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Cloning and Immunoreactivity of the 5-HT1Mac and 5-HT2Mac Receptors in the Central Nervous System of the Freshwater Prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii

Journal

JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY
Volume 513, Issue 4, Pages 399-416

Publisher

WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21979

Keywords

aggressive behavior; dominance; serotonin; 5-HT type 1 and type 2 receptors; crustacean

Funding

  1. National Institutes of Health [MBRS S06GM008224, MRISP MH48190, RCMI G12RR03051, RO1 NS39103]
  2. National Science Foundation [DBI 0115825]

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Biogenic amines are implicated in several mental disorders, many of which involve social interactions. Simple model systems, such as crustaceans, are often more amenable than vertebrates for studying mechanisms underlying behaviors. Although various cellular responses of biogenic amines have been characterized in crustaceans, the mechanisms linking these molecules to behavior remain largely unknown. Observed effects of serotonin receptor agonists and antagonists in abdomen posture, escape responses, and fighting have led to the suggestion that biogenic amine receptors may play a role in modulating interactive behaviors. As a first step in understanding this potential role of such receptors, we have cloned and fully sequenced two serotonin receptors, 5-HT1Mac and 5-HT2Mac, from the CNS of the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii and have mapped their CNS immunohistochemical distribution. 5-HT1Mac was found primarily on the membranes of subsets of cells in all CNS ganglia, in fibers that traverse all CNS regions, and in the cytoplasm of a small number of cells in the brain and circum- and subesophageal ganglia (SEG), most of which also appear to contain dopamine. The pattern of 5-HT2Mac immunoreactivity was found to differ significantly; it was found mostly in the central neuropil area of all ganglia, in glomeruli of the brain's olfactory lobes, and in the cytoplasm of a small number of neurons in the SEG, thoracic, and some abdominal ganglia. The observed differences in terms of localization, distribution within cells, and intensity of immunoreactive staining throughout the prawn's CNS suggest that these receptors are likely to play different roles. J. Comp. Neurol. 513:399-416, 2009. (C) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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