α2-adrenergic receptors include 3 highly homologous subtypes: α2A, α2B, and α2C. These receptors have a critical role in regulating neurotransmitter release from sympathetic nerves and from adrenergic neurons in the central nervous system.
A deletion variant of the α2B adrenergic receptor has been shown to be related to emotional memory in Europeans and Africans.[3] This variant also predisposed people who had it to focus more on negative aspects of a situation.[4] This predisposition remained present in people with the variant gene who took a single dose of the noradrenergic antidepressant reboxetine, but was weakened in people without the variant.[5]
Evolution
The ADRA2B gene (sometimes referenced as A2AB) is used in animals as a nuclear DNA phylogenetic marker.[2] This intronless gene has first been used to explore the phylogeny of the major groups of mammals,[6] and contributed to reveal that placental orders are distributed into four major clades: Xenarthra, Afrotheria, Laurasiatheria, and Euarchontoglires. Comparative analysis of the primary protein sequence of ADRA2B across placentals also showed the high conservation of residues thought to be involved in agonist binding and in G protein–coupling. However, great variations are observed in the very long, third intracellular loop, with a polyglutamyl domain displaying pervasive length differences.[7]
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↑Todd RM, Müller DJ, Lee DH, Robertson A, Eaton T, Freeman N, Palombo DJ, Levine B, Anderson AK (2013). "Genes for emotion-enhanced remembering are linked to enhanced perceiving". Psychol Sci. 24 (11): 2244–53. doi:10.1177/0956797613492423. PMID24058067. Lay summary – The University of British Columbia.
↑Gibbs AA, Bautista CE, Mowlem FD, Naudts KH, Duka T (2013). "Alpha 2B adrenoceptor genotype moderates effect of reboxetine on negative emotional memory bias in healthy volunteers". J. Neurosci. 33 (43): 17023–8. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2124-13.2013. PMID24155306. Lay summary – Society for Neuroscience.
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↑Madsen O, Willemsen D, Ursing BM, Arnason U, de Jong WW (Dec 2002). "Molecular evolution of the mammalian alpha 2B adrenergic receptor". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 19 (12): 2150–60. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004040. PMID12446807.
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