title: Activation and desensitization of the 5-HT3 receptor in a rat glioma x mouse neuroblastoma hybrid cell.
abstract: 1. Tight-seal voltage-clamp techniques were used to study the 5-HT3 receptor of differentiated NG108-15 cells. 2. The inward current caused by 5-HT was dependent on the 5-HT concentration: the apparent dissociation constant was 3.3 microM and the Hill coefficient was 1.8. 3. Immediately after establishing a recording, sustained application of a saturating concentration of 5-HT caused the response to decline with a half-time of 0.57 s (at a membrane potential of -70 mV). The time course of desensitization was best fitted by a sum of two exponentials. 4. Desensitization became slower during the first 10 min of recording in the whole-cell configuration, with the half-time for response decay increasing to 1.8 s. The deceleration of desensitization may result from wash-out of a cytoplasmic regulator of the receptor. 5. Desensitization declined less during whole-cell recordings when patch pipettes contained non-hydrolysable analogues of adenosine 5'-triphosphate. 6. Desensitization developed more rapidly following the addition of forskolin, prostaglandin E1, cholera toxin or 1,9-dideoxyforskolin to the recording medium. Non-hydrolysable adenosine 5'-phosphate analogues had no effect on the enhancement of desensitization induced by forskolin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Yakel
authors.forename: X M
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D000527:Alprostadil / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000502:physiology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005910:Glioma; D006822:Hybrid Cells / Q000502:physiology; D007700:Kinetics; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D009447:Neuroblastoma; D051381:Rats; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000502:physiology*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D005576:Colforsin; D012701:Serotonin; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D000527:Alprostadil