[M3-cholinoreceptors in mammalian heart]

Usp Fiziol Nauk. 2009 Jan-Mar;40(1):16-26.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Experimental facts, proving the presence of M3-cholinoreceptros in parasympathetic regulation of heart, are reviewed. Results of molecular biological and biochemical studies, showing existence of M3-cholinoreceptors in myocardium, are discussed. Physiological data, that demonstrates changes of action potential configuration due to M3-receptors activation, specific potassium current, linked with M3-receptors stimulation, and other evidence of functional importance of M3-receptros in myocardium, is analyzed. Studies dealing with cardioprotective role of M3-receptors are reviewed with special attention. The review widens our knowledge about molecular mechanisms of parasympathetic heart regulation.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Heart / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Myocardium / metabolism*
  • Receptor, Muscarinic M3 / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Receptor, Muscarinic M3 / metabolism
  • Receptor, Muscarinic M3 / physiology*

Substances

  • Receptor, Muscarinic M3