title: 5-HT1A-mediated promotion of mitogen-activated T and B cell survival and proliferation is associated with increased translocation of NF-kappaB to the nucleus.
abstract: Mitogenic activation of T and B lymphocytes induces expression of the 5-HT(1A) receptor through an NF-kappaB-dependent signaling pathway. In the present study, it is shown that serotonin (5-HT), as well as the selective 5-HT(1A) receptor agonist R-DPAT, increase cell survival and S phase transition in mouse splenocytes stimulated by T or B cell mitogens. Further examination of the mechanisms underlying increased cell survival revealed that 5-HT and R-DPAT inhibited apoptotic cell death, assessed both by soluble DNA content, internucleosomal DNA cleavage, and hypodiploid DNA content. Additionally, 5-HT and R-DPAT treatment increased intranuclear levels of the p50 and p65 subunits of NF-kappaB. Potentiation by 5-HT and R-DPAT of mitogen-activated cell survival, S phase transition, and nuclear localization of NF-kappaB, as well as inhibition of apoptosis, were all reversed by the selective 5-HT(1A) receptor antagonist WAY-100635. These results indicate that 5-HT(1A)-mediated promotion of cell survival and proliferation of mitogen-activated T and B lymphocytes is associated with increased translocation of NF-kappaB in the nucleus.
authors.affiliation: Guy-Bernier Research Center, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montreal, Que., Canada H1T 2M4.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abdouh
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Albert
authors.forename: Elliot
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Drobetsky
authors.forename: János G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Filep
authors.forename: Edouard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kouassi
mesh_terms: D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008934:Mitogens; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism*; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D044282:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1A / Q000502:physiology*; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D008934:Mitogens; D016328:NF-kappa B; D010879:Piperazines; D011725:Pyridines; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists; D044282:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1A; C090413:N-(2-(4-(2-methoxyphenyl)-1-piperazinyl)ethyl)-N-(2-pyridinyl)cyclohexanecarboxamide; D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin