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5-HT4 receptors: cloning and expression of new splice variants
1CNRS UPR 9023, Centre CNRS-INSERM de Pharmacologie-Endocrinologie (CCIPE), Montpellier, France.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
|February 3, 1999
Abstract:
On the basis of differences in the potencies and intrinsic activity of 5-HT4 receptor agonists in different biological models it has been suggested that there is heterogeneity among 5-HT4 receptors. Here, we report the molecular cloning of several 5-HT4 receptor splice variants in mouse, rat, and human brain. Our data suggest that the differences in efficacy of 5-HT4 ligands on 5-HT4 receptor-mediated responses in several tissues is due to differences in coupling efficiency rather than to the presence of different 5-HT4 receptor isoforms.