W84 (hexamethylene-bis-[dimethyl-(3-phthalimidopropyl)-ammonium bromide]) protects overadditively against an organophosphate-intoxication when applied in combination with atropine. Further experimental evidence led to the hypothesis that W84 exerted an allosteric effect on muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. In order to investigate the action of W84 on
European journal of pharmacology, 355(1), 103-111 (1998-10-01)
Using the program Microsoft EXCEL, a spreadsheet was developed for constrained, simultaneous analysis of multiple datasets obtained from equilibrium binding experiments, according to an allosteric model of interaction. This approach was used to quantitate the interaction between the modulator (heptane-1,7-bis
The 2nd outer loop (o2) of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) contains a highly conserved cysteine residue that is believed to participate in a disulfide bond and is flanked on either side by epitopes that are critical to the binding of
The hexamethonium derivative W84 (hexamethylene-bis-[dimethyl-(3-phthalimidopropyl)-ammonium bromide]) combined with atropine has an overadditive protective action against organophosphorus intoxications. It affects allosterically the binding of (-) [3H]N-methylscopolamine [(3H]NMS) to muscarinic cholinoceptors. Because nicotinic receptors are involved in organophosphorus intoxications, the interaction of
W84 (hexamethylene-bis-[dimethyl-(phthalimidopropyl)-ammonium bromide]) is an experimental antidote against organophosphorus poisoning and has been found to affect muscarinic cholinoceptors allosterically. The attempt was made to test whether the W84-action on muscarinic cholinoceptors depends on the species. For this purpose, the effect
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