title: P2X7 nucleotide receptor mediation of membrane pore formation and superoxide generation in human promyelocytes and neutrophils.
abstract: The P2X(7) receptor, which induces cation channel opening imparting significant permeability to Ca2+ and pore formation with changes in the plasma membrane potential, has been known to be rather restrictedly expressed in cells of the macrophage lineage including dendrites, mature macrophages, and microglial cells. However, we show here that the P2X(7) receptor is also expressed in cells of granulocytic lineage such as HL-60 promyelocytes, granulocytic differentiated cells, and neutrophils. Exposure of these cells to 2',3'-O-(4-benzoyl)benzoyl-ATP (BzATP) triggered intracellular Ca2+ rise through the mediation of phospholipase C-independent and suramin-sensitive pathways. BzATP also induced depolarization of the plasma membrane in the absence of extracellular Ca2+, whereas it hyperpolarized the cells in the presence of external Ca2+, probably in part through the activation of Ca2+-activated K(+) channels. However, the hyperpolarization phenomenon was markedly attenuated in differentiated HL-60 cells and neutrophils. RT-PCR and Northern blot analysis revealed the presence of P2X(7) receptors on both HL-60 and neutrophil-like cells. This was further confirmed by pore formation through which the uptake of Lucifer yellow and YO-PRO1 occurred on BzATP treatment. BzATP stimulated in a concentration-dependent manner the production of superoxide in differentiated HL-60 cells via a pathway partially dependent on extracellular Ca2+. Moreover, in human neutrophils, BzATP was a more effective inducer of superoxide generation than PMA. Taken together, this is a first demonstration of the expression of P2X(7) receptors on neutrophils, which shows that the receptor is functionally involved in the defense mechanism by activation of the respiratory burst pathway.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Division of Molecular and Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Hyoja-Dong, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Namgung
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology; D001583:Benzoxazoles; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D002413:Cations, Divalent / Q000378:metabolism; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002469:Cell Separation; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000502:physiology; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000378:metabolism; D018922:HL-60 Cells; D006801:Humans; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000378:metabolism; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D022423:Myeloid Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D019920:Photoaffinity Labels / Q000494:pharmacology; D011806:Quinolinium Compounds; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology*; D058486:Receptors, Purinergic P2X7; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: C110244:3'(2')-O-(4-azidobenzoyl)adenosine 5-triphosphate; D001583:Benzoxazoles; D015220:Calcium Channels; D002413:Cations, Divalent; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007546:Isoquinolines; C546468:P2RX7 protein, human; D019920:Photoaffinity Labels; D011806:Quinolinium Compounds; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2; D058486:Receptors, Purinergic P2X7; D013481:Superoxides; C089813:YO-PRO 1; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; C017475:lucifer yellow; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D002118:Calcium