TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - 5-Hydroxytryptamine (Serotonin) and Dopamine A1 - Nichols, Charles D. A1 - Amara, Susan G. A1 - Sibley, David R. A2 - Brunton, Laurence L. A2 - Knollmann, Björn C. Y1 - 2023 N1 - T2 - Goodman & Gilman's: The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 14th Edition AB - 5-Hydroxytryptamine (5HT, serotonin) and dopamine (DA) are neurotransmitters in the central nervous system (CNS) that also have prominent peripheral actions. Although high concentrations of 5HT are present in the CNS, about 95% of all 5HT in the human body is located in the periphery, with high levels in enterochromaffin cells throughout the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and in storage granules in platelets. The highest concentrations of DA are found in the brain, but DA stores are also present peripherally in the adrenal medulla, in the plexuses of the GI tract, and in the enteric nervous system. Fourteen mammalian 5HT receptor subtypes, categorized into seven subfamilies, and five DA receptor subtypes, categorized into two subfamilies, have been delineated by structural and pharmacological analyses and are encoded by separate genes. For some receptors, alternative RNA splicing or editing creates additional heterogeneity; for example, over 30 isoforms of the 5HT2C receptor subtype arise from RNA editing. The identification of individual receptor subtypes has facilitated development of subtype-selective drugs and elucidation of actions of 5HT and DA at a molecular level. Increasingly, therapeutic goals are being achieved by using drugs that selectively target one or more of the subtypes of 5HT or DA receptors or that act on a combination of both 5HT and DA receptors. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/16 UR - hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1193229008 ER -