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. 1995 Jun 1;308(Pt 2):399–404. doi: 10.1042/bj3080399

Characterization of ATP receptor responsible for the activation of phospholipase A2 and stimulation of prostaglandin E2 production in thymic epithelial cells.

P Liu 1, M Wen 1, J Hayashi 1
PMCID: PMC1136939  PMID: 7772019

Abstract

In TEA3A1 rat thymic epithelial cells, ATP stimulates prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) production through activation of phospholipase A2 (PLA2) enzymic activity. The stimulation of PGE2 production tested with other nucleotides indicated the agonist potency of adenosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate (ATP[S]) > or = UTP > ATP, with ED50 of about 10 microM for ATP[S]. In TEA3A1 cells, cross-linking studies with ATP[35S] revealed the presence of four cell-surface cross-linked bands of 42 kDa, 53 kDa, 83 kDa and 100 kDa in Triton X-100 extracts of TEA3A1 cells by fluorography. Guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate specifically blocked the cross-linking of ATP[35S] to the 53 kDa, 83 kDa and 100 kDa ATP-binding proteins, and inhibited the ATP[S]-mediated stimulation of PGE2 production with an ED50 of about 25 microM. On the other hand, 2-methylthioadenosine triphosphate (2MeSATP) blocked ATP[35S] cross-linking to the 42 kDa protein, but had no effect on ATP[S]-mediated stimulation of PGE2 production. In a variant cell line, TEAvarl, derived from TEA3A1 cells that lost their response to ATP in the activation of PLA2, the presence of 83 kDa ATP-binding protein was not detected. Results from our study suggest that ATP activates PLA2 enzymic activity in TEA3A1 cells by binding to an atypical ATP receptor that has not been described previously.

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