Journal: PLoS ONE
Article Title: Muscarinic modulation of M and h currents in gerbil spherical bushy cells
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226954
Figure Lengend Snippet: On one hand, acetylcholine (Ach) binds the M1/M3 muscarinic receptor which induces the activation of the phospholipase C (PLC) via the Gα q/11 protein. The activated PLC depletes the phosphatidylinositol biphosphate (PIP 2 ) into diacylglycerol (DAG) and inositol triphosphate (IP 3 ). IP 3 concentration increase releases calcium from the internal cell storage. Directly or indirectly, one or several of these 2 nd messengers trigger the closure of Kv7 channels thereby depolarizing the cell membrane. On the other hand, acetylcholine may bind the M2 muscarinic receptor inhibiting the adenylate cyclase (AC) via the Gα i protein which induces a reduction of cyclic AMP. Thus, for the same membrane potential, more HCN channels are closed inducing the hyperpolarization of the cell. Cell membrane and ion channels were designed by “ Servier Medical Art ” ( https://smart.servier.com ) provided by Les Laboratoires Servier ( https://servier.com/en ), licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License .
Article Snippet: The primary antibodies used were: goat anti-calretinin antibody (1/500, Merck Millipore, Germany), rabbit anti-M1 muscarinic receptor (443–458) antibody (1/200, #AMR-010, RRID: AB_2340994, Alomone labs, Israel) and rabbit anti-M2 muscarinic receptor antibody (1/200, #AMR-002, RRID: AB_2039995, Alomone labs, Israel).
Techniques: Activation Assay, Concentration Assay