title: Attenuated 5-HT1A receptor signaling in brains of suicide victims: involvement of adenylyl cyclase, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, Akt and mitogen-activated protein kinase.
abstract: Positron emission tomography studies in major depression show reduced serotonin (5-HT)1A receptor antagonist-binding potentials in many brain regions including occipital cortex. The functional meaning of this observation in terms of signal transduction is unknown. We used postmortem brain samples from depressed suicide victims to examine the downstream effectors of 5-HT1A receptor activation. The diagnosis was established by means of psychological autopsy using Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) III-R criteria. Measurements of [35S]GTPgammaS binding to Galphai/o in the occipital cortex of suicide victims and matched controls revealed a blunted response in suicide subjects and a decrease in the coupling of 5-HT1A receptor to adenylyl cyclase. No significant group differences were detected in the expression levels of Galphai/o, Galphaq/11 or Galphas proteins, or in the activity of cAMP-dependent protein kinase A. Studies of a parallel transduction pathway downstream from 5-HT1A receptor activation demonstrated a decrease in the activity of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and its downstream effector Akt, as well as an increase in PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10), the phosphatase that hydrolyzes phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-triphosphate. Finally, the activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 was attenuated in suicide victims. These data suggest that the alterations in agonist-stimulated 5-HT1A receptor activation in depressed suicide victims are also manifest downstream from the associated G protein, affecting the activity of second messengers in two 5-HT1A receptor transduction pathways that may have implications for cell survival.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Shu-chi
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Hsiung
authors.forename: Mella
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Adlersberg
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Arango
authors.forename: J John
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: Hadassah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tamir
authors.forename: Kuo-peing
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D003863:Depression / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D051059:PTEN Phosphohydrolase; D037342:Pertussis Toxin / Q000737:chemistry; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D021122:Protein Subunits / Q000378:metabolism; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism*; D044263:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT1; D015290:Second Messenger Systems; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013405:Suicide; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D005576:Colforsin; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D051059:PTEN Phosphohydrolase; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D021122:Protein Subunits; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D044263:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT1; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; C494918:AKT1 protein, human; C494929:PTEN protein, human