5-Hydroxytryptamine receptors


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5-HT receptors [nomenclature as agreed by NC-IUPHAR Subcommittee on 5-HT receptors [46] and subsequently revised [41]] are, with the exception of the ionotropic 5-HT3 class, GPCR receptors where the endogenous agonist is 5-HT. The diversity of metabotropic 5-HT receptors is increased by alternative splicing that produces isoforms of the 5-HT2A (non-functional), 5-HT2C (non-functional), 5-HT4, 5-HT6 (non-functional) and 5-HT7 receptors. Unique amongst the GPCRs, RNA editing produces 5-HT2C receptor isoforms that differ in function, such as efficiency and specificity of coupling to Gq/11 and also pharmacology [11,109]. Most 5-HT receptors (except 5-ht 1e and 5-ht 5a/5b) play specific roles mediating functional responses in different tissues (reviewed by [89,104].


Unless otherwise stated all data refer to the human proteins. Gene information is provided for human (Hs), mouse (Mm) and rat (Rn).

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