title: Molecular cloning and functional expression of a serotonin receptor from the Southern cattle tick, Boophilus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae).
abstract: A full-length cDNA encoding a 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) receptor from the Southern cattle tick, Boophilus microplus, was isolated using a strategy based on sequence homology among G protein-coupled receptors. The deduced amino acid sequence revealed highest identity with Drosophila melanogaster 5HT-dro2A (Z11489, 50.8%) and 5HT-dro2B (Z11490, 49.5%) receptors. The receptor was transiently expressed in mammalian HEK293 cells, and Western blot analysis showed the expected 43.3 kDa band. In these cells, application of 5-HT (10 microm) inhibited forskolin-induced cAMP synthesis by 26%. The results indicate that the tick receptor is an invertebrate 5-HT1-like receptor that couples to Galphai protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843-2475, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Pietrantonio
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D000242:Cyclic AMP