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Query: UMLS:C0027819 (neuroblastoma)
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The 5-hydroxytryptamine3 receptor 5-HT3R has been implicated in gut and cardiac motility and in behavioral disorders. Characteristics of 5-HT3Rs appear to be heterogeneous among species, but human 5-HT3R cDNA has not been identified. We isolated a cDNA encoding 5-HT3R from human hippocampus. The mouse 5-HT3R gene has been reported to generate two alternative splicing isoforms that differ by six amino acids. All of our isolated human clones corresponded to the shorter isoform. Amino acid identities with mouse neuroblastoma N1E-115 and rat brain 5-HT3Rs were 84% for each. Southern blot analysis of human genomic DNA suggested that our cloned transcript encoded a human counterpart for the rodent 5-HT3Rs. This gene was assigned to chromosome 11 using polymerase chain reaction analysis of a human/rodent somatic cell hybrid panel. With the use of Northern blot analysis, 5-HT3R transcripts were identified in human small intestine, colon, and brain regions including hippocampus, amygdala, and striatum. In human heart, 5-HT3R expression was not detectable even with reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction analysis, although it was detectable in mouse heart. Transfection of COS-1 with human 5-HT3R cDNA induced specific binding of the 5-HT3R-selective radioligand [3H]YM060. Human 5-HT3R showed typical characteristics of the 5-HT3R, but its affinity for the 5-HT3R agonist m-chlorophenylbiguanide was much lower than that of rat 5-HT3R. When injected with human 5-HT3R cRNA, the oocytes responded to 5-HT3R agonists with a rapidly developing inward current. The potency of the agonists to induce inward current paralleled that to compete with the radioligand binding, and 2-methyl-5-hydroxytryptamine, a partial agonist for mouse 5-HT3R, was a full agonist for human 5-HT3R. Our data revealed that the 5-HT3R molecule has interspecies differences in both tissue distribution and functional profile.
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PMID:Molecular cloning of human 5-hydroxytryptamine3 receptor: heterogeneity in distribution and function among species. 756 20

The structure of the mouse 5-HT3 receptor gene, 5-HT3R-A, is most similar to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) genes, in particular to the gene encoding the neuronal nAChR subunit alpha 7. These genes share among other things the location of three adjacent introns, suggesting that 5-HT3R-A and nAChR genes arose from a common precursor gene. The alternative use of two adjacent splice acceptor sites in intron 8 creates, in addition to the original 5-HT3R-A cDNA (5-HT3R-AL), a shorter isoform (5-HT3R-AS) which lacks six codons in the segment that translates into the major intracellular domain. This splice consensus sequence is not found in human genomic DNA. In mouse, we demonstrate by RNAse protection assay that 5-HT3R-AS mRNA is approximately 5 times more abundant than 5-HT3R-AL mRNA in both neuroblastoma cell lines and neuronal tissues. We used the Semliki Forest virus expression system for electrophysiological characterization of 5-HT3R-AS and 5-HT3R-AL in mammalian cells. No differences in electrophysiological characteristics, such as voltage dependence, desensitization kinetics, or unitary conductance were found between homomeric 5-HT3R-AS and 5-HT3R-AL receptors. Their properties are very similar to those of 5-HT3 receptors in mouse neuroblastoma cell lines.
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PMID:Organization of the mouse 5-HT3 receptor gene and functional expression of two splice variants. 785 52

Effects of (R)-N-(quinuclidin-3-yl)-2-(1-methyl-1 H-indol-3-yl)-2-oxo-acetamide (RS-056812-198) on 5-HT3 receptors have been investigated in whole-cell voltage-clamped N1E-115 mouse neuroblastoma cells and on 5-HT3 receptors composed of either long (5-HT3R-Al) or short (5-HT3R-AS) subunits expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes. In N1E-115 cells RS-056812-198 evokes small transient inward currents, which are completely and reversibly inhibited by the selective 5-HT3 receptor antagonist MDL 72222 and cross-desensitizes with the 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)-evoked current. The concentration-effect curve of RS-056812-198 yields an EC50 of 18 nM and a maximum amplitude of 15% of the maximum 5-HT-evoked current. In contrast to its effects on N1E-115 cells, RS-056812-198 does not evoke an ion current on cloned 5-HT3 receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes, but acts as an antagonist. For 5-HT3R-A1 receptors, the IC50 of RS-056812-198 is 0.4 nM. The results show that (I) RS-056812-198 is a high-affinity partial agonist on 5-HT3 receptors in N1E-115 cells, thus providing a valuable tool to study agonist-receptor interaction in more detail: (2) 5-HT3 receptors on N1E-115 cells differ from the homo-oligomeric 5-HT3 receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Whether the difference is caused by differences in protein processing in the two preparations or by expression of additional, yet unidentified subunits in N1E-115 cells and consequent formation of hetero-oligomeric 5-HT3 receptors remains to be determined.
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PMID:RS-056812-198: partial agonist on native and antagonist on cloned 5-HT3 receptors. 909 92