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Mouse serotonin 5-HT3A receptor in complex with vortioxetine
Structural highlights
Function5HT3A_MOUSE This is one of the several different receptors for 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin), a biogenic hormone that functions as a neurotransmitter, a hormone, and a mitogen. This receptor is a ligand-gated ion channel, which when activated causes fast, depolarizing responses in neurons. It is a cation-specific, but otherwise relatively nonselective, ion channel. Publication Abstract from PubMedVortioxetine (VTX) is a recently approved antidepressant that targets a variety of serotonin receptors. Here, we investigate the drug's molecular mechanism of operation at the serotonin 5-HT(3) receptor (5-HT(3)R), which features two properties: VTX acts differently on rodent and human 5-HT(3)R, and VTX appears to suppress any subsequent response to agonists. Using a combination of cryo-EM, electrophysiology, voltage-clamp fluorometry and molecular dynamics, we show that VTX stabilizes a resting inhibited state of the mouse 5-HT(3)R and an agonist-bound-like state of human 5-HT(3)R, in line with the functional profile of the drug. We report four human 5-HT(3)R structures and show that the human receptor transmembrane domain is intrinsically fragile. We also explain the lack of recovery after VTX administration via a membrane partition mechanism. Structural determinants for activity of the antidepressant vortioxetine at human and rodent 5-HT(3) receptors.,Lopez-Sanchez U, Munro LJ, Ladefoged LK, Pedersen AJ, Brun CC, Lyngby SM, Baud D, Juillan-Binard C, Pedersen MG, Lummis SCR, Bang-Andersen B, Schiott B, Chipot C, Schoehn G, Neyton J, Dehez F, Nury H, Kristensen AS Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2024 May 2. doi: 10.1038/s41594-024-01282-x. PMID:38698207[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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