1. Conformational state of human cardiac 5-HT4(g) receptors influences the functional effects of polyclonal anti-5-HT4 receptor antibodies
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Emmanuella Di Scala, Véronique Bozon, Pierre Cosnay, J Argibay, Olivier Herault, S Rose, Communications, Médiations, Organisations, Savoirs ( CIMEOS ), Université de Bourgogne ( UB ), CNRS UMR 6542, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Tours, France., Hôpital Bretonneau, and Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Tours (CHRU Tours)
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Protein Conformation ,conformational state ,Immune receptor ,Biology ,Biochemistry ,Antibodies ,03 medical and health sciences ,Cricetulus ,Antibody Specificity ,Cricetinae ,antibody ,Animals ,Humans ,Protease-activated receptor ,5-HT4 receptor ,Receptor ,5-HT receptor ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,030304 developmental biology ,G protein-coupled receptor ,Pharmacology ,0303 health sciences ,G protein-coupled receptor kinase ,[ SDV ] Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Myocardium ,030302 biochemistry & molecular biology ,CHO cells ,[SDV.MHEP.EM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Endocrinology and metabolism ,musculoskeletal system ,Molecular biology ,inverse-agonist ,serotonin ,Metabotropic receptor ,5-HT1 receptor ,Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT4 - Abstract
International audience; The functional effects of the anti-G21V antibody directed against the second extracellular loop of human heart S-HT4 receptors can differ when the receptors are expressed in different cell lines. Here, we extend these studies to show variation in the responses of 5-HT4(g) receptors to the antibody within the same expression system. In a previous report no effect of the anti-G21V antibodies had been shown upon 5-HT4(g) receptors expressed in CHO cells. Here the same antibodies alone or when added before 5-HT had a functional "inverse-agonist like" effect upon 5-HT4(g) receptors expressed in a separate line of CHO cells. Although these CHO cells showed a lower efficacy of cAMP production evoked by 5-HT than the previous report they express a similar hS-HT4(g) receptor density. Inhibition of either phosphodiesterases or Gi proteins had no effect upon the action of the antibody. Conformational states of the 5-HT4 receptor and/or equilibrium between different states of receptors may then determine the functional effect of antibodies against this receptor. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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- 2007