Entry
Name
Oxytocin signaling pathway - Macaca mulatta (rhesus monkey)
Description
Oxytocin (OT) is a nonapeptide synthesized by the magno-cellular neurons located in the supraoptic (SON) and paraventricular (PVN) nuclei of the hypothalamus. It exerts a wide variety of central and peripheral effects. However, its best-known and most well-established roles are stimulation of uterine contractions during parturition and milk release during lactation. Oxytocin also influences cardiovascular regulation and various social behaviors. The actions of OT are all mediated by one type of OT receptor (OTR). This is a transmembrane receptor belonging to the G-protein-coupled receptor superfamily. The main signaling pathway is the Gq/PLC/Ins3 pathway, but the MAPK and the RhoA/Rho kinase pathways are also activated, contributing to increased prostaglandin production and direct contractile effect on myometrial cells. In the cardiovascular system, OTR is associated with the ANP-cGMP and NO-cGMP pathways, which reduce the force and rate of contraction and increase vasodilatation.
Class
Organismal Systems; Endocrine system
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Ortholog table
Organism
Macaca mulatta (rhesus monkey) [GN:
mcc ]
Gene
705680 GNAQ; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(q) subunit alpha [KO:K04634 ]
721821 MAP2K2; dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 2 isoform X1 [KO:K04369 ] [EC:2.7.12.2 ]
711672 MAP2K5; dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 5 isoform X4 [KO:K04463 ] [EC:2.7.12.2 ]
694992 MEF2C; myocyte-specific enhancer factor 2C [KO:K04454 ]
712610 ELK1; ETS domain-containing protein Elk-1 [KO:K04375 ]
722161 TRPM2; transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily M member 2 isoform X1 [KO:K04977 ] [EC:3.6.1.13 ]
574189 KCNJ2; inward rectifier potassium channel 2 [KO:K04996 ]
705326 KCNJ12; ATP-sensitive inward rectifier potassium channel 12 [KO:K05005 ]
721015 KCNJ4; inward rectifier potassium channel 4 [KO:K04998 ]
718011 KCNJ14; ATP-sensitive inward rectifier potassium channel 14 [KO:K05007 ]
701951 PLCB2; 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase beta-2 [KO:K05858 ] [EC:3.1.4.11 ]
718418 PLCB4; 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase beta-4 isoform X3 [KO:K05858 ] [EC:3.1.4.11 ]
718387 PLCB1; 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase beta-1 [KO:K05858 ] [EC:3.1.4.11 ]
717764 PLCB3; 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase beta-3 [KO:K05858 ] [EC:3.1.4.11 ]
721721 CACNA1C; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1C isoform X13 [KO:K04850 ]
693924 CACNA1D; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1D isoform X1 [KO:K04851 ]
715787 CACNA1F; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1F [KO:K04853 ]
708706 CACNA1S; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1S [KO:K04857 ]
695864 CACNB1; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit beta-1 isoform X2 [KO:K04862 ]
701226 CACNB2; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit beta-2 [KO:K04863 ]
708091 CACNB3; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit beta-3 [KO:K04864 ]
695172 CACNB4; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit beta-4 [KO:K04865 ]
708215 CACNA2D1; voltage-dependent calcium channel subunit alpha-2/delta-1 isoform X1 [KO:K04858 ]
702429 CACNA2D2; voltage-dependent calcium channel subunit alpha-2/delta-2 isoform X7 [KO:K04859 ]
693356 CACNA2D3; voltage-dependent calcium channel subunit alpha-2/delta-3 isoform X1 [KO:K04860 ]
721703 CACNA2D4; voltage-dependent calcium channel subunit alpha-2/delta-4 [KO:K04861 ]
718591 CACNG1; voltage-dependent calcium channel gamma-1 subunit [KO:K04866 ]
696294 CACNG2; voltage-dependent calcium channel gamma-2 subunit [KO:K04867 ]
701324 CACNG3; voltage-dependent calcium channel gamma-3 subunit [KO:K04868 ]
718540 CACNG4; voltage-dependent calcium channel gamma-4 subunit isoform X2 [KO:K04869 ]
718465 CACNG5; voltage-dependent calcium channel gamma-5 subunit isoform X1 [KO:K04870 ]
720548 CACNG6; voltage-dependent calcium channel gamma-6 subunit [KO:K04871 ]
720271 CACNG7; voltage-dependent calcium channel gamma-7 subunit isoform X1 [KO:K04872 ]
106994852 CACNG8; voltage-dependent calcium channel gamma-8 subunit [KO:K04873 ]
703669 ITPR1; inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 1 isoform X1 [KO:K04958 ]
708714 ITPR2; inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 2 isoform X1 [KO:K04959 ]
718040 ITPR3; inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 3 isoform X1 [KO:K04960 ]
703514 CALML6; calmodulin-like protein 6 isoform X1 [KO:K02183 ]
693753 CALML4; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: calmodulin-like protein 4 [KO:K02183 ]
706955 PPP3CB; serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2B catalytic subunit beta isoform isoform X7 [KO:K04348 ] [EC:3.1.3.16 ]
708233 PPP3CC; serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2B catalytic subunit gamma isoform isoform X2 [KO:K04348 ] [EC:3.1.3.16 ]
709773 PPP3CA; serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2B catalytic subunit alpha isoform [KO:K04348 ] [EC:3.1.3.16 ]
698089 NFATC1; nuclear factor of activated T-cells, cytoplasmic 1 isoform X2 [KO:K04446 ]
710601 NFATC2; nuclear factor of activated T-cells, cytoplasmic 2 isoform X1 [KO:K17332 ]
702390 NFATC3; nuclear factor of activated T-cells, cytoplasmic 3 isoform X2 [KO:K17333 ]
714785 NFATC4; nuclear factor of activated T-cells, cytoplasmic 4 isoform X2 [KO:K17334 ]
699685 CAMKK2; calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase 2 isoform X3 [KO:K07359 ] [EC:2.7.11.17 ]
695558 PRKAA1; 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase catalytic subunit alpha-1 isoform X1 [KO:K07198 ] [EC:2.7.11.31 ]
695737 PRKAB1; 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase subunit beta-1 [KO:K07199 ]
699806 PRKAB2; 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase subunit beta-2 [KO:K07199 ]
702782 PRKAG3; 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase subunit gamma-3 isoform X2 [KO:K07200 ]
709298 PRKAG1; 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase subunit gamma-1 [KO:K07200 ]
100425255 PRKAG2; 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase subunit gamma-2 isoform X1 [KO:K07200 ]
705980 CAMK2G; calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II subunit gamma [KO:K04515 ] [EC:2.7.11.17 ]
702504 CAMK2D; calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II subunit delta isoform X2 [KO:K04515 ] [EC:2.7.11.17 ]
706977 CAMK2B; calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II subunit beta isoform X11 [KO:K04515 ] [EC:2.7.11.17 ]
710540 CAMK2A; calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II subunit alpha isoform X1 [KO:K04515 ] [EC:2.7.11.17 ]
709784 MYL9; myosin regulatory light polypeptide 9 [KO:K12755 ]
703302 PPP1CB; serine/threonine-protein phosphatase PP1-beta catalytic subunit [KO:K06269 ] [EC:3.1.3.16 ]
709935 PPP1CC; serine/threonine-protein phosphatase PP1-gamma catalytic subunit [KO:K06269 ] [EC:3.1.3.16 ]
721735 PPP1CA; serine/threonine-protein phosphatase PP1-alpha catalytic subunit [KO:K06269 ] [EC:3.1.3.16 ]
695735 PPP1R12A; protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 12A [KO:K06270 ]
705775 PPP1R12B; protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 12B isoform X6 [KO:K12329 ]
698538 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 12C [KO:K17457 ]
114674157 PPP1R12C; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 12C [KO:K17457 ]
694289 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(s) subunit alpha isoforms XLas isoform X2 [KO:K04632 ]
718632 PRKACA; cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit alpha isoform X1 [KO:K04345 ] [EC:2.7.11.11 ]
699310 GNAI3; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(k) subunit alpha [KO:K04630 ]
703780 GNAI2; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(i) subunit alpha-2 [KO:K04630 ]
708940 GNAI1; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(i) subunit alpha-1 isoform X1 [KO:K04630 ]
574394 GNAO1; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(o) subunit alpha [KO:K04534 ]
698857 PIK3CG; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit gamma isoform [KO:K21289 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
722027 PIK3R5; phosphoinositide 3-kinase regulatory subunit 5 isoform X1 [KO:K21290 ]
722023 PIK3R6; phosphoinositide 3-kinase regulatory subunit 6 [KO:K21290 ]
696473 KCNJ3; G protein-activated inward rectifier potassium channel 1 [KO:K04997 ]
693675 KCNJ6; G protein-activated inward rectifier potassium channel 2 isoform X1 [KO:K05000 ]
719597 KCNJ9; G protein-activated inward rectifier potassium channel 3 [KO:K05002 ]
714799 KCNJ5; G protein-activated inward rectifier potassium channel 4 [KO:K04999 ]
719199 CDKN1A; cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1 [KO:K06625 ]
Compound
C01245 D-myo-Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate
Reference
Authors
Devost D, Wrzal P, Zingg HH
Title
Oxytocin receptor signalling.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Viero C, Shibuya I, Kitamura N, Verkhratsky A, Fujihara H, Katoh A, Ueta Y, Zingg HH, Chvatal A, Sykova E, Dayanithi G
Title
REVIEW: Oxytocin: Crossing the bridge between basic science and pharmacotherapy.
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Reference
Authors
Gutkowska J, Jankowski M
Title
Oxytocin revisited: its role in cardiovascular regulation.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Vrachnis N, Malamas FM, Sifakis S, Deligeoroglou E, Iliodromiti Z
Title
The oxytocin-oxytocin receptor system and its antagonists as tocolytic agents.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Tom N, Assinder SJ
Title
Oxytocin in health and disease.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Strakova Z, Copland JA, Lolait SJ, Soloff MS
Title
ERK2 mediates oxytocin-stimulated PGE2 synthesis.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Slater DM, Zervou S, Thornton S
Title
Prostaglandins and prostanoid receptors in human pregnancy and parturition.
Journal
J Soc Gynecol Investig 9:118-24 (2002)
Reference
Authors
Shmygol A, Gullam J, Blanks A, Thornton S
Title
Multiple mechanisms involved in oxytocin-induced modulation of myometrial contractility.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Tahara M, Morishige K, Sawada K, Ikebuchi Y, Kawagishi R, Tasaka K, Murata Y
Title
RhoA/Rho-kinase cascade is involved in oxytocin-induced rat uterine contraction.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Slattery MM, Morrison JJ
Title
Preterm delivery.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Pont JN, McArdle CA, Lopez Bernal A
Title
Oxytocin-stimulated NFAT transcriptional activation in human myometrial cells.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Gutkowska J, Jankowski M, Lambert C, Mukaddam-Daher S, Zingg HH, McCann SM
Title
Oxytocin releases atrial natriuretic peptide by combining with oxytocin receptors in the heart.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Antunes-Rodrigues J, de Castro M, Elias LL, Valenca MM, McCann SM
Title
Neuroendocrine control of body fluid metabolism.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Lee ES, Uhm KO, Lee YM, Kwon J, Park SH, Soo KH
Title
Oxytocin stimulates glucose uptake in skeletal muscle cells through the calcium-CaMKK-AMPK pathway.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Cassoni P, Sapino A, Fortunati N, Munaron L, Chini B, Bussolati G
Title
Oxytocin inhibits the proliferation of MDA-MB231 human breast-cancer cells via cyclic adenosine monophosphate and protein kinase A.
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Reference
Authors
Busnelli M, Peverelli E, Mantovani G, Spada A, Chini B
Title
Deciphering the specific role of G(alphai/o) isoforms: functional selective oxytocin ligands and somatostatin SST5 receptor mutants.
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Reference
Authors
Reversi A, Rimoldi V, Brambillasca S, Chini B
Title
Effects of cholesterol manipulation on the signaling of the human oxytocin receptor.
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Reference
Authors
Salmina AB, Lopatina O, Ekimova MV, Mikhutkina SV, Higashida H
Title
CD38/cyclic ADP-ribose system: a new player for oxytocin secretion and regulation of social behaviour.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Higashida H, Yokoyama S, Kikuchi M, Munesue T
Title
CD38 and its role in oxytocin secretion and social behavior.
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Reference
Authors
Lopatina O, Inzhutova A, Salmina AB, Higashida H
Title
The roles of oxytocin and CD38 in social or parental behaviors.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Guse AH
Title
Second messenger function and the structure-activity relationship of cyclic adenosine diphosphoribose (cADPR).
Journal
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