title: Extracellular ATP induces formation of AP-1 complexes in astrocytes via P2 purinoceptors.
abstract: The transcription activator protein-1 (AP-1) complex is a heterodimer consisting of Fos and Jun family members. We found that extracellular ATP stimulated AP-1 DNA binding activity in cerebral cortical astrocyte cultures. This activity was maximal at 1 h and persisted for at least 3 h post-treatment. Shift-Western blotting indicated the presence of c-Fos in the AP-1 complexes. Stimulation of AP-1 binding by ATP was due to activation of P2 rather than P1 purinoceptors. The protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor Ro 31-8220 markedly reduced P2 purinoceptor-mediated AP-1 induction. The induction of AP-1 complexes by ATP may contribute to changes in gene expression which underlie the trophic effects of extracellular ATP on astrocytes.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Neuropathology, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33125, USA.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Neary
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Dash
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D011493:Protein Kinase C