Ca2+ responses to ATP via purinoceptors in the early embryonic chick retina
Ca2+ responses to ATP via purinoceptors in the early embryonic chick retina
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021428
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发表时间:
1996-06-15
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Yamashita, M
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作者:
Sugioka, M;Fukuda, Y;Yamashita, M
1. The action of adenosine triphosphate on cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+](i)) was studied in the retinal cell of early embryonic chicks with fura-2 fluorescence measurements. The fluorescence was measured from the whole neural retina dissected from chick embryos at embryonic day three (E3).2. Bath application of ATP (greater than or equal to 30 mu M; EC(50), 128 mu M) raised [Ca2+](i) by the release of Ca2+ from intracellular Ca2+ stores, since the Ca2+ response to ATP occurred even in a Ca2+-free medium.3. The Ca2+ response to ATP was mediated by P-2U purinoceptors. An agonist for P-2U purinoceptors, uridine triphosphate (UTP), evoked Ca2+ rises more potently (greater than or equal to 3 mu M; EC(50), 24 mu M) than ATP, agonists for P-2X purinoceptors, alpha,beta-methylene ATP and beta,gamma-methylene ATP, or an agonist for P-2Y purinoceptors, 2-methylthio ATP (500 mu M each), caused no Ca2+ response. Suramin (100 mu M) and Reactive Blue 2 (50 mu M) almost completely blocked the Ca2+ responses to 500 mu M ATP and 200 mu M UTP.4. The developmental profile of the Ca2+ response to ATP was studied from E3 to E13. The Ca2+ response to ATP was largest at E3, drastically declined towards E8 and decreased further until E11-13.5. These results suggest that the Ca2+ mobilization by ATP via P-2U purinoceptors is characteristic of early embryonic retinal cells.