title: Purinoceptor P2U identification and function in human intrahepatic biliary epithelial cell lines.
abstract: The mechanisms that regulate ion and fluid transport by the human intrahepatic bile duct have not been well defined. Human intrahepatic biliary cell lines that we have developed were used to identify and characterize purinoceptors based on increases in intracellular calcium in response to ATP and other nucleotides. Intracellular free calcium was measured in cell suspensions using the fluorescent probe Fura-2 and a fluorescence spectrophotometer. Halide efflux was measured in single cells using fluorescence microscopy and the fluorescent probe SPQ. Intracellular calcium increases equivalently in response to ATP and UTP, peaking, then diminishing to a new, elevated baseline. The peak elevation of calcium is the result of both the release of intracellular stores of calcium and the influx of extracellular calcium. The purinoceptor P2U-subtype was identified based on the potency rank order of ATP-analogues. Halide efflux increases with P2U-purinoceptor stimulation which is consistent with the opening of a Ca(2+)-sensitive Cl- channel. The physiological significance of P2U-purinoceptor activation and its effect on the ionic content and flow rate of bile remains to be determined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Wolkoff
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Perrone
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Grubman
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Soltoff
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beinborn
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Jefferson
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D001692:Biological Transport; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002460:Cell Line; D018118:Chloride Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D016257:Fura-2; D006801:Humans; D015759:Ionomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D015388:Organelles / Q000378:metabolism; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D014544:Uridine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D018118:Chloride Channels; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2; D015759:Ionomycin; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D002118:Calcium; D016257:Fura-2; D014544:Uridine Triphosphate