title: Differential membrane targeting and pharmacological characterization of chimeras of rat serotonin 5-HT1A and 5-HT1B receptors expressed in epithelial LLC-PK1 cells.
abstract: The serotonin 5-HT1A and 5-HT1B receptors are two structurally related but pharmacologically distinguishable 5-HT receptor types. In brain, the 5-HT1A receptor is localized on the soma and dendrites of neurons, whereas the 5-HT1B receptor is targeted to the axon terminals. We previously showed that these two receptors are targeted in different membrane compartments when stably expressed in the epithelial LLC-PK1 cell line. Further investigations on the mechanisms responsible for their differential targeting were done by constructing chimeras of 5-HT1A and 5-HT1B receptors still able to bind specifically [3H]lysergic acid diethylamide and selective agonists and antagonists. Their cellular localization examined by confocal microscopy suggests that the third intracellular domain of the 5-HT1B receptor was responsible for its Golgi-like localization in transfected LLC-PK1 cells. In contrast, the third intracellular domain of the 5-HT1A receptor apparently allowed the sorting of the chimeras to the plasma membrane. Further inclusion of the C-terminal domain of the 5-HT1A receptor in their sequence led to a basolateral localization, whereas that of the 5-HT1B receptor allowed an apical targeting, suggesting the existence of a targeting signal in this portion of the receptor(s).
authors.affiliation: INSERM U. 288, NeuroPsychoPharmacologie Moléculaire, Cellulaire et Fonctionnelle, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Darmon
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Langlois
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Suffisseau
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Fattaccini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamon
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002678:Chimera / Q000235:genetics*; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D007536:Isomerism; D018374:LLC-PK1 Cells; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000378:metabolism; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists / Q000378:metabolism; D013552:Swine; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists