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Upregulation of mRNA Encoding the M5 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor in Human T- and B-Lymphocytes During Immunological Responses

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Lymphocytes possess an independent, non-neuronal cholinergic system. Moreover, both T- and B-lymphocytes express multiple muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChR). To obtain a better understanding of the regulatory mechanisms governing mAChR gene expression in the lymphocytic cholinergic system, we examined the effects of lymphocyte activation on expression of mAChR mRNA. Stimulation of T- and B-lymphocytes, respectively, with T-cell activator phytohemagglutinin and B-cell activator Staphylococcus aureus Cowan I upregulated M5 mAChR mRNA expression in the CEM human leukemic T-cell line and in the Daudi B-cell line, which served as models of lymphocytes. In striking contrast, M3 and M4 mAChR mRNA expression was not affected in either cell line. Nonetheless, stimulating lymphocytes with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, a protein kinase C activator, plus ionomycin, a calcium ionophore, upregulated expression of both M3 and M5 mAChR mRNA. This represents the first demonstration that immunological stimulation leads to M5 mAChR gene expression in lymphocytes.

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    Takeshi Fujii, Yoshihiro Watanabe, Tomoyuki Inoue & Koichiro Kawashima

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Fujii, T., Watanabe, Y., Inoue, T. et al. Upregulation of mRNA Encoding the M5 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor in Human T- and B-Lymphocytes During Immunological Responses. Neurochem Res 28, 423–429 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022840416292

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