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	Fig. 1. Effect of site-directed modification of a putative PKC motif on currents mediated by ATP-activated P2X2 and P2X3 receptors. a Schematic model of the transmembrane topology of the rat P2X3 subunit illustrating the N-terminal position of the 12TTK14 sequence. b Alignment of intracellular N-terminal amino acid sequences of the seven P2X subunit isoforms reveals a highly conserved consensus motif, TXR/K. c Typical current traces elicited by applying 10-s pulses of 100 μM ATP to oocytes expressing the indicated wild-type or mutant P2X2 receptors. d Typical current traces elicited by applying 10-s pulses of 100 μM ATP to oocytes expressing the indicated wild-type or mutant P2X3 receptors. Gray areas indicate the duration of ATP application. e All the P2X2 and P2X3 receptors and receptor mutants were expressed efficiently at the cell surface. Intact, healthy oocytes expressing the indicated proteins for 2 days were surface-labelled with the membrane impermeant reactive Cy5 dye and then extracted with dodecylmaltoside. Recombinant proteins were isolated by Ni2+ chelate chromatography and resolved by reducing SDS-PAGE. Shown is a fluorescence scan of an SDS-PAGE gel
	Fig. 2. Effect of PMA on ATP-induced currents mediated by expressed P2X2 and P2X3 receptors in X. laevis oocytes. a The electrical membrane capacitance was monitored as a measure of the oocyte surface area during sustained stimulation with PMA. Each bar represents the mean Cm±SEM calculated from the areas under the current transients elicited in 10-s intervals by five consecutive 10-mV depolarizing steps. b, c Representative current traces elicited by 10-s lasting pulses of 100 μM ATP applied in 10-min intervals to oocytes expressing the indicated P2X receptors or P2X receptor mutants. Where denoted by a black bar, oocytes were pre-incubated with 100 nM PMA before ATP was co-applied. PMA was without effect on the P2X2 receptor-mediated current (b), but induced a marked increase of the current amplitude mediated by P2X3 receptors (c). Gray areas indicate the duration of ATP application
	Fig. 3. Immunoblots show no constitutive phosphorylation of oocyte-expressed P2X2 or P2X3 receptors. The indicated wild-type or mutant P2X subunits were purified by Ni2+ chelate chromatography from [35S]methionine-labelled X. laevis oocytes and resolved by denaturing SDS-PAGE. a Shown is a representative immunoblot probed with a phosphothreonine-specific monoclonal antibody and a peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibody. No phosphorylation signal could be detected at the SDS-PAGE migration position of P2X2 and P2X3 subunits, which are indicated by the adjacent PhosphorImager scan in panel b. b Direct PhosphorImager visualization of metabolically [35S]methionine-labelled parent and mutant P2X subunits resolved by SDS-PAGE of the same samples as in panel a. cLeft panel: representative immunoblot of P2X2 subunits tagged with either an N-terminal or C-terminal hexahistidine sequence (designated His-P2X2 or P2X2-His, respectively) and probed with a phosphothreonine-specific monoclonal antibody and a peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibody. No phosphorylation signal could be detected at the SDS-PAGE migration position of P2X2 subunits, which were visualized by immunoblotting with the P2X2 subunit polyclonal antibody (middle panel) or PhosphorImager scanning of incorporated [35S]methionine (right panel)
	Fig. 4. Immunoblotting reveals no constitutive phosphorylation of HEK293 cell-expressed P2X2 and P2X3 receptors. The indicated proteins were isolated by immunoprecipitation using the peptide-specific P2X3 subunit polyclonal antibody or an EGFP-specific polyclonal antibody as appropriate and resolved by reducing SDS-PAGE. a Shown is an immunoblot probed by phosphothreonine-specific monoclonal antibody and a peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibody. Note that phosphorylation of the P2X3 receptor or the EGFP-tagged P2X2 receptor is not detectable, whereas a positive control—the EGFP-tagged splicing factor SF3B1 (migration mass 97 kDa [23])—was detected by the antibody. b The same samples as in panel a were immunoblotted using peptide-specific P2X2 and P2X3 subunit polyclonal antibodies to verify the expression of the transfected genes
	Fig. 5. Lysates of X. laevis oocytes or HEK293 cells contain endogenous PKC, but do not support PMA-driven phosphorylation of P2X2 or P2X3 receptors. The indicated wild-type and mutant P2X receptors were purified by non-denaturing Ni2+ chelate chromatography from X. laevis oocytes, supplemented with [γ-32P]ATP, 100 nM PMA and oocyte lysate (a) or HEK293 cell lysate (b), and incubated for 30 min at ambient temperature. In parallel, a peptide PKC substrate (final concentration 0.5 μg/μl) was incubated with [γ-32P]ATP, PMA and either of the two cell lysates or the purified rat brain PKC catalytic subunit as indicated. The proteins were resolved by reducing SDS-PAGE and visualized by phosphorimaging. Note that the band pattern was similar irrespective of whether protein of mock-injected oocytes or P2X receptor-expressing oocytes was used as a substrate, arguing against specific labelling of either P2X receptor. Arrows indicate migration positions of P2X1, P2X2 and P2X3 subunits. Arrowhead in a, dominant background band that is present in all oocyte samples. The peptide PKC substrate was similarly labelled by lysates or purified rat brain PKC, confirming the presence of endogenous PKC in X. laevis oocytes and HEK293 cells. c The same samples as in panels a and b were resolved on a separate SDS-PAGE gel. The indicated P2X subunits were detected by immunoblotting using the appropriate P2X subunit-specific polyclonal antibodies. A sample of mock-transfected cells was simultaneously probed with the P2X2 and P2X3 subunit-specific polyclonal antibodies
	Fig. 6. PKC phosphorylates a specific PKC substrate in vitro, but does not phosphorylate P2X2 or P2X3 receptors. The immunoprecipitated recombinant P2X2 or P2X3 receptor from X. laevis oocytes or a synthetic peptide (1 or 10 μg) derived from the non-structural protein 3 of hepatitis C virus, which serves as a specific substrate for PKC, were incubated for 30 min with purified rat brain PKC catalytic subunit (0.02 μg corresponding to 0.02 U/μl) in the presence of 50 μM [γ-32P]ATP (10 mCi/ml), and then subjected to SDS-PAGE and phosphorimaging. The rat brain PKC catalytic subunit does not require Ca2+ and phosphatidylserine for activity [42]. 32P was incorporated into the PKC substrate (left panel) and was also detected by immunoblotting with an anti-phosphothreonine antibody (middle panel). However, there was no detectable 32P incorporation at a migration position of ∼66 kDa or ∼54 kDa of the P2X2 or P2X3 subunit, respectively, the presence of which could be verified by immunoblotting (right panel)
	Fig. 7. PMA and calyculin A do not induce phosphorylation of P2X3 receptors in intact HEK cells. Mock- and P2X3 receptor-transfected HEK293 cells were incubated with [32P]orthophosphate (500 μCi/ml) for 3 h in phosphate-free DMEM, followed by a 10-min incubation with 100 nM of each, the PKC activator PMA and/or the phosphatase inhibitor calyculin A. Triton X-100 extracts were then prepared from the cells and subjected to immunoprecipitation using the peptide-specific P2X3 subunit polyclonal antibody, followed by reducing SDS-PAGE and phosphorimaging. The migration position of the P2X3 subunit is marked by an arrow, indicating the absence of 32P incorporation into the P2X3 subunit. P2X3 receptor expression was verified by immunoblotting with the P2X3 subunit polyclonal antibody (bottom panel)

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