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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-4-18
pubmed:abstractText
The distribution and function of the 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT(2A)) receptor were investigated in the intestines of wild-type (5-HT(2A) +/+) and knockout (5-HT(2A) -/-) mice. In 5-HT(2A) +/+ mice, rats, and guinea pigs, 5-HT(2A) receptor immunoreactivity was found on circular and longitudinal smooth muscle cells, neurons, enterocytes, and Paneth cells. Muscular 5-HT(2A) receptors were concentrated in caveolae; neuronal 5-HT(2A) receptors were found intracellularly and on the plasma membranes of nerve cell bodies and axons. Neuronal 5-HT(2A) immunoreactivity was detected as early as E14 in ganglia, intravillus nerves, and the deep muscle plexus. The 5-HT(2A) -/- colon did not express 5-HT(2A) receptors and did not contract in response to exogenous 5-HT. 5-HT(2A) -/- enterocytes were smaller, Paneth cells fewer, and muscle layers thinner (and showed degeneration) compared with those of 5-HT(2A) +/+ littermates. The 5-HT(2A) receptor may thus be required for the maintenance and/or development of enteric neuroeffectors and other enteric functions, although gastrointestinal and colonic transit times in 5-HT(2A) -/- and +/+ mice did not differ significantly.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0193-1857
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
282
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
G877-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11960784-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11960784-Enterocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11960784-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11960784-Fetus, pubmed-meshheading:11960784-Gastric Emptying, pubmed-meshheading:11960784-Gastrointestinal Motility, pubmed-meshheading:11960784-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:11960784-Intestines, pubmed-meshheading:11960784-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11960784-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:11960784-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:11960784-Microscopy, Immunoelectron, pubmed-meshheading:11960784-Muscle, Smooth, pubmed-meshheading:11960784-Myenteric Plexus, pubmed-meshheading:11960784-Paneth Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11960784-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11960784-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:11960784-Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A, pubmed-meshheading:11960784-Receptors, Serotonin
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
5-HT(2A) receptors: location and functional analysis in intestines of wild-type and 5-HT(2A) knockout mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA. ef7@columbia.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.