Purine receptors and Ca2+ signalling in the human blood-brain barrier endothelial cell line hCMEC/D3
Purine receptors and Ca2+ signalling in the human blood-brain barrier endothelial cell line hCMEC/D3
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DOI:
10.1007/s11302-011-9262-7
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发表时间:
2012-03-01
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Ngezahayo, Anaclet
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作者:
Bintig, Willem;Begandt, Daniela;Ngezahayo, Anaclet
The expression and physiology of purine receptors of the human blood-brain barrier endothelial cells were characterised by application of molecular biological, gene-silencing and Ca2+-imaging techniques to hCMEC/D3 cells. Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction showed the expression of the G-protein-coupled receptors P2Y(2)-, P2Y(6)-, P2Y(11)- as well as the ionotropic P2X(4)-, P2X(5)- and P2X(7)-receptors. Fura-2 ratiometry revealed that adenosine triphosphate (ATP) or uridine triphosphate (UTP) mediated a change in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+](i)) from 150 to 300 nM in single cells. The change in [Ca2+](i) corresponded to a fourfold to fivefold increase in the fluorescence intensity of Fluo-4, which was used for high-throughput experiments. Pharmacological dissection using different agonists [UTP gamma S, ATP gamma S, uridine diphosphate (UDP), adenosine diphosphate (ADP), BzATP, alpha beta-meATP] and antagonist (MRS2578 or NF340) as well as inhibitors of intracellular mediators (U73122 and 2-APB) showed a PLC-IP3 cascade-mediated Ca2+ release, indicating that the nucleotide-induced Ca2+ signal was mainly related to P2Y(2, 6 and 11) receptors. The gene silencing of the P2Y(2) receptor reduced the ATP- or UTP-induced Ca2+ signal and suppressed the Ca2+ signal mediated by P2Y(6) and P2Y(11) more specific agonists like UDP (P2Y(6)), BzATP (P2Y(11)) and ATP gamma S (P2Y(11)). This report identifies the P2Y(2) receptor subtype as the main purine receptor involved in Ca2+ signalling of the hCMEC/D3 cells.