title: Serotonin: its role and receptors in enteric neurotransmission.
abstract: Enteric neural 5-HT receptors were analyzed and related to possible physiological actions of 5-HT. Receptors were identified electrophysiologically with intracellular microelectrodes and by studies of the binding of radioligands. Radioligand binding was assessed by rapid filtration and by radioautography. Three subtypes of 5-HT receptor, 5-HT1P, 5-HT3, and 5-HT1A, were identified. 5-HT1P receptors were found to mediate slow depolarizations of myenteric neurons that were associated with a decrease in membrane conductance. These responses were inhibited by 5-HTP-DP and by BRL 24924 and mimicked by 5- and 6-hydroxyindalpine. 5-HT1P receptors were labeled with high affinity by 3H-5-HT and were located on both submucosal and myenteric neurons and on processes of intrinsic neurons in the lamina propria. Serotonergic EPSPs were found to be mediated by 5-HT1P receptors; it is postulated that 5-HT1P receptors may be involved in initiation of the peristaltic reflex and in the regulation of gastic emptying. 5-HT3 receptors have been shown to be responsible for fast depolarizations of myenteric and submucosal neurons associated with a rise in membrane conductance. These responses are antagonized by ICS 205-930 and mimicked by 2-methyl-5-HT. 5-HT1A receptors have been reported by others to mediate hyperpolarizing responses of myenteric neurons associated with a rise in membrane conductance. Hyperpolarizing responses are also elicited by the 5-HT1A agonist, 8-OH-DPAT. No physiological role has yet been identified for 5-HT3 or 5-HT1A receptors in the ENS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Gershon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001549:Benzamides / Q000494:pharmacology; D004068:Digestive System Physiological Phenomena; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility / Q000187:drug effects; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D009197:Myenteric Plexus / Q000378:metabolism; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000502:physiology*; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001549:Benzamides; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D012701:Serotonin