title: Calcium signaling mediated by P2Y receptors in mouse taste cells.
abstract: Evidence implicates a number of neuroactive substances and their receptors in mediating complex cell-to-cell communications in the taste bud. Recently, we found that ATP, a ubiquitous neurotransmitter/neuromodulator, mobilizes intracellular Ca2+ in taste cells by activating P2Y receptors. Here, P2Y receptor-cellular response coupling was characterized in detail using single cell ratio photometry and the inhibitory analysis. The sequence of underlying events was shown to include ATP-dependent activation of PLC, IP3 production, and IP3 receptor-mediated Ca2+ release followed by Ca2+ influx. Data obtained favor SOC channels rather than receptor-operated channels as a pathway for Ca2+ influx that accompanies Ca2+ release. Intracellular Ca2+ mobilized by ATP is apparently extruded by the plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase, while a contribution of the Na+/Ca2+ exchange and other mechanisms of Ca2+ clearance is negligible. Cyclic AMP-dependent phosphorylation is likely to control a gain of the phosphoinositide cascade involved in ATP transduction. ATP-responsive taste cells are abundant in circumvallate, foliate, and fungiform papillae. Taken together, our observations point to a putative role for ATP as a neurotransmitter operative in the taste bud.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia.
authors.forename: Sergey G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Baryshnikov
authors.forename: Olga A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Rogachevskaja
authors.forename: Stanislav S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kolesnikov
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000502:physiology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007424:Intracellular Fluid / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D058910:Purinergic P2 Receptor Agonists; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2 / Q000502:physiology*; D013650:Taste Buds / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D058910:Purinergic P2 Receptor Agonists; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate