ARE THERE PURINERGIC RECEPTORS ON PAROTID ACINAR-CELLS
ARE THERE PURINERGIC RECEPTORS ON PAROTID ACINAR-CELLS
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DOI:
10.1038/296083a0
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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影响因子:
64.8
通讯作者:
GALLACHER, DV
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作者:
GALLACHER, DV
ATP and other purine nucleotides and nucleosides have potent regulatory (neurotransmitter-like) actions which have been attributed to interaction with a specific plasma membrane receptor1. To date the receptor mechanisms underlying purinergic activation have been poorly characterized. One problem has been the variability of the evoked effects in different tissues. Burnstock2,3proposed that much of the variability could be explained if the effects were mediated by two separate receptors, termed P1and P2, with different specificities for agonists and antagonists. Receptor mechanisms have been extensively investigated in the parotid gland4. I now report that in that gland, ATP evokes a marked increase in membrane conductance, radioactive Rb efflux and amylase secretion. The effects of ATP are similar to those evoked by acetylcholine (ACh) andα-adrenergic agonists but are still present when cholinergic and adrenergic blocking agents are used. The latency and reversal potential of the ATP-evoked effects are comparable with those of the autonomic agonists. The ATP receptor on parotid acinar cells is of the P2type2,3, since the order of potency of the nucleotide series was ATP>ADP≫AMP, adenosine had no effect, and the response could be blocked by quinidine but not by theophylline.