title: Serotonin 5-HT4 receptors and their mRNAs in rat and guinea pig brain: distribution and effects of neurotoxic lesions.
abstract: Serotonin 5-HT4 receptors are widely distributed in the periphery and in brain, where they modulate the release of various neurotransmitters and have been implicated in learning and memory. Nine C-terminal splice variants of this receptor have been cloned in mammalian species. In the rat, three such variants have been described: 5-HT4(a), 5-HT4(b), and 5-HT4(e). In the present study, we have examined several aspects of the distribution of these receptors in brain. First, we provide, in rat and guinea pig, a detailed comparison of the distribution of 5-HT4 receptors labeled by the antagonist [125I]-SB 207710 with the distribution of their encoding mRNA visualized by in situ hybridization histochemistry (ISHH). The results suggest that, in several projection systems (striato-nigral and striato-pallidal pathways, projection from dentate granule cells to field CA3, habenulo-interpeduncular pathway), 5-HT4 receptors are located both somatodendritically and axonally. Second, we have analyzed the distribution of mRNA for the three known rat splice variants by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and by ISHH. RT-PCR indicates that all three variants are widely distributed, with 5-HT4(b) mRNA being present in all regions examined (olfactory tubercle, striatum, hippocampus, inferior colliculus, substantia nigra, parietal cortex) and 5-HT4(a) and 5-HT4(e) showing a somewhat more restricted distribution. In other regions (periaqueductal gray, reticular formation, medial septum, diagonal band), faint ISHH signals are observed for 5-HT4(a)+4(e) mRNAs, whereas 5-HT4(b) mRNA signals are almost undetectable. Finally, neurotoxic lesions of basal ganglia components in guinea pig also indicate a location of these receptors on terminals of striatal projection neurons.
authors.affiliation: Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona 08036, Spain. tvcnqr@iibb.csic.es
authors.forename: M Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Vilaró
authors.forename: Roser
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cortés
authors.forename: Guadalupe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mengod
mesh_terms: D018663:Adrenergic Agents / Q000633:toxicity; D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D004146:Dioxanes / Q000494:pharmacology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008297:Male; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D016627:Oxidopamine / Q000633:toxicity; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017378:Quinolinic Acid / Q000633:toxicity; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis* / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D044422:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT4 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D018663:Adrenergic Agents; D004146:Dioxanes; D010880:Piperidines; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C088873:SB 207710; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D044422:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT4; D016627:Oxidopamine; D017378:Quinolinic Acid