title: The mouse 5-HT2B receptor: possible involvement in trophic functions of serotonin.
abstract: The novel serotonin receptor 5-HT2B shows the highest homology to the 5-HT2 family of receptors. The pharmacological profile of membranes from 5-HT2B cDNA stably transfected LMTK- cell line, corresponds to a new 5-HT2-like receptor named 5-HT2B, although some difference exists between the mouse and rat pharmacology. A similar pharmacological profile is detected on the immortalized teratocarcinoma-derived cell line 1C11 upon 2 days of serotoninergic differenciation by cAMP. In both cell lines, the analysis 125I-DOI binding reveals the presence of a single class of sites, the affinity of which is one order of magnitude lower than the one reported for the 5-HT2A receptor. This demonstrates that the 5-HT2B receptor is functionally expressed before the complete serotoninergic differentiation of 1C11 cells. These observations are in good agreement with the presence of 5-HT2B mRNA in early mouse embryonic development. Furthermore, the major sites of 5-HT2B mRNA embryonic expression are in the heart, and in the neural fold before the closure of the neural tube. Therefore, this receptor could account at least in part for the trophic functions attributed to the 5-HT2-like receptors.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire des Eucaryotes du CNRS, U184 de Génétique, et de Biologie Moléculaire de l'INSERM, Faculté de Médecine de Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Colas
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kellermann
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Loric
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Launay
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rosay
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maroteaux
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002460:Cell Line; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000737:chemistry; D005326:Fetal Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D005796:Genes; D051379:Mice; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D009420:Nervous System / Q000737:chemistry / Q000196:embryology; D051381:Rats; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012701:Serotonin / Q000502:physiology*; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005326:Fetal Proteins; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012701:Serotonin; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors