Mifepristone modulates serotonin transporter function

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    摘要 Regulatingserotoninexpressioncanbeusedtotreatpsychoticdepression.Mifepristone,aglucocorticoidreceptorantagonist,isaneffectivecandidateforpsychoticdepressiontreatment.However,theunderlyingmechanismrelatedtoserotonintransporterexpressionispoorlyunderstood.Inthisstudy,weclonedthehumanbrainserotonintransporterintoXenopusoocytes,toestablishaninvitroexpressionsystem.Two-electrodevoltageclamprecordingswereusedtodetectserotonintransporteractivity.Ourresultsshowthatmifepristoneattenuatesserotonintransporteractivitybydirectlyinhibitingtheserotonintransporter,andsuggeststhattheserotonintransporterisapharmacologicaltargetofmifepristoneforthetreatmentofpsychoticdepression.
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    出版日期 2014年06月16日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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