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. 1996 Jan 2;15(1):55–62.

An antagonist-insensitive P2X receptor expressed in epithelia and brain.

G Buell 1, C Lewis 1, G Collo 1, R A North 1, A Surprenant 1
PMCID: PMC449917  PMID: 8598206

Abstract

A cDNA was cloned which encodes a new ATP-gated ion channel (P2X4 receptor). ATP induces a cationic current in HEK293 cells transfected with the P2X4 receptor. However, the current is almost completely insensitive to antagonists effective at other P2X receptors. Sensitivity to two of these antagonists (pyridoxalphosphate-6-azophenyl-2',4'-disulfonic acid and pyridoxal 5-phosphate) is restored by replacement of Glu249 by lysine, which occurs at the equivalent position in P2X1 and P2X2 receptors. P2X4 RNA is found by in situ hybridization in the brain, peripheral ganglia and epithelia including serosal cells of salivary glands. Recordings from rat submandibular gland cells showed ATP-induced currents that are also insensitive to antagonists. These results define a further member of P2X receptor family, and they identify an amino acid residue involved in antagonist binding. They also introduce a new phenotype for ATP responses at P2X receptors--insensitivity to currently known antagonists.

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