title: Altered editing of serotonin 2C receptor pre-mRNA in the prefrontal cortex of depressed suicide victims.
abstract: Five adenosines within the coding sequence of the serotonin 2C receptor (5-HT2C) pre-mRNA are converted to inosines by RNA editing (named A, B, C' (E), C, and D sites). In human prefrontal cortex (PFC), the most abundant 5-HT2C mRNA sequences result from editing at the A site, or from the editing combinations AC'C, ABCD, and ABD. In suicide victims with a history of major depression, C' site editing is significantly increased, D site editing is significantly decreased, and the C site shows a trend toward increased editing. Treatment of mice with the antidepressant drug fluoxetine (Prozac) causes changes in C', C, and D site editing that are exactly opposite to those seen in suicide victims. Thus, one outcome of fluoxetine treatment may be to reverse the abnormalities in 5-HT2C pre-mRNA editing seen in depressed suicide victims.
authors: Mount Sinai Graduate School of Biological Sciences, New York, NY 10029, USA.
authors: Ilona
authors: I
authors: Gurevich
authors: Hadassah
authors: H
authors: Tamir
authors: Victoria
authors: V
authors: Arango
authors: Andrew J
authors: AJ
authors: Dwork
authors: J John
authors: JJ
authors: Mann
authors: Claudia
authors: C
authors: Schmauss
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003863:Depression / Q000235:genetics*; D005473:Fluoxetine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008875:Middle Aged; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D017393:RNA Editing / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D044405:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2C; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D013405:Suicide
chemical_list: D005473:Fluoxetine; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D044405:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2C; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors