title: Characteristics of P2X7 receptors from human B lymphocytes expressed in Xenopus oocytes.
abstract: Human B lymphocytes express an ATP-gated ion channel (P2Z receptor), which shares similarities with the recently identified P2X7 receptor. Using gene specific primers, we have now isolated P2X7 cDNA from the total RNA of human B lymphocytes. This hP2X7 receptor subtype was expressed in Xenopus oocytes and electrophysiologically characterized. The hP2X7 receptor is similar to, but does not completely match, P2Z of human B cells. The hP2X7 receptors resemble the P2Z receptors with regard to the ATP concentration of half maximal activation, reproducibility, permeation characteristics and lack of desensitization of the ATP-evoked currents. However, in contrast to the native lymphocytic P2Z receptor, the time course of activation of hP2X7 displayed an additional linearly increasing current component. Furthermore, a second, small and slowly deactivating current component exists only in hP2X7 expressed in oocytes. The activation and deactivation kinetics as well as permeation characteristics of hP2X7 are different from rat P2X7 recently expressed in oocytes. Unlike in mammalian cells, hP2X7 expressed in Xenopus oocytes is not sufficient to induce large non-selective pores.
authors.affiliation: Julius-Bernstein-Institut für Physiologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany. manuela.klapperstueck@medizin.uni-halle.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klapperstück
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Büttner
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Böhm
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schmalzing
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Markwardt
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D015640:Ion Channel Gating; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D009865:Oocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D010641:Phenotype; D051381:Rats; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D058486:Receptors, Purinergic P2X7; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013045:Species Specificity; D014982:Xenopus laevis
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D007473:Ion Channels; C546468:P2RX7 protein, human; C546470:P2rx7 protein, rat; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2; D058486:Receptors, Purinergic P2X7; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate