Selective 5-HT1DαSerotonin Receptor Gene Expression in Trigeminal Ganglia: Implications for Antimigraine Drug Development

Pharmacological data suggest that the actions of antimigraine drugs such as sumatriptan may be mediated by 5-HT1D-like serotonin receptors on trigeminovascular nerve endings. We sought molecular evidence for the expression of an mRNA species encoding the 5-HT1Dreceptor subtype in guinea pig and human trigeminal ganglia, using the polymerase chain reaction with oligonucleotides uniquely homologous to the coding sequences of the 5-HT1B/Dfamily (human 5-HT1D αand 5-HT1Dβ; rat 5-HT1B). A single band of predicted size was observed in samples from guinea pig trigeminal ganglia; sequence analysis revealed the presence of a single message, which was 85% and 71% identical to the human 5-HT1Dαand 5-HT1Dβreceptor DNA sequences, respectively. Similar analyses of postmortem human trigeminal ganglia revealed the presence of 5-HT1D α, but not 5-HT1Dβ, receptor message. Inasmuch as one recent report found that mRNA encoding only the 5-HT1Dβreceptor subtype was expressed by vascular smooth muscle of the central nervous system, the present findings suggest the importance of developing selective 5-HT1Dαreceptor agonists as a strategy to reduce the risk of myocardial infarction and possibly stroke that complicates the acute treatment of migraine headache..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1994

Erschienen:

1994

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:91

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rebeck, G. William [VerfasserIn]
Maynard, Kenneth I. [VerfasserIn]
Hyman, Bradley T. [VerfasserIn]
Moskowitz, Michael A. [VerfasserIn]

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Applied sciences
Biological sciences
Migraine
Neurobiology
Physical sciences
Research-article
Serotonin Receptor Subtypes

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JST070283222