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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2011 Apr 21;20(7):897–915. doi: 10.1517/13543784.2011.578068

Table 1.

P2X7R and inflammatory diseases

P2X7R and renal disease
Reference Disease/
Stimulation
P2X7 expression (Cell
type)
in vivo/
in vitro
Species KO/
Antagonist
Turner [32] None None In vivo Rat -
Harada [33] TNF-α Mesangial cells In vitro Rat -
Gonclaves [35] Unilateral ureteric
obstruction
Tubular epithelial cells In vivo Mouse KO
Vonend [34] HTN Glomeruli In vivo Rat -
DM Glomerular podocytes In vivo Rat -
Turner [36] Experimental
glomerulonephritis
Glomeruli and
macrophages
In vivo Mouse
Rat
Turner [36] Lupus Nephritis Glomerular In vivo Humans -
Taylor [91] Experimental
Glomerulonephritis
In vivo Rat



Mouse
Selective
antagonist
A438079


KO
Gauer [92] None Collecting duct alpha- and
beta-intercalated cells
In vivo Humans -
P2X7R and respiratory disease
Reference Disease/stimulation P2X7 expression
(Cell type)
in vivo/
in vitro
Species KO/
Antagonist
Mizuno [39] Con A Monocytes In vitro Humans oATP
Lemaire [93] Polymixin B Alveolar macrophages In vitro Rat oATP
Wareham [40] ATP Lung mast cells In vitro Human AZ11645373
Fernando [41] ATP-mediated
mycobacterial
killing
Macrophages In vitro Human Loss of
function SNP
Kolliputi [44] Hyperoxia Alveolar macrophages in vitro and
in vivo
Mice oATP
Dellinger [48] Asthma ‘Whole blood’ in vivo Human -
Muller [46] Acute and chronic
asthmatic airways
inflammation
Dendritic cells
Bronchial lavage
macrophages and
peripheral blood
eosinophils of humans
In vivo
In vitro
Mice and
humans
KO
oATP, KN62
(in mice)
Lucatelli [45] Cigarette smoke
(CS)-induced lung
inflammation and
emphysema
Blood and airway
neutrophils, alveolar
macrophages, and in whole
lung tissue
In vivo Mice KO
KN62
Riteau [47] Bleomycin-induced
lung inflammation
and fibrosis
Respiratory epithelial cells In vivo
In vitro
Mice KO
In vitro
A438079 and
A740003
P2X7R and rheumatological disease
Reference Disease/stimulation P2X7 expression
(Cell type)
in vivo/
in vitro
Species KO/
Antagonist
Caporali [53] Patients with RA Synoviocytes In vivo Human -
Al- Shukaili [54] Patients with RA Peripheral blood
mononuclear cells
produced more IL-1β
In vitro Human -
Lopez- Castejon
[57]
ATP-induced
cathepsin release
Macrophages (Human)
Bone marrow-derived
macrophages (mice)
release of lysosomal
cathepsins
In vitro Humans
Mice
Antagonist
(AZ10573295
and
AZ11648720)
KO
Dell’ Antonio
[94]
Arthritis was
induced by the local
injection of
Freund’s complete
medium
Peripheral nerve endings,
and in epithelial cells
In vivo Rats oATP
Christenson [26] SAA purified from
patients with RA
suppresses a-CD95
(FAS) mAb-induced
human neutrophil
apoptosis
Neutrophil In vitro Human oATP