title: P2 receptors and platelet activation.
abstract: Adenosine diphosphate (ADP) plays a crucial role in hemostasis and thrombosis by activating platelets. In platelets, the classical P2T receptor is now resolved into three P2 receptor subtypes: the P2Y1, the P2Y12, and the P2X1 receptors. Both pharmacological and molecular biological approaches have confirmed the role of the P2Y1 and P2Y12 receptors in the ADP-induced platelet fibrinogen receptor activation. The P2Y1 and the P2X1 receptors independently contribute to platelet shape change. Whereas the P2Y12 receptor mediates the potentiation of dense granule release reaction, both the P2Y1 and P2Y12 receptors play an important role in the ADP-induced phospholipase A2 activation. The signaling events downstream of these receptors leading to the physiological effects remain elusive, and they are yet to be delineated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, and the Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center, Temple University Medical School, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA. kunapuli@nimbus.temple.edu
authors.forename: Satva P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Kunapuli
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006487:Hemostasis / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000378:metabolism; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D015539:Platelet Activation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2