Identification of a human 5-HT6 receptor variant produced by alternative splicing.
The complexity of the 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) (serotonin) receptor family has been increased by the findings that isoforms or splice variants exist for subtypes such as the 5-HT2B, 5-HT2C, 5-HT4 and 5-HT7 subtypes. Further molecular biological studies in our laboratory have demonstrated that a splice variant of the 5-HT6 receptor exists in the human brain. Experiments performed using a degenerate PCR approach from human caudate cDNA revealed a 5-HT6 receptor clone with a 289 bp deletion of the region coding for transmembrane IV through the third intracellular loop. This deletion produces a frameshift creating a downstream stop codon which results in a truncated protein containing 10 unique amino acids at its carboxyl end. The variant transcript occurs as a result of alternative splicing using an upstream donor site and the acceptor site from the first intron in the 5-HT6 receptor gene. The splicing pattern seen for this transcript was not detected in rat or mouse whole brain cDNA by PCR due to the lack of a consensus 5' donor site. Coexpression of the variant 5-HT6 transcript and the full length 5-HT6 transcript was observed in caudate and substantia nigra but not in hippocampus, cortex, cerebellum and thalamus. Transient transfection of a 5-HT6 variant construct into Cos-7 cells demonstrated that a truncated receptor was translocated to the membrane but appeared nonfunctional.[1]References
- Identification of a human 5-HT6 receptor variant produced by alternative splicing. Olsen, M.A., Nawoschik, S.P., Schurman, B.R., Schmitt, H.L., Burno, M., Smith, D.L., Schechter, L.E. Brain Res. Mol. Brain Res. (1999) [Pubmed]
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