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Asensi-Cantó A, López-Abellán MD, Castillo-Guardiola V, Hurtado AM, Martínez-Penella M, Luengo-Gil G, Conesa-Zamora P. Antitumoral Effects of Tricyclic Antidepressants: Beyond Neuropathic Pain Treatment. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14133248. [PMID: 35805019 PMCID: PMC9265090 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14133248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Revised: 06/26/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Simple Summary Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) are old and known therapeutic agents whose good safety profile makes them good candidates for drug repurposing. As the relevance of nerves in cancer development and progression is being unveiled, attention now turns to the use of nerve-targeting drugs, such as TCAs, as an interesting approach to combat cancer. In this review, we discuss current evidence about the safety of TCAs, their application to treat neuropathic pain in cancer patients, and in vitro and in vivo demonstrations of the antitumoral effects of TCAs. Finally, the results of ongoing clinical trials and future directions are discussed. Abstract Growing evidence shows that nerves play an active role in cancer development and progression by altering crucial molecular pathways and cell functions. Conversely, the use of neurotropic drugs, such as tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), may modulate these molecular signals with a therapeutic purpose based on a direct antitumoral effect and beyond the TCA use to treat neuropathic pain in oncology patients. In this review, we discuss the TCAs’ safety and their central effects against neuropathic pain in cancer, and the antitumoral effects of TCAs in in vitro and preclinical studies, as well as in the clinical setting. The current evidence points out that TCAs are safe and beneficial to treat neuropathic pain associated with cancer and chemotherapy, and they block different molecular pathways used by cancer cells from different locations for tumor growth and promotion. Likewise, ongoing clinical trials evaluating the antineoplastic effects of TCAs are discussed. TCAs are very biologically active compounds, and their repurposing as antitumoral drugs is a promising and straightforward approach to treat specific cancer subtypes and to further define their molecular targets, as well as an interesting starting point to design analogues with increased antitumoral activity.
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Affiliation(s)
- Antonio Asensi-Cantó
- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Católica de Murcia (UCAM), 30107 Guadalupe, Spain; (A.A.-C.); (M.D.L.-A.); (M.M.-P.)
- Servicio de Farmacia Hospitalaria, Hospital Universitario Santa Lucía, 30202 Cartagena, Spain
- Grupo de Investigación en Patología Molecular y Farmacogenética, Servicios de Anatomía Patológica y Análisis Clínicos, Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB), Hospital Universitario Santa Lucía, 30202 Cartagena, Spain; (V.C.-G.); (A.M.H.)
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Católica de Murcia (UCAM), 30107 Guadalupe, Spain; (A.A.-C.); (M.D.L.-A.); (M.M.-P.)
- Grupo de Investigación en Patología Molecular y Farmacogenética, Servicios de Anatomía Patológica y Análisis Clínicos, Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB), Hospital Universitario Santa Lucía, 30202 Cartagena, Spain; (V.C.-G.); (A.M.H.)
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- Grupo de Investigación en Patología Molecular y Farmacogenética, Servicios de Anatomía Patológica y Análisis Clínicos, Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB), Hospital Universitario Santa Lucía, 30202 Cartagena, Spain; (V.C.-G.); (A.M.H.)
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- Grupo de Investigación en Patología Molecular y Farmacogenética, Servicios de Anatomía Patológica y Análisis Clínicos, Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB), Hospital Universitario Santa Lucía, 30202 Cartagena, Spain; (V.C.-G.); (A.M.H.)
- Grupo de Investigación en Inmunobiología para la Acuicultura, Departamento de Biología Celular e Histología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Católica de Murcia (UCAM), 30107 Guadalupe, Spain; (A.A.-C.); (M.D.L.-A.); (M.M.-P.)
- Servicio de Farmacia Hospitalaria, Hospital Universitario Santa Lucía, 30202 Cartagena, Spain
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- Grupo de Investigación en Patología Molecular y Farmacogenética, Servicios de Anatomía Patológica y Análisis Clínicos, Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB), Hospital Universitario Santa Lucía, 30202 Cartagena, Spain; (V.C.-G.); (A.M.H.)
- Correspondence: (G.L.-G.); (P.C.-Z.); Tel.: +34-968-128-600 (ext. 951615) (G.L.-G. & P.C.-Z.)
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Católica de Murcia (UCAM), 30107 Guadalupe, Spain; (A.A.-C.); (M.D.L.-A.); (M.M.-P.)
- Grupo de Investigación en Patología Molecular y Farmacogenética, Servicios de Anatomía Patológica y Análisis Clínicos, Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB), Hospital Universitario Santa Lucía, 30202 Cartagena, Spain; (V.C.-G.); (A.M.H.)
- Correspondence: (G.L.-G.); (P.C.-Z.); Tel.: +34-968-128-600 (ext. 951615) (G.L.-G. & P.C.-Z.)
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Kirmeier T, Gopalakrishnan R, Gormanns V, Werner AM, Cuboni S, Rudolf GC, Höfner G, Wanner KT, Sieber SA, Schmidt U, Holsboer F, Rein T, Hausch F. Azidobupramine, an Antidepressant-Derived Bifunctional Neurotransmitter Transporter Ligand Allowing Covalent Labeling and Attachment of Fluorophores. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0148608. [PMID: 26863431 PMCID: PMC4749225 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2015] [Accepted: 01/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The aim of this study was to design, synthesize and validate a multifunctional antidepressant probe that is modified at two distinct positions. The purpose of these modifications was to allow covalent linkage of the probe to interaction partners, and decoration of probe-target complexes with fluorescent reporter molecules. The strategy for the design of such a probe (i.e., azidobupramine) was guided by the need for the introduction of additional functional groups, conveying the required properties while keeping the additional moieties as small as possible. This should minimize the risk of changing antidepressant-like properties of the new probe azidobupramine. To control for this, we evaluated the binding parameters of azidobupramine to known target sites such as the transporters for serotonin (SERT), norepinephrine (NET), and dopamine (DAT). The binding affinities of azidobupramine to SERT, NET, and DAT were in the range of structurally related and clinically active antidepressants. Furthermore, we successfully visualized azidobupramine-SERT complexes not only in SERT-enriched protein material but also in living cells stably overexpressing SERT. To our knowledge, azidobupramine is the first structural analogue of a tricyclic antidepressant that can be covalently linked to target structures and further attached to reporter molecules while preserving antidepressant-like properties and avoiding radioactive isotopes.
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- Thomas Kirmeier
- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Clinical Department, Munich, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Translational Research in Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Translational Research in Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Translational Research in Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Translational Research in Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Technical University Munich, IAS, CIPSM, Department of Chemistry, Garching, Germany
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- Department Pharmazie Zentrum für Pharmaforschung, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Department Pharmazie Zentrum für Pharmaforschung, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Technical University Munich, IAS, CIPSM, Department of Chemistry, Garching, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Translational Research in Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Clinical Department, Munich, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Translational Research in Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
- * E-mail: (TR); (F. Hausch)
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Translational Research in Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
- * E-mail: (TR); (F. Hausch)
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Lin Z, Marett L, Hughen RW, Flores M, Forteza I, Ammon MA, Concepcion GP, Espino S, Olivera BM, Rosenberg G, Haygood MG, Light AR, Schmidt EW. Neuroactive diol and acyloin metabolites from cone snail-associated bacteria. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2013; 23:4867-9. [PMID: 23880542 PMCID: PMC3779075 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.06.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2013] [Revised: 06/14/2013] [Accepted: 06/27/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The bacterium Gordonia sp. 647W.R.1a.05 was cultivated from the venom duct of the cone snail, Conus circumcisus. The Gordonia sp. organic extract modulated the action potential of mouse dorsal root ganglion neurons. Assay-guided fractionation led to the identification of the new compound circumcin A (1) and 11 known analogs (2-12). Two of these compounds, kurasoin B (7) and soraphinol A (8), were active in a human norepinephrine transporter assay with Ki values of 2575 and 867 nM, respectively. No neuroactivity had previously been reported for compounds in this structural class. Gordonia species have been reproducibly isolated from four different cone snail species, indicating a consistent association between these organisms.
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- Zhenjian Lin
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, L.S. Skaggs Pharmacy Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, L.S. Skaggs Pharmacy Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
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- Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City 1101, Philippines
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- Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City 1101, Philippines
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- Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City 1101, Philippines
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- Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City 1101, Philippines
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
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- Department of Malacology, Academy of Natural Sciences, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, USA
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- Division of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems, Institute of Environmental Health, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon 97006, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, L.S. Skaggs Pharmacy Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
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Chang AS, Frnka JV, Chen DN, Lam DM. Characterization of a genetically reconstituted high-affinity system for serotonin transport. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1989; 86:9611-5. [PMID: 2594789 PMCID: PMC298548 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.86.23.9611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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By transfecting mouse fibroblast L-M cells with human genomic DNA, we have established and identified several clonal cell lines that stably express a high-affinity serotonin (5-HT)-uptake mechanism absent in untransfected host cells. One such cell line, L-S1, possesses features of 5-[3H]HT uptake similar to those previously characterized in the central nervous system and blood platelets: (i) specificity for 5-HT; (ii) antagonism by imipramine, a known inhibitor of high-affinity 5-HT uptake; (iii) both Na+ and temperature dependences; (iv) kinetic saturability; and (v) high affinity for 5-HT (Km = 0.39 +/- 0.10 microM; Vmax = 2.14 +/- 0.55 pmol/min per mg of protein). This cell line can be used to compare the relative efficacies of known blockers of 5-HT uptake and thereby offers a rapid and reliable assay system for testing novel inhibitors of this system. Since L-S1 contains stably integrated human DNA in its genome, we postulate that the observed 5-HT-uptake system resulted from the expression of human gene(s) coding for the 5-HT transporter. Thus, cell lines such as L-S1 may represent novel means for screening and developing therapeutic agents specific for neurotransmitter-uptake systems as well as substrates for the cloning and elucidation of the genes encoding the various neurotransmitter transporters.
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- A S Chang
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Woodlands, TX 77381
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Yorek MA, Strom DK, Spector AA. Synthesis and high affinity uptake of serotonin and dopamine by human Y79 retinoblastoma cells. J Neurochem 1987; 49:1316-23. [PMID: 2442311 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1987.tb10026.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Human Y79 retinoblastoma cells are capable of synthesizing the putative retinal neurotransmitters dopamine and serotonin. Separation of the catecholamines and indolamines by high performance liquid chromatography combined with electrochemical detection showed that the cells readily convert tyrosine to 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) and, to a lesser extent, dopamine. When DOPA was added, a large quantity of dopamine was produced, as well as norepinephrine, epinephrine, and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid. Exogenous tryptophan added to the cells was partially converted to 5-hydroxytryptophan and serotonin. A larger quantity of serotonin was produced when 5-hydroxytryptophan was added. Y79 cells have a high- and low-affinity uptake system for dopamine and serotonin. The K'm and V'max for the high-affinity uptake of dopamine and serotonin are 2.34 +/- 0.64 and 3.63 +/- 1.15 microM and 4.77 +/- 1.12 and 3.20 +/- 1.20 pmol min-1 mg protein-1, respectively. These kinetic parameters are similar to those reported for other retinal preparations where dopamine and serotonin have been suggested to function as neurotransmitters. Tyrosine and tryptophan, the physiologic precursors of dopamine and serotonin, respectively, and phenylalanine are also taken up by high- and low-affinity transport systems. The kinetic parameters for their high-affinity uptake systems are all very similar, suggesting that they may be taken up by the same transporter. These studies show that a tumor cell line derived from the human retina synthesizes dopamine and serotonin and has high-affinity uptake systems for these compounds and their precursors.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Egashira T, Takano R, Yamanaka Y. Modulation of neuronal MAO activity, 5-HT uptake and imipramine binding by endogenous substances in dog cerebrospinal fluid. Biochem Pharmacol 1987; 36:1781-5. [PMID: 3034288 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(87)90238-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Addition of small amounts of dog cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) inhibited both type A and type B monoamine oxidase (MAO) in dog brain mitochondria. The inhibition was competitive with 5-HT as substrate, but non-competitive with beta-phenylethylamine as substrate. Tricyclic antidepressants also exhibited competitive inhibition with type A MAO, but were non-competitive with type B MAO. The endogenous materials in CSF activate [3H]-imipramine specific, dose-dependent binding in dog brain preparations. The maximum number of binding sites (Bmax) increased, but the dissociation constant (Kd) was altered significantly in the presence of CSF. Addition of CSF induced a marked activation of uncompetitive [14C]-5-HT uptake in dog brain preparations. Moreover, there were reversibilities of the inhibition of MAO activity or of the activation of imipramine binding and 5-HT uptake by CSF substance after dilution experiment. These results indicate the possible presence of an endogenous psychotic drug-like substance in CSF.
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Waniewski RA, Katz DM, Kimelberg HK. Low-affinity binding of [3H]imipramine to primary astrocyte cultures. Biochem Pharmacol 1987; 36:639-46. [PMID: 3827948 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(87)90714-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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High-affinity uptake of serotonin (5-HT) by primary cultures of rat cortical astrocytes has been shown recently to be potently inhibited by tricyclic antidepressants in a manner similar to that described for brain synaptosomes [Katz and Kimelberg, J. Neurosci. 5, 1901 (1985)]. Since the high-affinity binding of [3H]imipramine (IMI) to brain membranes has been well correlated with the inhibition of synaptosomal 5-HT uptake, the binding of [3H]IMI to these astrocyte cultures was examined. No evidence for the existence of a high-affinity binding site was detected in either intact astrocytes or membranes prepared from astrocyte cultures. However, a very dense population of low-affinity binding sites was observed using both methods. This site was similar in affinity (0.606 microM for membranes and 0.959 microM for intact cells) to a low-affinity site observed with rat brain membranes (1.79 microM) but was present at a much greater density in astrocytes (1610 pmoles/mg protein for membranes and 672 for intact cells versus 53 pmoles/mg protein in brain), and may have prevented detection of the high-affinity site. Low-affinity binding to astrocytes was sodium independent, as was low-affinity binding to brain membranes. There was a poor correlation between the inhibitory potencies of the drugs tested against imipramine binding and 5-HT uptake. The binding of 15 nM [3H]IMI was nearly equipotently inhibited by all of the antidepressants tested with IC50 values ranging from 0.56 to 2.6 microM. Other receptor ligands such as 5-HT, chlorpheniramine, quipazine, atropine and benztropine were relatively weak inhibitors of [3H]IMI binding, whereas chlorpromazine was more potent than the tricycle antidepressants.
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Chuang DM. Carbachol-induced accumulation of inositol-1-phosphate in neurohybridoma NCB-20 cells: effects of lithium and phorbol esters. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1986; 136:622-9. [PMID: 3010987 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(86)90486-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Clonal neurohybridoma NCB-20 cells expressed muscarinic cholinergic receptors coupled to phospholipase C. Addition of carbachol in the presence of Li+ to cells prelabeled with 3H-inositol increased 3H-inositol-l-phosphate (3H-IP1) accumulation by more than 4-fold with an EC50 of about 50 microM. This carbachol-induced response was blocked by atropine and pirenzepine with a Ki of 0.5 and 25 nM, respectively. The EC50 of Li+ for the carbachol-induced phosphoinositide turnover was 17 +/- 1.2 mM compared with a value of 1.8 +/- 0.2 mM in brain slices, suggesting the presence of an unusual type of inositol-l-phosphatase in NCB-20 cells. Carbachol-induced IP1 accumulation in these cells was potently and noncompetitively inhibited by the biologically active phorbol esters, phorbol dibutyrate (PDB) and phorbol myristate diacetate (PMA), while the biologically inactive phorbol, 4 beta-phorbol, failed to affect this phosphoinositide breakdown. The basal IP1 accumulation was also significantly attenuated by PDB and PMA but not by 4 beta-phorbol.
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