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. 1980 Jan;77(1):634–638. doi: 10.1073/pnas.77.1.634

Substance P enhances cholinergic receptor desensitization in a clonal nerve cell line.

W B Stallcup, J Patrick
PMCID: PMC348329  PMID: 6153798

Abstract

Substance P inhibits carbamylcholine-induced 22Na+ uptake in the clonal cell line PC12. This inhibition is noncompetitive with agonist but competitive with Na+. Octahydrohistrionicotoxin (H8-HTX) also exhibits this same pattern of inhibition. Moreover, both substance P and H8-HTX are very effective in enhancing agonist-induced receptor desensitization. Local anesthetics, such as QX222, also cause inhibition that is competitive with Na+, but they have only marginal effects on desensitization. Because substance P and H8-HTX cannot by themselves cause desensitization, their action is dependent on and synergistic with the action of agonist. Furthermore, substance P and H8-HTX do not appear to compete for the same site as QX222, which is thought to bind to the ion channel. Finally, substance P can stabilize the desensitized state of the receptor even when added subsequent to the actual desensitization and removal of agonist. Thus, substance P does not require open ion channels for binding and may modulate the activity of the receptor-ionophore complex by binding to a distinct regulatory site.

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