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XB-ART-18299
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996 Apr 16;938:3684-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.93.8.3684.
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P2X4: an ATP-activated ionotropic receptor cloned from rat brain.

Soto F , Garcia-Guzman M , Gomez-Hernandez JM , Hollmann M , Karschin C , Stühmer W .


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Extracellular ATP exerts pronounced biological actions in virtually every organ or tissue that has been studied. In the central and peripheral nervous system, ATP acts as a fast excitatory transmitter in certain synaptic pathways [Evans, R.J., Derkach, V. & Surprenant, A. (1992) Nature (London) 357, 503-505; Edwards, F.A., Gigg, A.J. & Colquhoun, D. (1992) Nature (London) 359, 144-147]. Here, we report the cloning and characterization of complementary DNA from rat brain, encoding an additional member (P2X4) of the emerging multigenic family of ligand-gated ATP channels, the P2X receptors. Expression in Xenopus oocytes gives an ATP-activated cation-selective channel that is highly permeable to Ca2+ and whose sensitivity is modulated by extracellular Zn2+. Surprisingly, the current elicited by ATP is almost insensitive to the common P2X antagonist suramin. In situ hybridization reveals the expression of P2X4 mRNA in central nervous system neurons. Northern blot and reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) analysis demonstrate a wide distribution of P2X4 transcripts in various tissues, including blood vessels and leukocytes. This suggests that the P2X4 receptor might mediate not only ATP-dependent synaptic transmission in the central nervous system but also a wide repertoire of biological responses in diverse tissues.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: p2rx4

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Abbracchio, Purinoceptors: are there families of P2X and P2Y purinoceptors? 1994, Pubmed