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Porter RH, Malcolm CS, Allen NH, Lamb H, Revell DF, Sheardown MJ: Agonist-induced functional desensitization of recombinant human 5-HT2 receptors expressed in CHO-K1 cells. Biochem Pharmacol. 2001 Aug 15;62(4):431-8.
The desensitization characteristics of recombinant human 5-HT (2A), 5-HT (2B), and 5-HT (2C) receptors (VSV and INI isoforms) stably expressed in CHO-K1 (Chinese hamster ovary) cells was investigated by calcium fluorimetry. Comparative desensitization characteristics of the agonists 5-HT, m-chlorophenylpiperazine (mCPP), and 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine hydrobromide (DOI) were performed. Human 5-HT (2C (INI)) receptors exhibited a greater degree of desensitization to all agonists tested than edited 5-HT (2C (VSV)) receptors. A 2-hr exposure to 5-HT resulted in a significantly larger reduction in response upon re-exposure to 5-HT at 5-HT (2C (INI)) receptors, as compared to 5-HT (2C (VSV)) receptors (72% and 47% respectively, P < 0.01). Both receptor isoforms were expressed at similar densities. Human 5-HT (2B) receptors exhibited the most dramatic degree of desensitization, with prior exposure to 5-HT reducing subsequent response to 5-HT by 80%, with an extremely rapid time-course (t (1/2) < 5 min). The response at 5-HT (2A) receptors was reduced by 54%. The partial agonists mCPP and DOI also elicited desensitization, generally in line with their relative efficacies at each receptor, but exhibited more rapid kinetic profiles than 5-HT. Heterologous desensitization of an endogenously expressed G (q/11)-coupled purinergic receptor was also examined following preincubation of the cell lines with 10 microM 5-HT. Only stimulation of 5-HT (2C (VSV)) receptors resulted in a profound attenuation of subsequent ATP mediated responses. These results demonstrate differing degrees of both homologous and heterologous desensitization of 5-HT (2) receptors. Additionally, the different desensitization profiles of 5-HT (2C (INI)) and 5-HT (2C (VSV)) receptor may be due to signal transduction differences caused by RNA editing. |
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