Regulation of purinergic signaling by prostaglandin E2 in murine macrophages
Regulation of purinergic signaling by prostaglandin E2 in murine macrophages
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DOI:
10.1254/jphs.08087fp
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发表时间:
2008-08-01
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Matsuoka, Isao
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作者:
Ito, Masaaki;Matsuoka, Isao
Extracellular nucleotides are primary signals for tissue injury, acting together with various chemical mediators Such as prostanoids at the Inflammatory site. We investigated whether prostaglandin E-2 (PGE(2)) affects purinergic signaling in murine J774 macrophages. J774 cells expressed four different purinoceptor mRNAs: the ionotropic P2X(4) and P2X(7) receptors and G-protein-coupled P2Y(2) and P2Y(6) receptors. Functional responses mediated by these purinoceptor subtypes were confirmed by measurement of intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+](i)) in fura-2-loaded cells. Thus, low concentrations (10 mu M) of ATP (P2Y(2) agonist) and UDP (P2Y(6) agonist) evoked Ca2+ transient in a phospholipase C (PLC)-dependent manner, whereas the P2X(7) agonist benzoylbenzoyl-ATP (BzATP, 500 mu M) caused a sustained rise in [Ca2+](i). Furthermore, ivermectin, an activator of the P2X(4)-receptor channel, enhanced the ATP-induced [Ca2+](i) elevation. PGE(2) inhibited ATP- and UDP-induced [Ca2+](i) elevation, without affecting the BzATP-induced sustained [Ca2+](i) elevation. Stimulation or J774 cells by UDP or BzATP increased the production of macrophage inflammatory peptide-alpha (MIP-alpha). PGE(2) abolished the UDP-induced MIP-alpha production, but not the BzATP-induced one. These results demonstrate that purinergic signalings in macrophages were regulated by PGE(2) in a subtype-specific manner. The different inhibitory effects oil distinct purinoceptor functions may be related to the anti-inflammatory property of PGE(2).