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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-12-17
pubmed:abstractText
Serotonin (5-HT) plays important roles in the maintenance and modulation of neural systems throughout the animal kingdom. The actions of 5-HT have been well characterized for several crustacean model circuits; however, a dissection of the serotonergic transduction cascades operating in these models has been hampered by the lack of pharmacological tools for invertebrate receptors. Here we provide pharmacological profiles for two 5-HT receptors from the swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii: 5-HT(2beta) and 5-HT(1alpha). In so doing, we also report the first functional expression of a crustacean 5-HT(1) receptor, and show that it inhibits accumulation of cAMP. The drugs mCPP and quipazine are 5-HT(1alpha) agonists and are ineffective at 5-HT(2beta). Conversely, methiothepin and cinanserin are antagonists of 5-HT(2beta) but do not block 5-HT(1alpha). A comparison of these two receptors with their orthologs from the California spiny lobster, Panulirus interruptus, indicates conservation of protein structure, signaling and pharmacology. This conservation extends beyond crustacean infraorders. The signature residues that form the ligand-binding pocket in mammalian 5-HT receptors are found in the crustacean receptors. Similarly, the protein domains involved in G protein coupling are conserved between the two crustacean receptors and other characterized arthropod and mammalian 5-HT receptors. Considering the apparent conservation of pharmacological properties between crustacean 5-HT receptors, these tools could be applicable to related crustacean physiological preparations.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0022-0949
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
211
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
92-105
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18083737-Amines, pubmed-meshheading:18083737-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:18083737-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18083737-Astacoidea, pubmed-meshheading:18083737-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:18083737-Conserved Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:18083737-Dogs, pubmed-meshheading:18083737-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:18083737-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18083737-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18083737-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:18083737-Palinuridae, pubmed-meshheading:18083737-Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT1, pubmed-meshheading:18083737-Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT2, pubmed-meshheading:18083737-Sequence Analysis, Protein, pubmed-meshheading:18083737-Serotonin Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:18083737-Serotonin Receptor Agonists, pubmed-meshheading:18083737-Signal Transduction
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Conservation of structure, signaling and pharmacology between two serotonin receptor subtypes from decapod crustaceans, Panulirus interruptus and Procambarus clarkii.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA. dbaro@gsu.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural