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. 2012 Sep;167(2):238–255. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2012.02008.x

Table 5.

Characteristics of P2Y receptors [Modified and updated from Burnstock (2003), with permission]

P2Y Receptor Main distribution Agonists Antagonists Transduction mechanisms
P2Y1 Epithelial and endothelial cells, platelets, immune cells, osteoclasts, brain MRS2365 > 2-MeSADP = Ap5(γB) >> ADPβS > ATP > 2-MeSATP = ADP MRS2500 > MRS2279 > MRS2179, PIT, A3P5P Gq/G11; PLC-β activation
P2Y2 Immune cells, epithelial and endothelial cells, kidney tubules, osteoblasts 2-thio-UTP > UTP, MRS2698 ≥ ATP, INS 365 > INS 37217, UTPγS > Ap4A > MRS 2768, Up4-phenyl ester AR-C126313 > Suramin > RB2, PSB-716, MRS2576 Gq/G11 and possibly Gi/Go; PLC-β activation
P2Y4 Endothelial cells, placenta, spleen, thymus 2′-azido-dUTP > UTPγS, UTP ≥ ATP ≥ Ap4A Up4U ATP (human) > Reactive Blue 2 > Suramin, MRS2577, PPADS Gq/G11 and possibly Gi; PLC-β activation
P2Y6 Airway and intestinal epithelial cells, placenta, T cells, thymus, microglia (activated) MRS2693 > UDPβS, PBS0474 > INS48823, Up3U, 3-phenacyl-UDP >> UDP > UTP >> ATP, α,β-meUDP MRS2578 > Reactive Blue 2, PPADS, MRS2567, MRS2575 (human) Gq/G11; PLC-β activation
P2Y11 Spleen, intestine, granulocytes ATPγS > AR-C67085MX > BzATP ≥ ATP, NF546, NAD+, NAADP+ NF157 > Suramin > RB2, 5′-AMPS, NF340, AMP-α-5, Gq/G11 and GS; PLC-β activation
P2Y12 Platelets, glial cells 2-MeSADP ≥ ADP > ATP, ADP-β-S AR-C69931MX > AZD6140, INS50589 > RB2 > 2-MeSAMP AR-C66096, CT50547,PSB-0413, Carba-nucleosides, MRS2395, AR-C67085 I; inhibition of adenylate cyclase
P2Y13 Spleen, brain, lymph nodes, bone marrow, erythrocytes ADP = 2-MeSADP > 2-MeSATP, ATP AR-C69931MX > AR-C67085 > MRS2211, 2-MeSAMP Gi/Go
P2Y14 Placenta, adipose tissue, stomach, intestine, discrete brain regions, mast cells MRS2690 > UDP > UDP glucose ≥ UDP-galactose, UDP-glucosamine Gq/G11

PIT, 2,2′-pyridylisatogen tosylate, UDP, uridine diphosphate; UTP, uridine 5′-triphosphate.