Histamine H₃ receptor

Histamine H₃ receptors are expressed in the central nervous system and to a lesser extent the peripheral nervous system, where they act as autoreceptors in presynaptic histaminergic neurons, and also control histamine turnover by feedback inhibition of histamine synthesis and release.[5] The H₃ receptor has also been shown to presynaptically inhibit the release of a number of other neurotransmitters (i.e. it acts as an inhibitory heteroreceptor) including, but probably not limited to dopamine, GABA, acetylcholine, noradrenaline, histamine and serotonin.

HRH3
Identifiers
Aliases	HRH3, GPCR97, HH3R, histamine receptor H3
External IDs	OMIM: 604525 MGI: 2139279 HomoloGene: 5232 GeneCards: HRH3
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 20 (human)[1] Band 20q13.33 Start 62,214,960 bp[1] End 62,220,278 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 2 (mouse)[2] Band 2 H4|2 102.62 cM Start 180,099,465 bp[2] End 180,104,488 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function • G-protein coupled receptor activity • signal transducer activity • histamine receptor activity • G-protein coupled serotonin receptor activity • G-protein coupled acetylcholine receptor activity • neurotransmitter receptor activity Cellular component • integral component of membrane • membrane • cell membrane • integral component of plasma membrane • presynapse • dendrite Biological process • regulation of norepinephrine secretion • regulation of neurotransmitter levels • negative regulation of glutamate secretion • cognition • G-protein coupled receptor signaling pathway, coupled to cyclic nucleotide second messenger • negative regulation of serotonin secretion • GO:0010554 neurotransmitter secretion • signal transduction • negative regulation of adenylate cyclase activity • G-protein coupled receptor signaling pathway • adenylate cyclase-inhibiting G-protein coupled acetylcholine receptor signaling pathway • chemical synaptic transmission • G-protein coupled serotonin receptor signaling pathway Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	11255	99296
Ensembl	ENSG00000101180	ENSMUSG00000039059
UniProt	Q9Y5N1	P58406
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_007232	NM_133849
RefSeq (protein)	NP_009163	NP_598610
Location (UCSC)	Chr 20: 62.21 – 62.22 Mb	Chr 2: 180.1 – 180.1 Mb
PubMed search	[3]	[4]
Wikidata
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The gene sequence for H₃ receptors expresses only about 22% and 20% homology with both H₁ and H₂ receptors respectively.

There is much interest in the histamine H3 receptor as a potential therapeutic target because of its involvement in the neuronal mechanism behind many cognitive H3R-disorders and especially its location in the central nervous system.[6][7]

Tissue distribution

• Central nervous system
• Peripheral nervous system
• Heart
• Lungs
• Gastrointestinal tract
• Endothelial cells

Function

Like all histamine receptors, the H₃ receptor is a G-protein coupled receptor. The H₃ receptor is coupled to the G_i G-protein, so it leads to inhibition of the formation of cAMP. Also, the β and γ subunits interact with N-type voltage gated calcium channels, to reduce action potential mediated influx of calcium and hence reduce neurotransmitter release. H₃ receptors function as presynaptic autoreceptors on histamine-containing neurons.[8]

The diverse expression of H₃ receptors throughout the cortex and subcortex indicates its ability to modulate the release of a large number of neurotransmitters.

H₃ receptors are thought to play a part in the control of satiety.[9]

Isoforms

There are at least six H₃ receptor isoforms in the human, and more than 20 discovered so far.[10] In rats there have been six H₃receptor subtypes identified so far. Mice also have three reported isoforms.[11] These subtypes all have subtle difference in their pharmacology (and presumably distribution, based on studies in rats) but the exact physiological role of these isoforms is still unclear.

Pharmacology

Histamine

Agonists

There are currently no therapeutic products acting as selective agonists for H₃ receptors, although there are several compounds used as research tools which are reasonably selective agonists. Some examples are:

• (R)-α-methylhistamine
• Cipralisant (initially assessed as H₃ antagonist, later found to be an agonist, shows functional selectivity, activating some G-protein coupled pathways but not others)[12]
• Imbutamine (also H4 agonist)
• Immepip
• Imetit
• Immethridine
• Methimepip
• Proxyfan (complex functional selectivity; partial agonist effects on cAMP inhibition and MAPK activity, antagonist on histamine release, and inverse agonist on arachidonic acid release)

Antagonists

These include:[13]

• A-304121 (No tolerance formation, silent antagonist)[14]
• A-349,821[15]
• ABT-239
• Betahistine (also weak H₁ agonist)
• Burimamide (also weak H₂ antagonist)
• Ciproxifan
• Clobenpropit (also H₄ antagonist)
• Conessine
• Failproxifan (No tolerance formation)
• Impentamine
• Iodophenpropit
• Irdabisant
• Pitolisant
• Thioperamide (also H₄ antagonist)
• VUF-5681 (4-[3-(1H-Imidazol-4-yl)propyl]piperidine)

Therapeutic potential

The H3-receptor is a promising potential therapeutical target for many (cognitive) disorders that are caused by a histaminergic H3R dysfunction, because it is linked to the central nervous system and its regulation of other neurotransmitters.[6][16][17] Examples of such disorders are: sleep disorders (including narcolepsy), Tourette syndrome, Parkinson, OCD, ADHD, ASS and (drug)addictions.[6][17]

This receptor has been proposed as a target for treating sleep disorders.[18] The receptor has also been proposed as a target for treating neuropathic pain.[19]

Because of its ability to modulate other neurotransmitters, H₃ receptor ligands are being investigated for the treatment of numerous neurological conditions, including obesity (because of the histamine/orexinergic system interaction), movement disorders (because of H₃ receptor-modulation of dopamine and GABA in the basal ganglia), schizophrenia and ADHD (again because of dopamine modulation) and research is underway to determine whether H₃ receptor ligands could be useful in modulating wakefulness (because of effects on noradrenaline, glutamate and histamine).[20][7]

There is also evidence that the H3-receptor plays an important role in Tourette syndrome.[21] Mouse-models and other research demonstrated that reducing histamine concentration in the H3R causes tics, but adding histamine in the striatum decreases the symptoms.[22][23][24] The interaction between histamine (H3-receptor) and dopamine as well as other neurotransmitters is an important underlying mechanism behind the disorder.[25]

History

• 1983 The H₃ receptor is pharmacologically identified.[26]
• 1988 H₃ receptor found to mediate inhibition of serotonin release in rat brain cortex.[27]
• 1997 H₃ receptors shown to modulate ischemic norepinephrine release in animals.[28]
• 1999 H₃ receptor cloned[29]
• 2000 H₃ receptors called "new frontier in myocardial ischemia"[30]
• 2002 H₃^(-/-) mice (mice that do not have this receptor)[31]

See also

• Histamine antagonist#H3-receptor antagonists

References

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14. Pan, Jia Bao; Yao, Betty B.; Miller, Thomas R.; Kroeger, Paul E.; Bennani, Youssef L.; Komater, Victoria A.; Esbenshade, Timothy A.; Hancock, Arthur A.; Decker, Michael W.; Fox, Gerard B. (2006-08-29). "Evidence for tolerance following repeated dosing in rats with ciproxifan, but not with A-304121". Life Sciences. 79 (14): 1366–1379. doi:10.1016/j.lfs.2006.04.002. ISSN 0024-3205. PMID 16730751.
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Further reading

• Hill SJ, Ganellin CR, Timmerman H, Schwartz JC, Shankley NP, Young JM, Schunack W, Levi R, Haas HL (Sep 1997). "International Union of Pharmacology. XIII. Classification of histamine receptors". Pharmacological Reviews. 49 (3): 253–78. PMID 9311023.
• Malinowska B, Godlewski G, Schlicker E (Jun 1998). "Histamine H3 receptors--general characterization and their function in the cardiovascular system". Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 49 (2): 191–211. PMID 9670104.
• Leurs R, Hoffmann M, Wieland K, Timmerman H (Jan 2000). "H3 receptor gene is cloned at last". Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 21 (1): 11–2. doi:10.1016/S0165-6147(99)01411-X. PMID 10637648.
• Leurs R, Bakker RA, Timmerman H, de Esch IJ (Feb 2005). "The histamine H3 receptor: from gene cloning to H3 receptor drugs". Nature Reviews. Drug Discovery. 4 (2): 107–20. doi:10.1038/nrd1631. PMID 15665857.
• Esbenshade TA, Fox GB, Cowart MD (Apr 2006). "Histamine H3 receptor antagonists: preclinical promise for treating obesity and cognitive disorders". Molecular Interventions. 6 (2): 77–88, 59. doi:10.1124/mi.6.2.5. PMID 16565470.
• Lovenberg TW, Roland BL, Wilson SJ, Jiang X, Pyati J, Huvar A, Jackson MR, Erlander MG (Jun 1999). "Cloning and functional expression of the human histamine H3 receptor". Molecular Pharmacology. 55 (6): 1101–7. doi:10.1124/mol.55.6.1101. PMID 10347254.
• Nakamura T, Itadani H, Hidaka Y, Ohta M, Tanaka K (Dec 2000). "Molecular cloning and characterization of a new human histamine receptor, HH4R". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 279 (2): 615–20. doi:10.1006/bbrc.2000.4008. PMID 11118334.
• Cogé F, Guénin SP, Audinot V, Renouard-Try A, Beauverger P, Macia C, Ouvry C, Nagel N, Rique H, Boutin JA, Galizzi JP (Apr 2001). "Genomic organization and characterization of splice variants of the human histamine H3 receptor". The Biochemical Journal. 355 (Pt 2): 279–88. doi:10.1042/0264-6021:3550279. PMC 1221737. PMID 11284713.
• Silver RB, Poonwasi KS, Seyedi N, Wilson SJ, Lovenberg TW, Levi R (Jan 2002). "Decreased intracellular calcium mediates the histamine H3-receptor-induced attenuation of norepinephrine exocytosis from cardiac sympathetic nerve endings". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 99 (1): 501–6. doi:10.1073/pnas.012506099. PMC 117589. PMID 11752397.
• Wiedemann P, Bönisch H, Oerters F, Brüss M (Apr 2002). "Structure of the human histamine H3 receptor gene (HRH3) and identification of naturally occurring variations". Journal of Neural Transmission. 109 (4): 443–53. doi:10.1007/s007020200036. PMID 11956964.
• Wellendorph P, Goodman MW, Burstein ES, Nash NR, Brann MR, Weiner DM (Jun 2002). "Molecular cloning and pharmacology of functionally distinct isoforms of the human histamine H(3) receptor". Neuropharmacology. 42 (7): 929–40. doi:10.1016/S0028-3908(02)00041-2. PMID 12069903.
• Lozeva V, Tuomisto L, Tarhanen J, Butterworth RF (Oct 2003). "Increased concentrations of histamine and its metabolite, tele-methylhistamine and down-regulation of histamine H3 receptor sites in autopsied brain tissue from cirrhotic patients who died in hepatic coma". Journal of Hepatology. 39 (4): 522–7. doi:10.1016/S0168-8278(03)00353-2. PMID 12971961.
• Lippert U, Artuc M, Grützkau A, Babina M, Guhl S, Haase I, Blaschke V, Zachmann K, Knosalla M, Middel P, Krüger-Krasagakis S, Henz BM (Jul 2004). "Human skin mast cells express H2 and H4, but not H3 receptors". The Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 123 (1): 116–23. doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22721.x. PMID 15191551.

External links

• "Histamine Receptors: H₃". IUPHAR Database of Receptors and Ion Channels. International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology.
• H3+receptors at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)