Abstract
Electrophysiological and Ca 2+ microfluorimetric techniques were used to characterize the pharmacological profile of the P2 receptors expressed in submucosal neurons and the changes in intracellular Ca 2+ associated with activation of these receptors. ATP caused a fast and slow membrane depolarizations during intracellular recordings. ATP induced a rapid inward current during whole-cell experiments. Receptors mediating the inward current and fast depolarization have the same pharmacological profile and these ATP responses were more sensitive to pyridoxalphosphate-6-azophenyl-2′,4′-disulfonic acid than Basilen BlueE-3G, and potentiated by suramin. The slow depolarization was not blocked by these P2 receptor antagonist, pertussis toxin, or KT5720 (protein kinase A inhibitor). N-ethylmaleimide or protein kinase C inhibitors (staurosporine and calphostin) blocked this depolarization. ATP induced complex multi-phasic Ca 2+ transients in most neurons, classified as fast, slow, or mixed fast/slow responses. In conclusion, the fast and slow Ca 2+ responses were mediated by respective activation of P2X and P2Y receptors and were associated with fast and slow depolarizations, respectively.
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