title: 5-HT4-like receptors in mammalian atria.
abstract: Atrial myocardium of man and pig possess receptors that mediate positive inotropic effects and/or positive chronotropic effects of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT). These 5-HT receptors are blocked with moderate affinity (pKB = 6.7-6.9) by 3 alpha-trophanyl-1H-indole-3-carboxylate (ICS 205930) but not by antagonists of alpha- and beta-adrenoceptors, or 5-HT1 subtypes, 5-HT2 and 5-HT3 receptors. In human and porcine atrium the receptors also mediate 5-HT-induced increases of both cyclic AMP levels and cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase activity. Human and porcine atrial 5-HT receptors are also partially activated by the benzamides renzapride and cisapride albeit with lower potency and efficacy than 5-HT. The properties of these atrial 5-HT receptors resemble those of "so called" 5-HT4 receptors, positively coupled to the adenylyl cyclase of mouse embyonic colliculi neurons. However, for colliculi 5-HT4 receptors the benzamides have greater efficacy and ICS 205930 lower affinity than for atrial 5-HT receptors. The atrial 5-HT receptors of man and pig are, therefore, designated 5-HT4-like receptors. Guinea-pig night atria appear to have a mixture of 5-HT3- and 5-HT4-like receptors involved in the mediation of positive chronotropic effects of 5-HT.
authors.affiliation: SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Welwyn, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kaumann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D006325:Heart Atria; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D012701:Serotonin; D000242:Cyclic AMP