Regulation of serotonin2A receptor expression by an antisense oligodeoxynucleotide.
The regulation of 5-HT2A receptor expression by an antisense oligodeoxynucleotide, complementary to the coding region of rat 5-HT2A receptor mRNA, was examined in a cortically derived cell line and in rat brain. Treatment of A1A1 variant cells, which express the 5-HT2A receptor coupled to the stimulation of phosphatidylinositol (PI) hydrolysis, with antisense oligodeoxynucleotide decreased the maximal stimulation of PI hydrolysis by the partial agonist quipazine and the number of 5-HT2A receptor sites as measured by the binding of 2-[125I]-iodolysergic acid diethylamide. Treatment of cells with random, sense, or mismatch oligodeoxynucleotide did not alter the stimulation of PI hydrolysis by quipazine or 5-HT2A receptor number. Intracerebroventricular infusion of antisense, but not mismatch, oligodeoxynucleotide for 8 days resulted in a significant increase in cortical 5-HT2A receptor density and an increase in headshake behavior induced by the 5-HT2 receptor agonist 1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodophenyl)-2-aminopropane. The density of cortical 5-HT2A receptors was not altered by administration of antisense oligodeoxynucleotide for 1, 2, or 4 days. We hypothesize that in brain this antisense oligodeoxynucleotide relieved some form of translational suppression, resulting in an increase in 5-HT2A receptor expression.[1]References
- Regulation of serotonin2A receptor expression by an antisense oligodeoxynucleotide. Scalzitti, J.M., Berg, K.A., Kratowicz, S.A., Hensler, J.G. J. Neurochem. (1998) [Pubmed]
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