Direct interaction of serotonin type 3 receptor ligands with recombinant and native α9α10-containing nicotinic cholinergic receptors
In the present work, we characterized the effects of serotonin type 3 receptor ligands on recombinant and native α9α10-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). Our results indicate that the recombinant α9α10 nAChR shares striking pharmacological properties with 5-HT3 ligand-gated ion c...
| Autores: | , , , , , , , |
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2003 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Recursos: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/79766 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/79766 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Nicotinic Cholinergic Receptors Acetylcholine https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| Resumo: | In the present work, we characterized the effects of serotonin type 3 receptor ligands on recombinant and native α9α10-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). Our results indicate that the recombinant α9α10 nAChR shares striking pharmacological properties with 5-HT3 ligand-gated ion channels. Thus, 5-HT3 receptor antagonists block ACh-evoked currents in α9α10-injected Xenopus laevis oocytes with a rank order of potency of tropisetron (IC50, 70.1 ± 0.9 nM) > ondansetron (IC50, 0.6 ± 0.1 μM) = MDL 72222 (IC50, 0.7 ± 0.1 μM). Although serotonin does not elicit responses in α9α10-injected oocytes, it blocks recombinant α9α10 receptors in a noncompetitive and voltage-dependent manner (IC50, 5.4 ± 0.6 μM). On the other hand, we demonstrate an in vivo correlate of these properties of the recombinant receptor, with those of the α9α10-containing nAChR of frog saccular hair cells. The possibility that the biogenic amine serotonin might act as a neuromodulator of the cholinergic efferent transmission in the vestibular apparatus and in the organ of Corti is discussed. |
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