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The Journal of Neuroscience, April 15, 2000, 20(8):2800-2808
P2Y1 Purinoceptor-Mediated Ca2+ Signaling
and Ca2+ Wave Propagation in Dorsal Spinal Cord
Astrocytes
Sami R.
Fam1, 2,
Conor
J.
Gallagher1, 3, and
Michael W.
Salter1, 2, 3
1 Programme in Brain and Behaviour, Hospital For Sick
Children, 2 Department of Physiology, and
3 Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto,
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
ATP is known to act as an extracellular messenger mediating the
propagation of Ca2+ waves in astrocyte networks. ATP
mediates Ca2+ waves by activating P2Y purinoceptors,
which mobilize intracellular Ca2+ in astrocytes. A
number of P2Y purinoceptor subtypes have been discovered, but it is not
known which P2Y subtypes participate in transmitting astrocyte
Ca2+ waves. Here, we show that ATP analogs that are
selective agonists for the P2Y1 subtype of purinoceptor
caused release of intracellular Ca2+ in astrocytes
from the dorsal spinal cord. The Ca2+ responses were
blocked by adenosine-3'-phospho-5'-phosphosulfate, an antagonist
known to selectively inhibit P2Y1 but not other P2Y
purinoceptor subtypes. Also, we show that P2Y1 mRNA is
expressed in dorsal spinal cord astrocytes. Furthermore, expression of
P2Y1 in an astrocytoma cell line lacking endogenous
purinoceptors was sufficient to permit propagation of intercellular
Ca2+ waves. Finally, Ca2+ wave
propagation in dorsal spinal cord astrocytes was suppressed by
pharmacologically blocking P2Y1 purinoceptors.
Together, these results indicate that dorsal spinal astrocytes express
functional P2Y1 purinoceptors, which participate in the
transmission of Ca2+ waves. Ca2+
waves in astrocytes have been implicated as a major signaling pathway
coordinating glial and neuronal activity; therefore, P2Y1 purinoceptors may represent an important link in cell-cell signaling in the CNS.
Key words:
purinoceptors; astrocytes; fura-2; dorsal spinal cord; Ca2+ waves; ATP
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