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. 1994 Oct;113(2):463–470. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1994.tb17012.x

Effects of divalent cations on the potency of ATP and related agonists in the rat isolated vagus nerve: implications for P2 purinoceptor classification.

D J Trezise 1, N J Bell 1, I Kennedy 1, P P Humphrey 1
PMCID: PMC1510111  PMID: 7834197

Abstract

1. By use of a 'grease-gap' technique, the depolarizing effects of adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) and ATP analogues on the rat isolated vagus nerve were determined in normal and in Ca2+/Mg(2+)-free (+ 1 x 10(-3) M ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid) physiological salt solution (PSS). 2. In normal PSS, ATP produced concentration-dependent depolarization responses but the concentration-effect curve to ATP was incomplete and a maximum effect was not achieved. The threshold concentration for depolarization was 1 x 10(-5) M and at the highest concentration tested (1 x 10(-3) M) the peak amplitude of the response to ATP only amounted to 71% of the depolarization produced by a near maximal response to 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT, 1 x 10(-5) M). 3. In Ca2+/Mg(2+)-free PSS, ATP produced depolarization responses at much lower concentrations and of markedly larger amplitude. Under these conditions, the threshold concentration for depolarization was 1-3 x 10(-7) M and the maximal response to ATP amounted to 526% of the response to 5-HT (1 x 10(-5) M) in normal PSS. The concentration-effect curve to ATP was sigmoid, with a defined maximum effect and a mean EC50 value of 1.2 x 10(-6) M. 4. In contrast to the effects on responses to ATP, the absence of divalent cations in the PSS did not modify the effective concentrations of either alpha, beta-methylene ATP or 5-HT. However, the maximum responses to both alpha, beta-methylene ATP and 5-HT were significantly increased in Ca2+/Mg(2+)-free PSS.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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