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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-4-24
pubmed:abstractText
Astrocytes express purinergic receptors that are involved in glial-neuronal cell communication. Experiments were conducted to characterize the expression of functional P2X/P2Y nucleotide receptors in glial cells of mixed cortical cell cultures of the rat. The vast majority of these cells was immunopositive for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and was considered therefore astrocyte-like; for the sake of simplicity they were termed "astroglia" throughout. Astroglia expressed predominantly P2X(4,6,7) as well as P2Y(1,2) receptor-subtypes. Less intensive immunostaining was also found for P2X(5) and P2Y(4,6,13,14) receptors. Pressure application of ATP and a range of agonists selective for certain P2X or P2Y receptor-subtypes caused a concentration-dependent increase of intracellular Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](i)). Of the agonists tested, only the P2X(1,3) receptor-selective alpha,beta-methylene ATP was ineffective. Experiments with Ca(2+)-free solution and cyclopiazonic acid, an inhibitor of the endoplasmic Ca(2+)-ATPase, indicated that the [Ca(2+)](i) response to most nucleotides, except for ATP and 2',3'-O-(benzoyl-4-benzoyl)-ATP, was due primarily to the release of Ca(2+) from intracellular stores. A Gprotein-mediated release of Ca(2+) is the typical signaling mechanism of various P2Y receptor-subtypes, whose presence was confirmed also by cross-desensitization experiments and by using selective antagonists. Thus, our results provide direct evidence that astroglia in mixed cortical cell cultures express functional P2Y (P2Y(1,2,6,14) and probably also P2Y(4)) receptors. Several unidentified P2X receptors, including P2X(7), may also be present, although they appear to only moderately participate in the regulation of [Ca(2+)](i). The rise of [Ca(2+)](i) is due in this case to the transmembrane flux of Ca(2+) via the P2X receptor-channel. In conclusion, P2Y rather than P2X receptor-subtypes are involved in modulating [Ca(2+)](i) of cultured astroglia and thereby may play an important role in cell-to-cell signaling.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adenosine Triphosphate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium-Transporting ATPases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Enzyme Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nucleotides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/P2ry12 protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Purinergic P2 Receptor Agonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Purinergic P2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Purinergic P2X, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Purinergic P2Y12
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1873-7544
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
2
pubmed:volume
160
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
767-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19289154-Adenosine Triphosphate, pubmed-meshheading:19289154-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19289154-Astrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:19289154-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:19289154-Calcium Signaling, pubmed-meshheading:19289154-Calcium-Transporting ATPases, pubmed-meshheading:19289154-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:19289154-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:19289154-Coculture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:19289154-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:19289154-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:19289154-Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, pubmed-meshheading:19289154-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:19289154-Intracellular Fluid, pubmed-meshheading:19289154-Nucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:19289154-Purinergic P2 Receptor Agonists, pubmed-meshheading:19289154-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:19289154-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:19289154-Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, pubmed-meshheading:19289154-Receptors, Purinergic P2, pubmed-meshheading:19289154-Receptors, Purinergic P2X, pubmed-meshheading:19289154-Receptors, Purinergic P2Y12, pubmed-meshheading:19289154-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:19289154-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Increase of intracellular Ca2+ by P2X and P2Y receptor-subtypes in cultured cortical astroglia of the rat.
pubmed:affiliation
Rudolf-Boehm-Institute of Pharmacology und Toxicology, University of Leipzig, Haertelstrasse 16-18, Leipzig, Germany. fisw@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't