 3. The secretagogue acetylcholine (ACh) stimulated calcium mobilization from intracellular calcium stores at the base of human colonic crypts with an EC(50) of 14 micro M. The muscarinic receptor antagonists 4-DAMP, AF-DX 384, pirenzepine and methroctamine inhibited the ACh-induced calcium signal with the following respective IC(50) (pK(b)) values: 0.78 nM (9.1), 69 nM (7.2), 128 nM (7.1), and 2510 nM (5.8). 4. Immunohistochemical analyses of muscarinic receptor expression demonstrated the presence of M(3) receptor subtype expression at the crypt-base. 5. Otilonium bromide inhibited the generation of ACh-induced calcium signals in a dose dependent manner (IC(50)=880 nM). 6. In CHO-M(3) cells, OB inhibited calcium signals induced by ACh, but not ATP. In addition, OB did not inhibit histamine-induced colonic crypt calcium signals. 7. The present studies have demonstrated that OB inhibited M(3) receptor-coupled calcium signals in human colonic crypts and CHO-M(3) cells, but not those induced by stimulation of other endogenous receptor types. We propose that the M(3) receptor-coupled calcium signalling pathway is directly targeted by OB at the level of the colonic epithelium, suggestive of an anti-secretory action in IBS patients suffering with diarrhoea.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: acetylcholine,animals,atropine,cho cells,calcium,calcium signaling,colon,cricetinae,dose-response relationship, drug,humans,muscarinic antagonists,parasympatholytics,piperidines,pirenzepine,quaternary ammonium compounds,receptor, muscarinic m3,receptors, muscarinic,time factors,vasodilator agents,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Centre for Interprofessional Practice
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Gastroenterology and Gut Biology
Depositing User: EPrints Services
Date Deposited: 25 Nov 2010 11:10
Last Modified: 14 Dec 2022 10:30
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/13141
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0704942

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