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Query: UNIPROT:P08908 (5-HT1A)
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Chronic psychoemotional stress of social defeats produces development of experimental anxious depression in male mice similar to this disorder in humans. 5-HT and 5-HIAA levels, TPH and MAO A activities, 5-HT1A-receptors in different brain areas were investigated at different stages of development of experimental disorder. It has been shown that initial stage (3 days of social stress) is accompanied by increase of 5-HT level in some brain areas. Decreased 5-HIAA levels in the hippocampus, amygdala and nucleus accumbens were discovered at the stage of forming depression (10 days of social stress). Pharmacological desensitisation and decreased number of 5-HT1A-receptors were shown in frontal cortex and amygdala. At the stage of pronounced depression (20 days of stress), there were no differences in 5-HT and 5-HIAA levels in all brain areas (excluding hypothalamus) of depressive animals. However increased number of 5-HT1A-receptors and decreased affinity in amygdala and decreased TPH and MAOA activities in hippocampus were found in depressive mice. Hypofunction of serotonergic system is suggested at the stage of pronounced depression state in animals. Similar processes had place in brain dopaminergic systems. It is concluded that dynamic changes of brain monoaminergic activities accompany the development of anxious depression in animals. Various parameters of monoaminergic systems are differently changed depending on brain area, mediator system and stage of disorder.
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PMID:[Dynamic changes of brain serotonergic and dopaminergic activities during development of anxious depression: experimental study]. 1557 84

Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) neurotransmission is negatively regulated by 5-HT1A autoreceptors on raphe neurons, and is implicated in mood disorders. Pet-1/FEV is an ETS transcription factor expressed exclusively in serotonergic neurons and is essential for serotonergic differentiation, although its regulation of 5-HT receptors has not yet been studied. Here, we show by electrophoretic mobility shift assay that recombinant human Pet-1/FEV binds directly to multiple Pet-1 elements of the human 5-HT1A receptor promoter to enhance its transcriptional activity. In luciferase reporter assays, mutational analysis indicated that while several sites contribute, the Pet-1 site at -1406 bp had the greatest effect on 5-HT1A promoter activity. To address the effect of Pet-1 on 5-HT1A receptor regulation in vivo, we compared the expression of 5-HT1A receptor RNA and protein in Pet-1 null and wild-type littermate mice. In the raphe nuclei of Pet-1-/- mice tryptophan hydroxylase 2 (TPH2) RNA, and 5-HT and TPH immunostaining were greatly reduced, indicating a deficit in 5-HT production. Raphe 5-HT1A RNA and protein levels were also reduced in Pet-1-deficient mice, consistent with an absence of Pet-1-mediated transcriptional enhancement of 5-HT1A autoreceptors in serotonergic neurons. Interestingly, 5-HT1A receptor expression was up-regulated in the hippocampus, but down-regulated in the striatum and cortex. These data indicate that, in addition to transcriptional regulation by Pet-1 in raphe neurons, 5-HT1A receptor expression is regulated indirectly by alterations in 5-HT neurotransmission in a region-specific manner that together may contribute to the aggressive/anxiety phenotype observed in Pet-1 null mice.
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PMID:Region-specific regulation of 5-HT1A receptor expression by Pet-1-dependent mechanisms in vivo. 2118 26

The aim of this study was to observe the variation in the 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) system between a chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) model and a chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) model. The total distance, the crossing pieces, and rearing times in the open-field test of the CUMS group and the CFS group were all less than those of the control group to different degrees. The concentrations of tryptophan, 5-HT, and 5-HIAA of the CUMS group were obviously lower than those of the control group. In the CFS model, the concentrations of tryptophan, 5-HT, and 5-HIAA were obviously higher than those of the control group. The expressions of tryptophan hydroxylase-2 (TPH-2) and 5-HT1A receptor in protein level and mRNA level were also different among the three groups. The expressions of TPH-2 and 5-HT1A were higher in the CFS group than in the CUMS group. The expressions of TPH-2 and 5-HT1A receptor were lower in the CUMS group than in the control group. We can find that in different situations of mood disorders, the variation of 5-HT system may also be opposite.
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PMID:The variation of the 5-hydroxytryptamine system between chronic unpredictable mild stress rats and chronic fatigue syndrome rats induced by forced treadmill running. 2850 18