title: Inhibition by ethanol of rat P2X(4) receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes.
abstract: 1. The effect of ethanol on the function of P2X(4) receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes was studied using two-electrode voltage-clamp recording. 2. The amplitude of current activated by 1 microM ATP was decreased by ethanol in a concentration-dependent manner over the concentration range 1 - 500 mM. The concentration of ethanol that produced 50% inhibition (IC(50)) of current activated by 1 microM ATP was 58 mM. 3. Ethanol inhibition of ATP-activated current was not dependent on membrane potential from -60 to +20 mV, and ethanol did not change the reversal potential of ATP-activated current. 4. Ethanol, 50 mM, shifted the ATP concentration-response curve to the right, increasing the EC(50) for ATP from 9.1 to 16.0 microM, but did not reduce the maximal response to ATP. 5. The results suggest that ethanol may inhibit P2X(4) receptors by decreasing the apparent affinity of the binding site for ATP. 6. Since the P2X(4) receptor is the most abundant P2X subunit in the brain, these receptors could be important effectors of ethanol action in the central nervous system.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-8115, USA. kemingx@niaaa.nih.gov
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Weight
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D009865:Oocytes; D058919:Purinergic P2 Receptor Antagonists; D011732:Pyridoxal Phosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D018075:RNA, Complementary / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2 / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D058848:Receptors, Purinergic P2X4; D013498:Suramin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014227:Triazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D014982:Xenopus laevis
chemical_list: C548228:P2rx4 protein, rat; D058919:Purinergic P2 Receptor Antagonists; D018075:RNA, Complementary; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2; D058848:Receptors, Purinergic P2X4; D014227:Triazines; C077792:pyridoxal phosphate-6-azophenyl-2',4'-disulfonic acid; D000431:Ethanol; C012842:Cibacron Blue F 3GA; D011732:Pyridoxal Phosphate; D013498:Suramin; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate