5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HTR4 gene.[1][2]
This gene is a member of the family of serotonin receptors, which are G protein coupled receptors that stimulate cAMP production in response to serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine). The gene product is a glycosylated transmembrane protein that functions in both the peripheral and central nervous system to modulate the release of various neurotransmitters. Multiple transcript variants encoding proteins with distinct C-terminal sequences have been described, but the full-length nature of some transcript variants has not been determined.[3]
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The receptor is located in the alimentary tract, urinary bladder, heart and adrenal gland as well as the central nervous system (CNS).[4] In the CNS the receptor appears in the putamen, caudate nucleus, nucleus accumbens, globus pallidus and substantia nigra and to a lesser extent in the neocortex, raphe and pontine nuclei and some areas of the thalamus. It has not been found in the cerebellum.[5]
Internalization is isoform-specific.[6]
Several drugs which act as 5-HT4 selective agonists have recently been introduced into use in both scientific research and clinical medicine. Some drugs which act as 5-HT4 agonists are also active as 5-HT3 antagonists, such as mosapride, metoclopramide, renzapride and zacopride, and so these compounds cannot be considered highly selective. Research in this area is ongoing.[7]
SB-207,145 radiolabeled with carbon-11 is used as a radioligand for 5-HT4 in positron emission tomography pig[8] and human[9] studies.
This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.
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