title: Role of sodium in mitochondrial membrane depolarization induced by P2X7 receptor activation in submandibular glands.
abstract: The effect of ATP on mitochondrial membrane depolarization in rat submandibular glands was investigated. Exposure of the cell suspension to high concentrations of ATP induced a sustained depolarization of mitochondrial membrane. This effect was blocked in the presence of magnesium and reproduced by low concentrations of 2',3'-O-(4-benzoylbenzoyl)adenosine 5'-triphosphate (BzATP), suggesting the implication of the P2X(7) purinergic receptor. This point was confirmed by comparison of the response to ATP by wild-type and P2X(7) knock-out (P2X(7)R(-/-)) mice. Mitochondria took up calcium after ATP stimulation but the depolarization of the mitochondrial membrane by ATP was not affected by the removal of calcium from the extracellular medium. It was nearly fully suppressed in the absence of sodium and partially blocked by the mitochondrial Na/Ca exchanger inhibitor 7-chloro-5-(2-chlorophenyl)-1,5-dihydro-4,1-benzothiazepin-2(3H)-one (CGP-37157). Both ATP and monensin increased the uptake of extracellular sodium (as shown by the depolarization of the plasma membrane) but the sodium ionophore did not affect the mitochondrial membrane potential. It is concluded that the activation of P2X(7) receptors depolarizes the mitochondrial membrane. The uptake of extracellular sodium is necessary but not sufficient to induce this response.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad del País Vasco, Barrio Sarriena S/N Leioa, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garcia-Marcos
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Fontanils
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aguirre
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pochet
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dehaye
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marino
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D058486:Receptors, Purinergic P2X7; D012964:Sodium / Q000502:physiology*; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: C546469:P2rx7 protein, mouse; C546470:P2rx7 protein, rat; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2; D058486:Receptors, Purinergic P2X7; D012964:Sodium