The participation of adenosine receptors in the adenosine 5''-triphosphate-induced relaxation in the isolated rabbit corpus cavernosum penis

AIM: To investigate the participation of adenosine receptors in the adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP)-induced relaxation in the corpus cavernosum penis (CCP) of rabbits. METHODS: The ATP-induced relaxation was assessed on the noradrenaline precontracted CCP of rabbits in the presence and absence of 8-(3-chlorostyryl)caffeine (CSC); an adenosine A(2A) receptor antagonist; alloxazine and MRS1754; adenosine A(2B) receptor antagonists; and ARL67156, an inhibitor of ecto-nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolases. RESULTS: Adenosine and ATP relaxed the noradrenaline precontracted CCP of rabbits in a concentration-dependent manner. The adenosine- and ATP-induced relaxations were suppressed by alloxazine and MRS1754, but not by 8-(3-chlorostyryl)caffeine. ARL67156 potentiated the ATP-induced relaxation but not the adenosine-induced one. MRS1754 suppressed the ATP-induced relaxation potentiated by ARL67156. CONCLUSIONS: The above results suggest that, in the CCP of rabbits, the adenosine receptor mediating adenosine-induced relaxation is of the A(2B) receptor and the ATP directly causes relaxation through the A(2B) receptor on the CCP.     

影响P2Z受体介导慢性淋巴细胞白血病细胞凋亡的各种因素及其机理研究

目的　探讨嘌呤能 P2 Z受体介导慢性淋巴细胞白血病 (CL L )细胞凋亡的影响因素及其机理。方法　在二价阳离子—— 1.0 mm ol/L Mg2 + 、Zn2 + 、Ca2 + 、Sr2 + 、Co2 + 、Ba2 + ,不同浓度的 EDTA或 EGTA,不同温度及在含 15 0 mm ol/L胆碱的介质中 ,将表达 P2 Z受体 [P2 Z(+) ]的 CL L细胞分别同 1.0 mm ol/L三磷酸腺苷 (ATP)或 0 .1m mol/L苯甲酰苯甲酸 ATP(Bz ATP)体外培养 8小时 ,以 DNA凝胶电泳、Td T法和流式细胞分析 (FCA )检测上述条件下细胞凋亡的诱导或抑制效应。结果　 Mg2 + 或 Ca2 + 能以剂量依赖性方式促进 ATP诱导 P2 Z(+)细胞凋亡 ,而 EDTA或 EGTA却以相反的方式抑制 P2 Z(+)细胞凋亡的发生 ;1.0 mm ol/L Zn2 + 可完全阻止 ATP诱导 P2 Z(+)细胞凋亡所产生的 DNA片段 ,但其它二价阳离子包括 1.0 mm ol/L Sr2 + 、Co2 + 、Ba2 + 却不影响 ATP的诱导 ;胆碱作为磷脂酶 D(PL D)的抑制剂 ,也可部分抑制 P2 Z(+)细胞凋亡产生的 DNA片段 ;当温度低于 10℃ ,可完全阻止 ATP诱导 P2 Z(+)细胞凋亡产生 DNA片段的发生。结论　 P2 Z受体介导 CL L细胞凋亡可能与核酸内切酶 ,PL D的参与密切相关。     

Inhibition of P2X4 function by P2Y6 UDP receptors in microglia

ATP‐gated P2X4 receptor channels expressed in spinal microglia actively participate in central sensitization, making their functional regulation a key process in chronic pain pathologies. P2Y6 metabotropic G_q‐coupled receptors, also expressed in microglia, are involved in the initial response to nerve injury, triggering phagocytosis upon activation by UDP. It has been reported recently that expression of both P2X4 and P2Y6 is upregulated in activated microglia following nerve injury. We show here, in resting as well as LPS‐activated primary microglia, that P2Y6 decreases P2X4‐mediated calcium entry and inhibits the dilation of P2X4 channels into a large‐conductance pore measured with a YO‐PRO‐1 uptake assay. Furthermore, P2Y6 activation modulates the ATP‐dependent migration of microglia, a process likely involved in their shift from migratory to phagocytic phenotype. Reconstituting the P2X4‐P2Y6 interaction in recombinant systems shows that P2Y6 activation decreases P2X4 current amplitude, activation and desensitization rates, and reduces P2X4 channel permeability to the large cation NMDG⁺. Phospholipase C‐mediated hydrolysis of the phosphoinositide PI(4,5)P₂, a necessary cofactor for P2X4 channel function, underlies this inhibitory crosstalk. As extracellular levels of both ATP and UDP are increased in the spinal cord following nerve injury, the control of P2X4 activity by P2Y6 might play a critical role in regulating neuropathic pain‐inducing microglial responses. GLIA 2013;61:2038–2049     

P2X受体对豚鼠胃窦环行肌自发性收缩运动的影响

目的:探讨P2X受体激动剂α,β-methylene ATP (α,β-MeATP)对豚鼠胃窦环行肌运动的影响及其离子通道机制.方法:采用EWG/B豚鼠,制备去黏膜胃窦环行肌条(10×1.5 mm),并将其固定于恒温灌流槽内(37℃),用碳酸氢钠缓冲液连续灌流并通氧(950 mL/L O_2,50 mL/L CO_2).利用SMUP-E生物信号处理系统记录胃窦平滑肌自发性收缩活动,Ⅱ型胶原酶消化法分离豚鼠胃窦环行肌单细胞,传统全细胞膜片钳技术记录急性分离的胃窦平滑肌细胞膜电位和离子电流,包括钙激活钾电流、延迟整流型钾电流及电压依赖性钙电流.结果:嘌呤能P2X受体激动剂α,β-MeATP明显抑制豚鼠胃窦环行肌自发性收缩,并有明显的量效倚赖关系:5,10,20,40,100μmol/Lα,β-MeATP作用下,环行肌收缩幅度分别由对照组的100%下降到90%±2%.81%±4%,68%±4%,59%±7%和29%±4%(P<0.05).用神经阻断剂Tetrodotoxin (TTX)预处理后,α,β-MeATP对胃窦环行肌自发性收缩的抑制作用仍不受影响;在传统全细胞膜片钳电流钳模式下,500μmol/Lα,β-MeATP不影响细胞膜电位,也对两种外向钾电流,即延迟整流型钾电流和钙激活钾电流没有影响;不同浓度的α,β-MeATP对电压依赖性钙电流没有影响.结论:P2X受体激动剂抑制豚鼠胃窦环行肌自发性收缩,其作用机制不依赖内在神经,也不依赖细胞膜离子通道以及膜电位改变.     

Vesicular nucleotide transporter-immunoreactive type I cells associated with P2X3-immunoreactive nerve endings in the rat carotid body

ATP is the major excitatory transmitter from chemoreceptor type I cells to sensory nerve endings in the carotid body, and has been suggested to be released by exocytosis from these cells. We investigated the mRNA expression and immunohistochemical localization of vesicular nucleotide transporter (VNUT) in the rat carotid body. RT-PCR detected mRNA expression of VNUT in extracts of the tissue. Immunoreactivity for VNUT was localized in a part of type I cells immunoreactive for synaptophysin (SYN), but not in glial-like type II cells immunoreactive for S100 and S100B. Among SYN-immunoreactive type I cells, VNUT immunoreactivity was selectively localized in the sub-population of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-immunorective type I cells associated with nerve endings immunoreactive for the P2X3 purinoceptor; however, it was not detected in the sub-population of type I cells immunoreactive for dopamine beta-hydroxylase. Multi-immunolabeling for VNUT, P2X3, and Bassoon revealed that Bassoon-immunoreactive products were localized in type I cells with VNUT immunoreactivity, and accumulated on the contact side of P2X3-immunoreactive nerve endings. These results revealed the selective localization of VNUT in the subpopulation of TH-immunoreactive type I cells attached to sensory nerve endings and suggested that these cells release ATP by exocytosis for chemosensory transmission in the carotid body.     

长期限食对大鼠尾动脉P2X1受体和a1受它介导血管收缩反应的影响

目的研究长期限食对大鼠尾动脉P2X。受体和仅．受体介导血管收缩反应的影响。方法将Wistar大鼠分为对照组和限食组，对照组大鼠自由饮食，限食组大鼠每天给予正常日饮食量的50％，3周后制备大鼠离体尾动脉环标本，记录a，β-亚甲基ATP（a，β—MeATP）和去甲肾上腺素（NA）诱发的等长收缩反应。结果与对照组比较．长期限食后a，β-MeATP和NA诱发大鼠尾动脉的收缩反应明显增强（P〈0．01），10。mol／L0p—MeATP和NA诱发的收缩反应与对照组相比，分别增大了34．01％和25．85％。限食前后a，β—MeATP和NA诱发最大收缩反应的比值分别为0．78和0．83，两种血管激动剂的半数有效浓度值在限食前后均无明显改变（P〉0．05）。结论长期限食明显增强大鼠尾动脉P2x，受体和仪，受体介导的收缩反应，但对两种激动剂的受体结合率、两种受体介导最大收缩反应的比值以及血管的肌性收缩反应无明显影响。     

K+ channel currents in rat ventral prostate epithelial cells

BACKGROUND: Electrophysiological function of the normal prostate has not been extensively studied. In particular, ion channel currents and their regulation have not been studied in freshly-isolated prostate cells. METHODS: Rat prostate secretory epithelial (RPSE) cells were isolated by collagenase treatment. Columnar epithelial cells were used for nystatin-perforated, whole-cell voltage clamp, and the intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) was measured using fura-2. RESULTS: Step-like depolarizing pulses (900 msec) starting from - 90 mV induced outwardly rectifying K(+) currents without inactivation. ACh (10 microM) or ATP (100 microM) increased the outward current and hyperpolarized the cell membrane potential. Ionomycin (0.1 microM), a Ca(2+) ionophore, induced a similar increase in the outward current. TEA (5 mM), charybdotoxin (50 nM), and iberiotoxin (30 nM) inhibited the effect of ACh (or ATP) on the outward current, whereas apamin (100 nM) had no effect. The [Ca(2+)](i) of RPSE cells was increased by ACh, ATP, and UTP. CONCLUSIONS: RPSE cells have iberiotoxin-sensitive Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels that may play an important role in the exocrine secretions of the prostate.     

Postjunctional modulation by muscarinic M2 receptors of responses to electrical field stimulation of rat detrusor muscle preparations

1. The aim of the present study was to examine the modulator influence of muscarinic M(2) receptors on responses of rat urinary bladder detrusor muscle evoked by endogenous stimuli, i.e. by stimulation of the bladder innervation. 2. Responses were evoked by electrical field stimulation (EFS; 2-20 Hz, 0.8 ms, 60 V) of isolated strip preparations mounted in organ baths. The tension of the muscle strips was recorded digitally. EFS was performed by applying stimulation with either a short duration (5 s) or a longer duration (to reach peak response; approximately 20 s). 3. Effects of muscarinic receptor antagonists (muscarinic M(1)/M(3) receptor selective: 4-diphenylacetoxy-N-methylpiperidine methobromide (4-DAMP); muscarinic M(2) receptor selective: methoctramine), a beta-adrenergic antagonist (propranolol) and an adenosine receptor antagonist (8-p-sulfophenyltheophylline) were assessed on contractile activity and on poststimulatory relaxations. 4. Low concentrations of methoctramine (10(-8) m) reduced or tended to reduce the EFS-induced contraction, e.g. at 2 Hz by 12% while methoctramine at 10(-7) m had no significant effect. In addition, in the presence of 4-DAMP (10(-9) m), which tended to inhibit contractions at all frequencies (2-20 Hz; -17 to -25%), methoctramine at 10(-8) and 10(-7) m induced a further reduction of the contractile responses (-5 to -10%; 2-20 Hz). 5. The beta-adrenergic receptor antagonist propranolol (10(-6) m) and the adenosine receptor antagonist 8-p-sulfophenyltheophylline (10(-6) m) both increased contractile responses by 9-21% (2-10 Hz, long duration; P < 0.05-0.001) as a consequence of antagonizing relaxatory stimuli. Neither antagonist affected the contractile responses to EFS with the short duration stimulation. Poststimulatory relaxations were reduced by 30-60% (P < 0.05) by propranolol and by 40-60% (P < 0.001) by 8-p-sulfophenyltheophylline, but for 8-p-sulfophenyltheophylline only after stimulation with the short duration. 6. In the presence of methoctramine (10(-7) m), the 8-p-sulfophenyltheophylline-induced increases of the contractile response to long duration EFS were significantly enhanced at 10 Hz (+12 +/- 4%; P < 0.05), whereas no such enhancement of the propranolol inhibitory effect occurred in the presence of methoctramine. However, poststimulatory beta-adrenoceptor-evoked relaxations after short duration EFS were increased by about 35% in the presence of methoctramine, but not those after long duration. 7. Thus, muscarinic M(2) receptor activation inhibits adenosine receptor- and beta-adrenoceptor-evoked relaxations of the rat detrusor muscle. The inhibition occurs via a transient postjunctional mechanism that mainly affects responses with a short latency.