title: Regulation of serotonin receptor function in the nervous system by lipid rafts and adaptor proteins.
abstract: 5-HT is a phylogenetically conserved monoaminergic neurotransmitter which is crucial for a number of physiological processes and is dysregulated in several disease states including depression, anxiety and schizophrenia. 5-HT neurons in the central nervous system are localized in the raphe nuclei and project to a wide range of target areas. 5-HT exerts its functions through 14 subtypes of 5-HT receptors. The tertiary structures of seven transmembrane 5-HT receptors contain several important features, including cholesterol consensus motifs, prominent intracellular loops and free C-termini. Alterations of cholesterol levels affect binding of ligands to 5-HT receptors and cholesterol-enriched microdomains in the cell membrane, termed lipid rafts, regulate 5-HT receptor internalization and signaling. The intracellular loops and the C-termini of 5-HT receptors provide binding sites for interacting adaptor proteins. Adaptor proteins affect internalization, desensitization as well as G-protein dependent and independent signaling via 5-HT receptors. We will here briefly review recent progress on the role of lipid rafts and adaptor proteins in the regulation of localization, trafficking, signaling and ligand bias of 5-HT receptors.
authors.affiliation: Translational Neuropharmacology, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Björk
authors.forename: Benita
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sjögren
authors.forename: Per
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Svenningsson
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D021962:Membrane Microdomains / Q000378:metabolism*; D009420:Nervous System / Q000378:metabolism*; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin