Cholinergic dilation of cerebral blood vessels is abolished in M5 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor knockout mice
AUTOR(ES)
Yamada, Masahisa
FONTE
The National Academy of Sciences
RESUMO
The M5 muscarinic receptor is the most recent member of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor family (M1-M5) to be cloned. At present, the physiological relevance of this receptor subtype remains unknown, primarily because of its low expression levels and the lack of M5 receptor-selective ligands. To circumvent these difficulties, we used gene targeting technology to generate M5 receptor-deficient mice (M5R−/− mice). M5R−/− mice did not differ from their wild-type littermates in various behavioral and pharmacologic tests. However, in vitro neurotransmitter release experiments showed that M5 receptors play a role in facilitating muscarinic agonist-induced dopamine release in the striatum. Because M5 receptor mRNA has been detected in several blood vessels, we also investigated whether the lack of M5 receptors led to changes in vascular tone by using several in vivo and in vitro vascular preparations. Strikingly, acetylcholine, a powerful dilator of most vascular beds, virtually lost the ability to dilate cerebral arteries and arterioles in M5R−/− mice. This effect was specific for cerebral blood vessels, because acetylcholine-mediated dilation of extra-cerebral arteries remained fully intact in M5R−/− mice. Our findings provide direct evidence that M5 muscarinic receptors are physiologically relevant. Because it has been suggested that impaired cholinergic dilation of cerebral blood vessels may play a role in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease and focal cerebral ischemia, cerebrovascular M5 receptors may represent an attractive therapeutic target.
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