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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 285, Issue 40, Pages 30825-30836Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M110.147298
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- National Institutes of Health [RO1 MH062723, R01 MH081127, SBIR R43 MH083302]
- National Research Service Award [F30 MH084371]
- Medical Scientist Training Program [2T32 GM007250-29]
- Neurosciences Training Grant [5T32 AG000271-07]
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
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Understanding serotonergic (5-HT) signaling is critical for understanding human physiology, behavior, and neuropsychiatric disease. 5-HT mediates its actions via ionotropic and metabotropic 5-HT receptors. The 5-HT1A receptor is a metabotropic G protein-coupled receptor linked to the G(i/o) signaling pathway and has been specifically implicated in the pathogenesis of depression and anxiety. To understand and precisely control 5-HT1A signaling, we created a light-activated G protein-coupled receptor that targets into 5-HT1A receptor domains and substitutes for endogenous 5-HT1A receptors. To induce 5-HT1A-like targeting, vertebrate rhodopsin was tagged with the C-terminal domain (CT) of 5-HT1A (Rh-CT5-HT1A). Rh-CT5-HT1A activates G protein-coupled inward rectifying K+ channels in response to light and causes membrane hyperpolarization in hippocampal neurons, similar to the agonist-induced responses of the 5-HT1A receptor. The intracellular distribution of Rh-CT5-HT1A resembles that of the 5-HT1A receptor; Rh-CT5-HT1A localizes to somatodendritic sites and is efficiently trafficked to distal dendritic processes. Additionally, neuronal expression of Rh-CT5-HT1A, but not Rh, decreases 5-HT1A agonist sensitivity, suggesting that Rh-CT5-HT1A and 5-HT1A receptors compete to interact with the same trafficking machinery. Finally, Rh-CT5-HT1A is able to rescue 5-HT1A signaling of 5-HT1A KO mice in cultured neurons and in slices of the dorsal raphe showing that Rh-CT5-HT1A is able to functionally compensate for native 5-HT1A. Thus, as an optogenetic tool, Rh-CT5-HT1A has the potential to directly correlate in vivo 5-HT1A signaling with 5-HT neuron activity and behavior in both normal animals and animal models of neuropsychiatric disease.
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