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  • Title: Pharmacological characterization of a serotonin receptor (5-HT7) stimulating cAMP production in human corneal epithelial cells.
    Author: Crider JY, Williams GW, Drace CD, Katoli P, Senchyna M, Sharif NA.
    Journal: Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci; 2003 Nov; 44(11):4837-44. PubMed ID: 14578406.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: To study the mRNA and pharmacology of a serotonin (5-HT) receptor positively coupled to adenylyl cyclase in normal, primary (P-CEPI), and immortalized human corneal epithelial cells (CEPI-17-CL4), by using numerous 5-HT agonists and antagonists. To determine and compare cloned human 5-HT7 receptor binding affinities of compounds with their functional potency data. METHODS: RT-PCR was used to detect the presence of an mRNA for the human 5-HT7 receptor in CEPI-17-CL4 cells. Receptor-mediated production of cAMP in cultured cells was measured using an enzyme immunoassay. Compound binding affinities were determined using [3H]-lysergic acid diethylamide ([3H]-LSD) binding to cell membranes of human embryonic kidney (HEK-293) cells expressing the cloned human 5-HT7 receptor. RESULTS: RT-PCR revealed the presence of a 5-HT7 receptor mRNA in CEPI-17-CL4 cells. Normal P-CEPI cells generated cAMP in response to 5-HT (-log EC50; pEC50=7.6), 5-carboxamidotryptamine (5-CT; pEC50=7.8), 5-methoxy-tryptamine (pEC50=7.0) and 5-methoxy-dimethyl-tryptamine (pEC50=5.7). In CEPI-17-CL4 cells, serotonergic agonists also stimulated cAMP production with different potencies (pEC50): 5-CT (7.4)>5-HT (6.5)> or =5-methoxy-tryptamine (6.1)>5-methoxy-dimethyl-tryptamine (5.4)> or =8-OH-DPAT (<5.0)=alpha-methyl-5-HT (<5.0). Various 5-HT receptor antagonists inhibited cAMP production induced by 5-CT in CEPI-17-CL4 cells with different potencies (pKi): methiothepin (8.5)>mesulergine (8.1)=metergoline (8.0)>spiperone (7.4)> or =clozapine (7.2)=SB-258719 (7.2)>mianserin (6.9)>ketanserin (6.3). Antagonist pKi values in P-CEPI cells were methiothepin (8.7), spiperone (7.4) and SB-258719 (6.6). The rank order of affinity for displacement of [3H]-LSD from the cloned human 5-HT7 receptor was: methiothepin>ritanserin>mesulergine=clozapine> or =metergoline=5-HT>SB-258719> or =spiperone>mianserin> or =ketanserin. The functional agonist and antagonist potency data obtained from CEPI-17-CL4 cells correlated well with cloned human 5-HT7 receptor binding affinity data (r=0.69), with P-CEPI cell functional data (r=0.85), and with functional potency data in the literature for the cloned human 5-HT7 receptor (r=0.88). CONCLUSIONS: These collective data support the presence of a pharmacologically defined, adenylyl cyclase-coupled 5-HT7 receptor in the CEPI-17-CL4 cells that may have relevance to physiological and/or pathologic functions of 5-HT7 receptors in the human cornea.
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