title: Characterization of 5-HT receptors on human pulmonary artery and vein: functional and binding studies.
abstract: 1. This study aimed to investigate the 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) receptors mediating contraction of ring preparations isolated from human pulmonary arteries and veins. In functional studies, the responses to 5-HT, sumatriptan, ergotamine, serotonin-O-carboxymethyl-glycyl-tyrosinamide (SCMGT), alpha-methyl 5-HT (alpha-Me) and 2-methyl 5-HT (2-Me) were studied with WAY100635, GR127935, ritanserin, zacopride and SB204070 as antagonists. 2. All agonists produced concentration-dependent contractions of human pulmonary artery and vein preparations. The order of potency (-log ECS0 values) was ergotamine (6.88) > 5-HT (6.41) > or = SCMGT (6.20) = sumatriptan (6.19) > or = alpha-Me (6.04) in the artery, and ergotamine (7.84) > 5-HT (6.96) > sumatriptan (6.60) = alpha-Me (6.56) > SCMGT (6.09) in the vein. The potency of each agonist, except for SCMGT, was greater in vein than in artery preparations. Contractile responses to 5-HT were similar in intact and endothelium-denuded preparations but responses to sumatriptan were enhanced in artery rings without endothelium. 3. GR127935 (1 nM to 0.5 microM) produced an unsurmountable antagonism of the response to 5-HT, sumatriptan, ergotamine and SCMGT. Ritanserin (1 nM to 1 microM) also reduced the maximum contractile responses to 5-HT, ergotamine and alpha-Me in artery and vein preparations without affecting those to sumatriptan and SCMGT. In endothelium-denuded preparations, surmountable antagonism of sumatriptan by GR127935 (in the presence of ritanserin) and of alpha-Me by ritanserin (in the presence of GR127935) allowed for the calculation of the apparent pK(B) values of GR127935 (9.17+/-0.11 in artery and 9.11+/-0.05 in vein) and ritanserin (8.82+/-0.09 in artery and 8.98+/-0.12 in vein). 4. WAY100635 (1 nM to 1 microM), zacopride (1 nM to 1 microM), or SB204070 (1 nM) did not significantly alter the concentration-response curves for 5-HT, sumatriptan, ergotamine, SCMGT or 2-Me in human pulmonary artery or vein thus indicating that 5-HT1A, 5-HT3 and 5-HT4 receptors are presumably not involved in the contractile response to these agonists. 5. Binding studies using selective radioligands for different 5-HT receptors could not detect the presence of 5-HT1A receptor binding in human pulmonary blood vessels whereas the 5-HT(1B/1D) radioligand [3H]-5CT significantly labelled a population of specific binding sites in both vessel types. The presence of 5-HT2A receptors could also be inferred from the level of binding of [3H]-ketanserin to membranes obtained from human pulmonary vessels, although significance could not be reached for arteries. 5-HT4 specific receptor binding was scarce in veins and absent in the case of arteries. 6. These findings indicate that the human pulmonary artery and vein have a mixed functional population of 5-HT(1B/1D) and 5-HT2A receptors mediating the contractile response to 5-HT which is consistent with results of the binding studies.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Farmacologia, Facultad de Medicina i Odontologia, Universitat de València, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cortijo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martí-Cabrera
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bernabeu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Domènech
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bou
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beleta
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Palacios
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Morcillo
mesh_terms: D000020:Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal / Q000494:pharmacology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001549:Benzamides / Q000494:pharmacology; D001665:Binding Sites; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic / Q000494:pharmacology; D015237:Dinoprost / Q000494:pharmacology; D004146:Dioxanes / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010069:Oxadiazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D016713:Ritanserin / Q000494:pharmacology; D012701:Serotonin / Q000494:pharmacology; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018170:Sumatriptan / Q000494:pharmacology; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000020:Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal; D001549:Benzamides; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D004146:Dioxanes; D010069:Oxadiazoles; D010879:Piperazines; D010880:Piperidines; D011725:Pyridines; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D016713:Ritanserin; C084858:SB 204070A; C090701:GR 127935; D012701:Serotonin; C090413:N-(2-(4-(2-methoxyphenyl)-1-piperazinyl)ethyl)-N-(2-pyridinyl)cyclohexanecarboxamide; D018170:Sumatriptan; C055971:zacopride; D015237:Dinoprost