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ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2026

Context-dependent oxytocin receptor signaling: from molecular architecture to transcript-level receptor engineering.

Benjamin Jurek, Julia J Winter, Daniel S Quintana

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Review in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Benjamin Jurek *Department of Neurobiology, Ludwig Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany.
Julia J Winter *Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Daniel S QuintanaDepartment of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

Funding

Epigenetic mechanisms of sustained transcription across cocaine abstinenceR01DA052465 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Elizabeth A Heller · 2021 to 2026
$4.0M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA052465
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The oxytocin receptor (OXTR) is a G protein-coupled receptor that integrates neuroendocrine release, cellular signaling, and behavioral effects across species. Despite extensive research, the mechanistic basis underlying variability in oxytocin's effects remains incompletely understood. This review synthesizes recent advances in OXTR biology and focuses on three biological sources of signaling heterogeneity: variation in receptor sequence and structure, epigenetic and cell-state-dependent regulation, and temporal patterns of receptor activation. It examines targeted manipulation of receptor transcripts as an experimental strategy for testing intracellular mechanisms with behavioral outcomes. Mechanistic studies show that subtle structural changes, including single nucleotide polymorphisms, can bias intracellular signaling toward distinct pathways. Chronic receptor activation induces transcriptional and post-transcriptional reprogramming that can invert behavioral outcomes relative to acute stimulation. Intracellular signaling converges on core pathways, including Ca

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exon-skippinggapmer antisense oligonucleotidesG protein coupled receptor (GPCR)intracellular signaling cascadesOXTRSNPsoluble GPCRsplice variant

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PMID42903669
PMCPMC13681303

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