{"title":"Recent Advances in the Photochemical Biology of Serotonin.","authors":"Claire E Nieder, Michael A Kienzler","doi":"10.1002/cbic.202500276","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Serotonin (5-HT) is an endogenous neurotransmitter that plays a key role in cellular signaling. Its interactions with serotonin receptors (5-HTRs) and the serotonin transporter (SERT) influence processes as disparate as hunger, happiness, healing, and headaches. Over the last several decades, photochemical tools have been developed to observe, track, and modulate these serotonin-protein interactions. The tools tend to fit into one of four categories: photoswitches, photocages, photobiosensors, or photocross-linkers. This review examines the development and application of these photochemical tools for 5-HT, 5-HTRs, and SERT over the last ≈10 years, with an emphasis on the chemistry involved.</p>","PeriodicalId":140,"journal":{"name":"ChemBioChem","volume":" ","pages":"e2500276"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"ChemBioChem","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202500276","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Serotonin (5-HT) is an endogenous neurotransmitter that plays a key role in cellular signaling. Its interactions with serotonin receptors (5-HTRs) and the serotonin transporter (SERT) influence processes as disparate as hunger, happiness, healing, and headaches. Over the last several decades, photochemical tools have been developed to observe, track, and modulate these serotonin-protein interactions. The tools tend to fit into one of four categories: photoswitches, photocages, photobiosensors, or photocross-linkers. This review examines the development and application of these photochemical tools for 5-HT, 5-HTRs, and SERT over the last ≈10 years, with an emphasis on the chemistry involved.
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