5-Hydroxytryptamine 6 Receptor (5-HT6R)-Mediated Morphological Changes via RhoA-Dependent Pathways
- Title
- 5-Hydroxytryptamine 6 Receptor (5-HT6R)-Mediated Morphological Changes via RhoA-Dependent Pathways
- Authors
- 임혜원; 추현아; 박미경; 김한나; 김영재; Md. Ataur Rahman; Kang Ho Lee; Hyung-Mun Yun; Jung-Hwa Hong
- Keywords
- 5-Hydroxytryptamine 6 Receptor; RhoA; Morphology; Neurons
- Issue Date
- 2017-06
- Publisher
- Molecules and cells
- Citation
- VOL 40, NO 7-502
- Abstract
- The 5-HT6R has been considered as an attractive therapeutic target in the brain due to its exclusive expression in the brain. However, the mechanistic linkage between 5-HT6Rs and brain functions remains poorly understood. Here, we examined the effects of 5-HT6R-mediated cell morphological changes using immunocytochemistry, Western blot, and live-cell imaging assays. Our results showed that the activation of 5-HT6Rs caused morphological changes and increased cell surface area in HEK293 cells expressing 5-HT6Rs. Treatment with 5-HT specifically increased RhoA-GTP activity without affecting other Rho family proteins, such as Rac1 and Cdc42. Furthermore, live-cell imaging in hippocampal neurons revealed that activation of 5-HT6Rs using a selective agonist, ST1936, increased the density and size of dendritic protrusions along with the activation of RhoA-GTP activity and that both effects were blocked by pretreatment with a selective 5-HT6R antagonist, SB258585. Taken together, our results show that 5-HT6R plays an important role in the regulation of cell morphology via a RhoA-dependent pathway in mammalian cell lines and primary neurons.
- URI
- https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/66185
- ISSN
- 1016-8478
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